Webley question.

65gto389

May 19, 2005 20:17

I am interested in a 455 webley but I noticed that it says webley & scott in the title. Is scott a different MFG, co-founder or what; I need your help guys.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=32348426









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  forthhorseman

  May 19, 2005 20:38

  P. Webley & Son apparently became renamed Webley & Scott some time around the turn of the century. The Webley & Scott Mk V .455 revolver was the predecessor to the Mk VI .455 adopted by the British Army in 1915.

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  rufe-snow

  May 19, 2005 21:36

  My reference notes that P. Webley & Son amalgamated with W.C. Scot & Son and others, to form the Webley & Scott Revolver and Arms Co. in 1897.
  
  Even after the merger in 1897 the revolvers made by the firm were identified with just the name Webley. The .455 Caliber semi-auto pistols made for the British Military during the First World War were called the "Webley & Scott Automatic Pistol". It's not clear if the other sem-auto pistols that were made between 1905 & 1940 were also identified as being Webley & Scotts?
  
  

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  65gto389

  May 19, 2005 23:01

  Thanks guys.[^]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  " Those who give up a little freedom for temporary security, deserve neither freedom nor security "
  - Benjamin Franklin

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  joel_black

  May 20, 2005 16:34

  In general, The breaktop revolvers and the semi-auto pistols were marked Webley & Scott, while the solid frame revolvers continued to be marked P. Webley & Son.

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