Ok so I was thumbing through a book on the history of weapons and on one page they have pictures of several old calibers. Im familar with most until I stumbled upon this little beasty.
.577 webley it is absolutely huge! Does anyone here have one!? Ill put a dollar downto say dingus probably does or may have!
Any info other than my weak googlefu was able to drag up would be much appreciated these guns must have been a handful !
Quote from wikipedia:
"Although often attributed to Webley, Webley only produced some of the revolvers now commonly referred to as Webley .577 Boxer Revolvers, which used the most powerful handgun cartridge of the day, the .577 Boxer. It was produced by Webley under licence from the firm of William Tranter of Birmingham, whose design it actually was. Webley was just one of several firms licensed to use Tranter's double-action lock and particularly Tranter's patented revolving recoil shield, which was a key feature of the early .577 calibre revolvers."
.577 webley it is absolutely huge! Does anyone here have one!? Ill put a dollar downto say dingus probably does or may have!
Any info other than my weak googlefu was able to drag up would be much appreciated these guns must have been a handful !
Quote from wikipedia:
"Although often attributed to Webley, Webley only produced some of the revolvers now commonly referred to as Webley .577 Boxer Revolvers, which used the most powerful handgun cartridge of the day, the .577 Boxer. It was produced by Webley under licence from the firm of William Tranter of Birmingham, whose design it actually was. Webley was just one of several firms licensed to use Tranter's double-action lock and particularly Tranter's patented revolving recoil shield, which was a key feature of the early .577 calibre revolvers."