Question about value - Webley Metropolitan Police 450 Revolver

[fritzhanzel]

www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=465433560

Found this on gunbroker, is this an antique revolver? If so, what is the value and can it be imported into Canada?

 

[Polar_Hunter]

I guess your first job would be to find out the date of manufacture. If it is made before 1898 it would fall under the antique category. Below is a link to some legal mumbo-jumbo. After reading it I still don't know if it is legal with the short barrel. Maybe you will have better luck at understanding it.

https://nfa.ca/resource-items/antique-and-blackpowder-firearms

 

[southwest maddog]

I looked at that gunbroker ad and the seller has "no international shipments" on it so that will be a hurdle for you. There was a similar Webley MP on CGN within the last year. I think it he was asking $2,200 and it was an antique.

I have the same gun in an earlier model and it is a prescribed antique by year of manufacture and caliber. I legally imported my revolver from the USA without any issue. Barrel length is not an issue with antiques as I understand it. No 12(6) required.

I believe that the gun in the ad is also an antique as it says Webley and Son on the top strap. I believe that all Webley and Son firearms are pre 1898. I am far from an expert in antiques so I stand to be corrected.

 

[Polar_Hunter]

If you want an antique handgun .........[edited]..........

 

[fritzhanzel]

If you want an antique handgun ...........edited..........l

I have seen those.