Webley style .22 revolvers
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1) Don't know. Probably not.
2) It is a weak design that could blow up in your hand with highly powered loads.
(Actually, I don't know this for sure; it just looks that way. The original cap-and-ball Colt revolvers give me the heeby-jeebies!
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I've got an H&R Sportsman that is very similar to that 999. 9 shot break open that the mechanism works like a treat. I'm still going through it to fine tune the rather heavy trigger pull in both double and single action modes but it seems to want to group well other than for the hellish trigger pull.
If you can get one of these and don't mind some tinkering or spending a bit of money on it with a gunsmith to tune it up it is a fun gun to shoot given that the top break and 9 shots allows it to run through a heap of ammo pretty quick....
And yeah, the hinged top link design hit it's max with the old Schofield Model 3. I understand that even those didn't do well with a strong diet of heavy loads. And the Webleys being limited to rather low muzzle velocities with an only moderately heavy bullet sure don't make you think of these as Magnum potential designs.
I believe that there were a few saturday night specials that used .32 and even a few that used .38Spl. But that's about it.
If you can get one of these and don't mind some tinkering or spending a bit of money on it with a gunsmith to tune it up it is a fun gun to shoot given that the top break and 9 shots allows it to run through a heap of ammo pretty quick....
And yeah, the hinged top link design hit it's max with the old Schofield Model 3. I understand that even those didn't do well with a strong diet of heavy loads. And the Webleys being limited to rather low muzzle velocities with an only moderately heavy bullet sure don't make you think of these as Magnum potential designs.
I believe that there were a few saturday night specials that used .32 and even a few that used .38Spl. But that's about it.
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The H&Rs come up on the exchange from time to time there are lots out there.
The strength thing was pretty much disproven in the late 70s early 80s when a US manufacturer (I think it was Detonics but could be wrong) put out a 357 break top revolver. It actually had a high capacity cylinder long before the big guys started with their 8 shot revolvers. Never went anywhere but it was in all the gunrags at the time.
Anyone else remember them?
The strength thing was pretty much disproven in the late 70s early 80s when a US manufacturer (I think it was Detonics but could be wrong) put out a 357 break top revolver. It actually had a high capacity cylinder long before the big guys started with their 8 shot revolvers. Never went anywhere but it was in all the gunrags at the time.
Anyone else remember them?
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1) Don't know. Probably not.
2) It is a weak design that could blow up in your hand with highly powered loads.
(Actually, I don't know this for sure; it just looks that way. The original cap-and-ball Colt revolvers give me the heeby-jeebies!
LOL, ok, why not? Webly built some fine 22 target revolvers, if you can find one. Pretty hard to wear out a 22, you should be able to locate one in decent condition. The H&R revolvers were actually a pretty good little gun, not a true target level 22 revolver, but still a good little gun. - dan
Very cool "Wobbly". - dan
