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Webley "WG" Army Model (a.k.a. Webley Government) Revolver cal 455/476 (.476 Enfield) Nicknamed "the British Peacemaker " in the United States , the Mk 1 was manufactured in .450, .455 Webley , and .476 calibre and founded a family of revolvers that were the standard handguns of the British Army, Royal Navy , and British police constabularies ...
The design originated in 1868 for the Webley Royal Irish Constabulary model revolver and was manufactured as late as 1917. [4] A version made by Webley, but finished by Belfast-based gunmaker, Joseph Braddell, known as the Ulster Bull Dog, used a longer grip frame than the standard, making the revolver easier to control and shoot. [2] [5]
The Webley Mk I service revolver was adopted in 1887 and the Mk IV rose to prominence during the Boer War of 1899–1902. The Mk VI was introduced in 1915, during wartime, and is the best-known model. Firing large .455 Webley cartridges, Webley service revolvers are among the most powerful top-break revolvers produced. The .455 calibre Webley ...
.455 Webley is a British handgun cartridge, most commonly used in the Webley top break revolvers Marks I through VI. It is also known as " .455 Eley " and " .455 Colt ". The .455 cartridge was a service revolver cartridge, featuring a rimmed cartridge firing a .455 in (11.5 mm) bullet at the relatively low velocity of 650 ft/s (190 m/s).
Unlike other London gunmakers, W.J. Jeffery & Co offered modern big-game hunting rifles in the medium price bracket. In order to compete with his biggest competitors, John Rigby & Company and Westley Richards, Jeffery outsourced to several Birmingham based rifle manufacturers including Saunders, Ellis, Webley, Tolley and Leonard bros, as well as Turners of Reading, John Wilkes and others in ...
A model/batch number of the form nnnnHmmmm where 'nnnn' is a batch number and 'mmmm' is a model number ('6072H950' for example would be an H950 model). They were also date stamped using an 'F' for instruments manufactured during the first half of the year and an 'S' for those built in the second half, and a 2 digit year code.
Webley R.I.C. revolver No 2 that belonged to John Chard, commander of the Rorke's Drift in 1879. Produced from 1872, slightly smaller (8.25 in length, 3.5 in barrel) and lighter (0.76 kg) model, with the same overall characteristics. [1] [2] They were made in a variety of calibers, from .320 and .380 to .450. Service revolvers were six-shot ...
Webley may refer to: Webley & Scott or Webley, a British arms manufacturer Webley Revolver; Webley Stinger, an air pistol.442 Webley revolver cartridge.455 Webley handgun cartridge.45 Webley, an 11 mm caliber revolver cartridge; Webley (company), a company providing speech-driven unified communications solutions