Billy Shears
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Double post. Sorry
Anybody like Webleys ?
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Ian Johnson
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I have a MK VI getting fixed at the gunsmith right now, never shot one cause it was broken when I got it but cant wait to shoot it, I love british guns
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Gordon
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What is the bottom of three in the above picture ? Very Bulldog like !
LJ-MosinFreak-Buck
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Would love to have one. I just don't know where to look. 
bubba in ca
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I had one of the 38s without the hammer spur. I thought it was the best feeling revolver I had ever held in terms of natural pointing and comfortable shooting. As I remember, the military load was a long 200 grain one, lots of tumble and little chance of overpenetration. The commercial 38 s and w loads would have been a little anemic. Sad I got on an automatic kick and sold it off.
Also had one of the .45 conversions. It shot fine but I was not impressed with the icepick firing pin and the big holes in the primers. maybe the double action .44 special I now own is a result of that .45. A lot of gun in your hand.
The 38 is one of those guns I wish I had never sold-- a pistolero`s pistol in an ugly British military sort of way!
I had one of the 38s without the hammer spur. I thought it was the best feeling revolver I had ever held in terms of natural pointing and comfortable shooting. As I remember, the military load was a long 200 grain one, lots of tumble and little chance of overpenetration. The commercial 38 s and w loads would have been a little anemic. Sad I got on an automatic kick and sold it off.
Also had one of the .45 conversions. It shot fine but I was not impressed with the icepick firing pin and the big holes in the primers. maybe the double action .44 special I now own is a result of that .45. A lot of gun in your hand.
The 38 is one of those guns I wish I had never sold-- a pistolero`s pistol in an ugly British military sort of way!
Bikewer
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Way back int he 60s, when I was in the army in Germany, we could pick up the .45ACP-converted Webleys at the "Rod and Gun Club" for about 35.00.
I always regretted not buying one... Big, ugly, mechanical pistols... I kinda like 'em. Of course, I always wanted a "broomhandle" Mauser as well.
I always regretted not buying one... Big, ugly, mechanical pistols... I kinda like 'em. Of course, I always wanted a "broomhandle" Mauser as well.
Tallbald
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But who makes a scope base for the Webley? I have in mind finding one to use as a quick handling deer gun. Really though , they are beautiful, mechanically fascinating, classic revolvers. I have only had the privledge of handling a couple down through the years. Don
CaptFlint61
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I have one Webly in 38S&W, it has white grips marked Webly, with a gray British flap holster, lanyard and cartridge case. I think these old guns are really marvels of engineering and simplicity --- cool too!
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Oh god, yes.
I love me some Webley's. I have a MkIV 38 S&W who is in Texas getting surgery, and I just picked up a Mk III 38 S&W that was a police carry. I think they're beautiful.
Bubba- Your hammer was likely overstriking. It's a problem Webley's have, along with cylinder timing. It's from the former owners smacking the gun open and closed.
BigG- They went through a ton of name changes, but the Webley stayed in. P. Webley and Sons, Webley and Sons, Webley and Scott Ltd, etc.
I love me some Webley's. I have a MkIV 38 S&W who is in Texas getting surgery, and I just picked up a Mk III 38 S&W that was a police carry. I think they're beautiful.
Bubba- Your hammer was likely overstriking. It's a problem Webley's have, along with cylinder timing. It's from the former owners smacking the gun open and closed.
BigG- They went through a ton of name changes, but the Webley stayed in. P. Webley and Sons, Webley and Sons, Webley and Scott Ltd, etc.
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