38/200 remained in service until 1970 alongside the Enfield No. 455 Webley revolvers were retired in 1947, although the Webley Mk IV. The Webley revolver went through a number of changes, culminating in the Mk VI, which was in production between 19. The initial contract called for 10,000 Webley revolvers, at a price of £3/1/1 each, with at least 2,000 revolvers to be supplied within eight months. The military was suitably impressed with the revolver (it was seen as a vast improvement over the Enfield revolvers then in service, as the American-designed Owen extraction system did not prove particularly satisfactory), and it was adopted on 8 November 1887 as the "Pistol, Webley, Mk I". 455 calibre Webley Self-Extracting Revolver for trials. Webley & Scott, who were already very well known makers of quality guns and had sold many pistols on a commercial basis to military officers and civilians alike, tendered the. 450 revolver which was a late 1860s conversion of the cap and ball Beaumont–Adams revolver in 1880. 476 Enfield Mk I & Mk II revolvers, the Enfield having only replaced the solid frame Adams. In 1887, the British Army was searching for a revolver to replace the largely unsatisfactory. Today, the best-known are the range of military revolvers, which were in service use across two World Wars and numerous colonial conflicts. However other short-barrel solid-frame revolvers, including the Webley RIC ( Royal Irish Constabulary) model and the British Bulldog revolver, designed to be carried in a coat pocket for self-defence were far more commonplace during the period. or Webley-Government models produced from 1885 through to the early 1900s, (often incorrectly referred to as the Webley-Green) are the most popular of the commercial top break revolvers and many were the private purchase choice of British military officers and target shooters in the period, coming in a. The quintessential hinged frame, centre-fire revolvers for which the Webley name is best known first began production/development in the early 1870s most notably with the Webley-Pryse (1877) and Webley-Kaufman (1881) models. Webley and Son, manufacturing included their own 0.44 in (11 mm) calibre rim-fire solid frame revolver as well as licensed copies of Smith & Wesson's Tip up break action revolvers. Webley began production of their first patented single action cap and ball revolvers. Webley & Son before merger with W & C Scott in 1897) produced a range of revolvers from the mid 19th to late 20th centuries. The Webley Revolver (also known as the Webley Top-Break Revolver or Webley Self-Extracting Revolver) was, in various marks, a standard issue service pistol for the armed forces of the United Kingdom, the British Empire and the Commonwealth, from 1887 to 1970.
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