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Hornady recently added .455 Mark II ammunition to their product line. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first American company to catalog the old British chambering in well over half a century.

In years past, the British firm Kynoch also marketed .455 Mark II ammunition. However, their present website lists only centerfire rifle rounds for sale, and it is unclear if they currently make handgun ammunition in any caliber.

At one time, Canadian Industries Limited (CIL) loaded .455 Colt ammunition under their Dominion label. Although this cartridge is approximately one tenth of an inch longer than the .455 Webley Mark II case and its muzzle velocity is over 150 fps faster than the Mark II load, .455 Colt ammo can safely be used in First and Second Model Hand Ejectors. This is because like Webley &Scott, Smith & Wesson also bored the chambers of their .455 revolvers deep enough to accept the greater case length of the original .455 Mark I black powder round. Case dimensions of the .455 Colt are similar to those of the .455 Mark I. But from what I can determine, .455 Colt ammunition is no longer made.