Hollis and Son Webley style revolver

[jason10mm]

A friend of mine scored a webley style revolver over in the sandbox. He says it has "Hollis & Sons" on it, so he is unsure of who made it and when. It is a break open six-shooter in what may be .455. You squeeze two clamps on either side of the frame to open the cylinder. It is a lovely patina color and looks almost exactly like a Mark IV/VI. Anyway, anyone have any ideas on this revolver or pointers to an expert?


P.S. Preferably something that says they are terribly unsafe and worth $50 at most

 

[Hawk]

Like this?

I don't know anything about them. I specifically don't know what "Pryse" means.

But it's listed for 2,250.00 here.

It does look rather dangerous, doesn't it?

 

[bannockburn]

jason10mm

Charles Pryse and Isaac Hollis were two Birmingham gunsmiths who along with a dozen or more gunsmiths, formed the Birmingham Small Arms (B.S.A.) Company in 1861, in an effort to secure goverment contracts for military arms. Pryse actually had designed a top-break revolver in 1877, which may have been sold to Webley for large scale production. Both Pryse and Hollis also designed various parts from time to time for the revolvers.

 

[GunTech]

Pryse at least was involved in designing upgrades for the Webley. I've seen several 'Pryse' Webleys, and they are shown in "Webley Revolvers" by Bruce and Reinhart.

I couldn't find any reference to Hollis, but Webley did provide guns to companies like Wilkinson that were sold under their name.

 

[GunTech]

Pryse at least was involved in designing upgrades for the Webley. I've seen several 'Pryse' Webleys, and they are shown in "Webley Revolvers" by Bruce and Reinhart.

I couldn't find any reference to Hollis, but Webley did provide guns to companies like Wilkinson that were sold under their name.