Webley MK VI
What's it worth. It appears to be in good enough shape to shoot, but since I don't know the history of the gun I am afraid to just take it out and test it. It is stamped with the year 1917, and is absolutely complete from what I can tell. It does have some surface rust on it, but nothing that can't be cleaned up easily. Please let me know if you need any more information. Thanks in advance for your help.
Tom
Tom
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I have a Webley MK VI that I picked up at a gun show 12 years ago. I have never shot it and refer to it as my London Pimp Gun. How can you tell if it has been converted from 455 Webley to 45 ACP. If I drop a single 45 ACP round into any of the cylinders it drops down .05 inch below the face of the cylinder. A full moon clip load for a 1917 S&W drops in just fine and the cylinder rotates with out any drag. There are no markings as to caliber. I will try to include some pictures and maybe that will help. 
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If it takes a loaded a full moon clip as shown in your excellent photos, it has had the rear of the cylinder machined off.
This would be a major factor in it's collectors value, for a Mark VI in original condition. Since yours has been bubaed it won't have any effect on it's value, IMHO.0 -
Thanks. I kinda figured if it fit it had been converted. I just wanted someone elses opinion. I was thinking about picking a friend that I really don't like all that much and letting them shoot it first just in case. lol. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by warrior2002
Thanks. I kinda figured if it fit it had been converted. I just wanted someone elses opinion. I was thinking about picking a friend that I really don't like all that much and letting them shoot it first just in case. lol.
Better idea is to gift it to one of the free lance pharmaceutical suppliers who hang out on MLK after dark. Couple clips full of Corbon or Double Tap plus p's would seal the deal.0 -
If was on MLK after dark I would just throw it out the window at 60 mph while craddling my AR and Sig 220. 0 -
There would be a crown, and a british property mark (broad arrow) on the rear face
of an un-ground cylinder.
The SerNo on the side of the cylinder would have
complete numbers, also. A portion of the SerNo is
lost during the re-facing process.
..and is that nickel plating I see? Strike three.
Don't get me wrong, the fun factor is right up there!
And with full-moon clips (you can carry two
clips in each speed loader pouch), you can have 30 rounds
available for immediate, and fast loading! One in the gun,
and two in each side of the pouch.
Zowie! Joe
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Looks like a good deal, considering the price of a new or used 1917 now days. Take it out for a spin and let us know how she shoots.
If I remember correctly, when reloading, the shells pop up and out when the gun is snapped open, so popping in a full moon clip will really be fast.0 -
We are warned that .45 ACP is a considerable overload for a Webley.
It is a big stout gun, as topbreaks go, but there are limits.
From a board on British gear:
1. The operating pressure for the Mark VI Webley revolver (the last, and strongest, of the .455 Webley service revolvers) was a maximum of 13200PSI (i.e. six 'long tons' of 2200 lbs).
2. The standard operating pressure generated by milspec and full factory loads of .45 ACP ball ammunition is 19,000PSI.
3. The pressure of .45 ACP milspec and standard factory loads exceeds the proof load for the Mark VI Webley revolver.
More discussion and pictures at:
http://britishmilitariaforums.yuku.com/reply/82136/-CAUTION--455-REVOLVERS-ALTERED--SHOOT-45-ACP--45-Auto-Rim
Y'all be careful, now, you hear?0 -
Thanks all. I bought the gun just as something fun that I didn't have. I have no plans to sell anything I have. My daughter will have the job of dealing with all this and other stuff when my wife and I are gone. My goal is after we pass on, she comes and looks at the stuff and says on the order of "what the hell was they thinking?"
Almost there.0
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