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The Webley Self-Loading Pistol was an early magazine-fed pistol. The gun was designed in 1910 by the Webley & Scott company. The Mk. 1 entered police service in 1911 in a .32 ACP model for the London Metropolitan Police. The .455 version was adopted by the Royal Navy in 1912 as the first automatic pistol in British service.
Webley and Scott Model 1911 .32 Automatic Pistol. Webley began experimenting with semi-automatic action in 1900 and in 1909 they began producing a series of semi-automatic pistols for civilian and police use. Their .32 Automatic Pistol was adopted by London's Metropolitan Police in 1911.
English: Webley and Scott Model 1911 semi-automatic pistol, (circa 1940) (WW1-WW2) pistol, semi-automatic- Webley and Scott Model 1911; .32 inch calibre, 7.65mm; plastic chequered grips; with magazine; safety catch on left hand side; magazine unlocking lever on underside of butt markings- on left rear of body- serial number- 85903 on left side of frame- WEBLEY and SCOTT LTD.
Webley & Scott immediately tendered the .38/200 calibre Webley Mk IV revolver, which as well as being nearly identical in appearance to the .455 calibre Mk VI revolver (albeit scaled down for the smaller cartridge), was based on their .38 calibre Webley Mk III pistol, designed for the police and civilian markets. [29] (The .38 Webley Mk III ...
The .455 Webley Auto Mk I cartridge was produced from 1913 to about the middle of World War II. This is a semi-rimmed cartridge for the Webley & Scott Self Loading pistols. [4] The early version of the cartridge (c.1904) had a shorter [clarification needed] 21.7 mm (0.85 in) semi-rimmed case with a narrow rim and a pointed bullet. A later ...
The inadequacy of the police's firepower led to criticism in the press, and on 12 January 1911 several alternative weapons were tested. The trials resulted in the Metropolitan Police replacing the Webley revolver with the Webley & Scott .32 calibre MP semi-automatic pistol later that year; the City of London Police adopted the weapon in 1912.
The Webley–Fosbery Self-Cocking Automatic Revolver is a recoil-operated automatic revolver designed by Lieutenant Colonel George Vincent Fosbery VC and produced by the Webley & Scott company from 1901 to 1924. The revolver is easily recognisable by the zig-zag grooves on the cylinder.
The Colt M1911 (also known as 1911, Colt 1911, Colt .45, or Colt Government in the case of Colt-produced models) is a single-action, ... Webley, and White-Merrill). ...