Do you own a 455 Webley?

Do you own a 455 Webley revolver?

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A $100 Mk6? You must either own a time machine, or you bought it a Loooong time ago, OR you got one hell of a deal!!!;)
At least $500++ for a Mk6 these days.

That also applies to anything brom a Mk1 through a Mk5 as well.
Then you have The Webley Pryse and W.G. models that are around $800-$1000+:runaway:
 
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I proudly own this Webley MKI in original .455/476 caliber all matching numbers since last week . Had been waiting since a couple of years. Now I can say : ME GOT ONE TOO!!! (needless to say that I do have the CFR letter as well)

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John Sukey said:
A $100 Mk6? You must either own a time machine, or you bought it a Loooong time ago, OR you got one hell of a deal!!!;)
At least $500++ for a Mk6 these days.
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John:

Don't forget: this is a Canadian board, and most of the folks posting are Canucks .... my estimate is closer to the mark for this side of the Medicine Line - but $50 and $100 shootable .455 Webleys are most definitley not the norm here, either!
 
Thanks for all the info guy's! keep it coming. I was also asked if they can be converted to fire 45 long colt by someone who is interested. Any info on that? This firearm has all the same serial #'s on all the parts, as well as about half a dozen different crown type markings on it. I fired 50 rounds that I got with it, and it felt really good. At 35 five yards it was right on the money (even with an unsteady rest.) I really like this gun, but I am not set up to reload, and don't have a lot of interest in getting into it.
 
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No wobbly Webleys... :p
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Well, I had seen just one really “wobbly” Webleys MK VI; talking about barrel to frame fit. And I had 5 and handled no less than 20. Also every single one (except one that was just for the parts) had a decent cylinder lockup. Yes, military Webley usually have some cylinder fore-aft and side play, even when SA cocked. But once you pull the trigger any play disappears. Contrary to MK VI, I had seen several small frame 38 MK IV with poor cylinder lockup. But, to be fair, all those loose ones were “War Finish”.

eltigra306 said:
... I was also asked if they can be converted to fire 45 long colt by someone who is interested. Any info on that? This firearm has all the same serial #'s on all the parts, as well as about half a dozen different crown type markings on it. ...
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As for the conversion to 45 LC, it could be done but you are going to butcher the gun. On top of that, you have to make sure that loaded round would fit length wise. Also, you might have problem getting fired cases out due the short stroke of ejector. If you relay want to shoot 45 LC, find another cylinder and convert that one.

Recently, I had seen WG 450/476, in VERY fine condition, converted to 45AR. Now, owner is considering welding back of the cylinder to make it again for standard Webley rim. Pity! Advice to buyers; before making purchase, check the back face of the cylinder. If there are no markings, the gun was modified to fire non-Webley ammo.
 
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I have a Mk.VI Webley, Colt New Service and Smith & Wesson Hand Ejector in .455 - they are all some of my favorite guns to shoot. I would like to buy ALOT of ammo for them, if you're going to be bringing it in.
 
HI again everyone! Just to let you know I had my webley appraised at a local gunsmith, he gives it a value of 300.00 in the condition its in now. He tells me that the 45 long colt that the interested party was wanting to convert it to would be too much pressure for this gun. I have decided to keep this fine Webley for the fact that it is an original unmolested (except for being drilled out to also take 455 colt.) example. I asked him about reblueing it and he indicates that from a colectors stand point it would go down in value. So thats that. I will now be looking at getting into reloading and finding any ammo I can. So any info you can give me about availability of webley cases or rcbs die's would be great. I am waiting to find out what a box of fiocci rounds will cost me, and will go from there.
Thanks again for your help so far.
 
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eltigra306 said:
... it is an original unmolested (except for being drilled out to also take 455 colt) example .....
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eltigra: The .455 Colt cartridge is essentially the same as the .455 Webley Mark I cartridge. That name was basically a North American commercial name for the British service cartridge, though slight case-length differences did develop over time, I believe. So I don't believe your revolver has been "drilled out" or otherwise altered to accept .455 Colt - it always did ....

All .455 Webley service revolvers - up to and including the Mark VI - were intentionally made to chamber the longer Mark I cartridge, even though the Mark II cartridge (having a casing .110" shorter, which was found to work better with the cordite load introduced in 1894) had been adopted as early as 1897/98.
 
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two 455s and three 38s reloading is the only way, put a post up to buy some cast for my 455s, a gentlemen piped up and made me some of the best cast I have seen, am going to have to get him to make me some 38s know. Great guns easy to shoot. Anyone got a 455 Bisley forsale let me know
 
455 Webley Green Target Model

I have a WG Target Model with 7 1/2" barrel, nickel plated, .455/.450 in very good condition. Picked up 300 rounds of reloaded ammo for less than $100 at a gun show.
Molds are expensive and hard to come by, but I use the 220 gr mold (LRN) for the 45 SAA and size to .454.
Shoots perfectly with Trail Boss, clean and accurate.
Action is smooth in SA or double action.
A joy to shoot.
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Well my Webley Mark VI has gone on to a local colecter that is planing on using it as a display piece. So I no longer fall into the ranks of the do you own a webley. I hope that all of you are able to enjoy them. Cheers, Again thanks for all the info I got on the Webley Mark VI when I requested it. It made me an informed owner of something that I really had no clue about when I got it in a liquidation of a friends colection. Eltigra
 
As previously indicated, if the pistol mentioned by ShooterMcGavin is indeed chambered in 455Auto, then it is highly unlikely that it was Canadian issue. All of the 5,000 Colt Government Model pistols acquired by Canada in WWI (1914) were chambered in .45ACP.

For a bit of drool-factor, here's the one which graces my collection - Colt Factory letter confirms it was sold to the Government of Canada, and was part of a shipment of 1000 pistols on October 31, 1914. It became the personal sidearm of Major W.A. Mitchell, Canadian Army Service Corps, who served at the front as Officer Commanding No. 5 Company, 2nd Canadian Divisional Train. He sold it in 1942 to a freshly commissioned Canadian Army Lieutenant, from whom I acquired it a few years ago ....

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