[Figmo Bohica]

Nay, Buggy, the CPT J is right. My bad. Got the dates wrong, but the development of the 45 ACP was correct.

Here's how it came about:

455 Webley is a British handgun cartridge, most commonly used in the Webley top break revolvers Marks I through VI.

The .455 cartridge was a service revolver cartridge, featuring a rimmed cartridge firing a .45 bullet at the relatively low velocity of 650 ft/s (190 m/s). The result was a cartridge and handgun combination with relatively mild recoil, but with good penetration and excellent stopping power. It was rated superior to the .45 Colt in stopping power in the disputed United States Thompson-LaGarde Tests of 1904 that resulted in the adoption by the U.S. of the .45 ACP cartridge.

The development of military cartridges sometimes take quirky twists and turns, but Uncle Sam got it right on the 45 ACP. Lots of rumors that the military might be going back to the old 1911. Most of the special ops are armed with them as their sidearm. Some are even issued the M14 in 308 and a few M1 Garands are flowing around. Somethings never change.

CPT J, I don't collect them, I just shoot them, and rather well I must say.