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webley green army model

saber22
My father recently purchased a very large frame webley revolver in 45 Long Colt at a local gun show. It has a "bird's head" grip that looks just lick the smaller frame MK1 with custom wood grips that have a very old repair and a six inch barrel. The cylander is exceptionally long for a webley and the intire gun has a full brush knickle plating. On the side of the barrel is an engraving of "45 LONG COLT" and at the rear of the frame is a sheild with three letters; all engraving is ghold plated. Can someone please tell me som information about this neat gun?
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  • rufe-snow
    My reference says that they did make them in .45 Long Colt. But they were very prominently marked with the Webley name and trademark etc.

    At the very least it appears that yours has been refinshed, and perhaps it might be a European knock-off or a Kayber Pass special?

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  • Der Gebirgsjager
    For your edification and entertainment:

    "R155 Webley-Green revolver, .45 caliber Long Colt, six shot, 6" barrel. Originally these pistols were designed as .455 Webleys. Because of the scarcity of such ammunition, we have rechambered them to handle American ammunition. The rechambering has been carefully supervised, and each gun has been subsequently checked and tested. The gun represents Webley & Scott's manufacture of an officer's model of the famous Webley & Scott Mk series. It uses the proven lockwork of Webley-Kaufmann pistols, while improving the balance and trigger pull. As this was a premium product, no expense was spared in producing a pistol to meet the very highest standards. Interior parts are all smoothly polished so that in both double- and single-action firing, smoothness is unsurpassed. Bores are ball-burnished to uniform smoothness, assuring not only greater accuracy, but minimizing leading and making for ease of maintenance. Grade 1 plus: $50.00 Grade 1: $39.50 Grade 1 1/2: $29.50"

    Above excerpt from "World's Guns And Other Weapons", 1958, Golden State Arms Inc., Pg. 190. I remember looking at the photo of this revolver when I was a kid and really wanting one because it looked so neat and the description was so tantalizing. It reeked of quality. Honestly, even today, I've never actually seen one. I am not saying, and do not believe, that your specimen is one of those sold by Golden State Arms, but I thought you'd find some of the information interesting.[:)]
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  • captkirk3@dslextreme.com
    I believe what You have is a WEBLEY-KAUFMANN revolver...! It was made in .45 caliber Long Colt, This gun was tested by the U.S. Cavalry..and Is Quite Rare and in Very Good Condition is easily Worth in excess of $1000.00 to a Webley Collector...

    Captain Kirk, Tech Staff
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  • saber22
    Sorry it took so long but I have not been near a computer with time to spare. I left out a few small(large, very large)desciption items One; on the left side of the top strap are the markings Webley (WG) army model (also with cold engraving!).Two; there are two small taped holes in the top strap plugged by a pair of old screws that sit flush with the metal. I have seen several webley target pistolos with a factory adjustable rear sight mounted in that possition. Three;The custom wood grips are of the target style with a well placed shelf to rest your thumb on. And Four the front sight is rsther high wich would match up with the target rear sight I spoke of earlier. I own a enfield production MK6 in mint condition and it looks sick when you set it beside this gun. P.S. the Kaufmann suggestion was a good one and I am sorry that I failed to include all of the information, but due to the WG marking I feel this must be some type of webley green.[:0]
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  • stunguff
    I found a "Webley-Green" 455 in So. America that has the profile of the 1892 Webley-Green Target Revolver. I have read that this revolver used a design patented by Michael Kaufmann for which Webley never paid him royalties. What is unusual about this revolver is that is does not have the Webley marks, rather on the right side of the action it has the Letters MK in a triangle. The folks at the littlegun site in Belgium believe that this is a revolver manufactured by Michael Kaufmann himself. There are no proof marks to show whether it was made in Great Britain or Belgium (the two places where Kaufmann resided). The only other marks of any interest are serial numbers and the name JUAN LOPEZ engraved on the top-strap. Anyone know about Kaufmann making his own revolvers? In which time-period would he have manufactured them, and in what country?
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