Webley Mk IVs 38 s&w
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Tidewater_Kid
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Very nice! I love mine.
Mike Irwin
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"My Grandaddy bought one in England during WWI. It is in my safe now. I have owned it since 1977 when my Grand Mother passed on."
You mean World War II?
Unless it was a commercial model, the Enfield/Webley .380-200 revolvers wasn't developed until the 1930s.
You mean World War II?
Unless it was a commercial model, the Enfield/Webley .380-200 revolvers wasn't developed until the 1930s.
You are correct with the .380-200, but the Mark IV was adopted in 1899 according to what I read on the subject. Is this wrong??
My grand father was US Army in WWI, not WWII. He was close to 50 yr old when WWII involved the /USA. My Dad turned 18 yr old in 1947, joined the US Navy in 1948.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webley_Revolver
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Mike Irwin
Staff
"You are correct with the .380-200, but the Mark IV was adopted in 1899 according to what I read on the subject. Is this wrong??"
OK, you're talking a completely different Mk IV Webley revolver.
The one your Grandfather purchased was a Webley Mk IV in .455. This is a very different gun from the Enfield/Webley Mk IV in .380-200.
The Mk IV in .455 is sometimes called the Boer War Model because it was introduced around the start of the war and was used quite extensively in the conflict.
Even though it was significantly beefed up over previous Wekbley marks, the Mk IV still wasn't quite strong enough to stand up to a lot of shooting with smokeless ammunition, which led to the adoption of the Mk V in 1913 (the last of the Webley "birdshead" grip revolvers) and the Mk VI in 1916.
Word of warning...
NEVER EVER shoot your Webley with .45 ACP ammo, even if it has been converted to take that round by altering the cylinder. .45 ACP ammo generates significantly higher pressures, and while the Webleys look more than strong enough to take it, they're simply not.
OK, you're talking a completely different Mk IV Webley revolver.
The one your Grandfather purchased was a Webley Mk IV in .455. This is a very different gun from the Enfield/Webley Mk IV in .380-200.
The Mk IV in .455 is sometimes called the Boer War Model because it was introduced around the start of the war and was used quite extensively in the conflict.
Even though it was significantly beefed up over previous Wekbley marks, the Mk IV still wasn't quite strong enough to stand up to a lot of shooting with smokeless ammunition, which led to the adoption of the Mk V in 1913 (the last of the Webley "birdshead" grip revolvers) and the Mk VI in 1916.
Word of warning...
NEVER EVER shoot your Webley with .45 ACP ammo, even if it has been converted to take that round by altering the cylinder. .45 ACP ammo generates significantly higher pressures, and while the Webleys look more than strong enough to take it, they're simply not.