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  2. Webley RIC - Wikipedia

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    The Webley Royal Irish Constabulary revolver is a British double-action, centerfire cartridge revolver designed in 1867. It was one of the earliest British breachloading revolvers and one of the most popular British revolvers of the 19th century.

  3. Webley Longspur - Wikipedia

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    Webley Longspur is an early British percussion revolver, patented in 1853. The first revolver of the later famous British factory Webley&Son, it was an open frame, 5-shot, single action revolver. It was a solid and popular weapon at the time, although it faced heavy competition from already established, popular Colt's and Adams revolvers.

  4. Webley Revolver - Wikipedia

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    The standard-issue Webley revolver at the outbreak of the First World War was the Webley Mk V (adopted 9 December 1913 [9]), but there were considerably more Mk IV revolvers in service in 1914, [10] as the initial order for 20,000 Mk V revolvers had not been completed when hostilities began. [9]

  5. Webley & Scott - Wikipedia

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    At that time the company was named P. Webley & Son. In 1897, Webley amalgamated with W & C Scott and Sons to become The Webley & Scott Revolver and Arms Company Ltd of Birmingham. Webley's revolvers became the official British sidearm in 1887, remaining in British service until 1964. After 1921 Webley service revolvers were manufactured by the ...

  6. .38 S&W - Wikipedia

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    As Webley had used the .38 S&W cartridge dimensions for their revolver, and the cartridge length was fixed by the size of the cylinder of the revolver (the same as for the wider .455), Kynoch produced a cartridge with the same dimensions as the .38 S&W but with 2.8 grains (0.18 g) of "Neonite" nitrocellulose powder and a 200 grain (13.0 g ...

  7. .455 Webley - Wikipedia

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    .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).

  8. British Bull Dog revolver - Wikipedia

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    The .44 Bull Dog was a popular American cartridge that was a shorter and less powerful cartridge that could also be fired from .442 Webley caliber revolvers. In 1973, Charter Arms introduced their Bulldog revolver. It is a five shot snub nose that is designed for concealed carry or a backup gun.

  9. .442 Webley - Wikipedia

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    Introduced in 1868, the .442 (11.2mm) Webley round was used in the Webley RIC revolver. This was the standard service weapon of the Royal Irish Constabulary [2] (RIC, hence the revolver's name), which were also chambered in (among others) .450 Adams and 476/.455. [3]