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RevolverAmmunitionVelocityAverage group (") .455 1st Model Fiocchi .455 Mk II 629 fps 3.87 Hornady .455 Mk II 566 fps 2.81 Kynoch .455 Mk II 627 fps 3.11 455 2nd Model Fiocchi .455 Mk II 615 fps 4.56 Model 1917 R-P .45 ACP (Ball) 807 fps 4.49

Upon completion of the Ransom Rest tests, I decided to try a little off-hand shooting before leaving the range. The gun selected was the .455 Second Model, as I was curious to see how the revolver might have felt to Lt. Martin Bluethner 90 years ago. Filling the cylinder with a half-dozen rounds of the Fiocchi ammo, I took a six o’clock hold on a 10-inch-tall rock about 35 yards out. The rock, which was located at the base of a safe, earthen backstop, approximated the size of a man’s head. Shooting was done from a standing position, using a two hand grip, firing single-action (probably not the way Lt. Bluethner was taught). Despite the narrow, rounded front sight blade, I had little trouble keeping all my shots on the rock. This would seem contrary to the showing the gun had just given from the machine rest. I can’t explain it, but that’s what happened.