Webley mk 6 barrel and cylinder on mk1 frame

[XperienceDUDE]

Can someone tell me if i can put mk6 barrel and cylinder on a mk1 antique frame ?

 

[Lee Enfield]

You have to alter the frame

 

[john@]

Members here have done that.

 

[HeadDamage]

You can but it might take some skill to get it really working nicely.

 

[XperienceDUDE]

You have to alter the frame

can you tell me what needs to be altered ?

 

[QueensHorseman]

Interested in this as well and especially if there is a smith who could do this for a reasonable cost. I have an antique MK III and would love to fit a later barrel and cylinder. I like the .455 / .476 family of cartridges but would prefer the solid lock up and longer barrel of the later models.

 

[infidel29]

can you tell me what needs to be altered ?

Look at a picture of a mk 6 and a mk 1 side by side. You'll see theres an extra hole for the cylinder retaining screw. The cylinder is also a bit longer in the later models. There may be other issues, don't recall at present.

 

[infidel29]

Interested in this as well and especially if there is a smith who could do this for a reasonable cost. I have an antique MK III and would love to fit a later barrel and cylinder. I like the .455 / .476 family of cartridges but would prefer the solid lock up and longer barrel of the later models.

Mk 3 shouldn't require any modification if I recall correctly, except maybe cylinder timing. That's when they started making all the major frame changes.

 

[HeadDamage]

I have fitted a mk6 barrel and cylinder to a mk2 by just making a small dimple in the recoil plate to allow the longer nose of the star/ejector to fit. It will function without adding the hole for the ejector screw to the frame but I do plan on doing this as well.

 

[KotKotofeich]

Or you can keep an eye out for a mk1 with a long barrel from the factory. Left side - mk VI and mk I** - the mkI** is all matching so it's not a modification.

 

[johnnylo]

Mk I ** are all factory reconditioned by the to meet smokless standards which include work to the frame to allow for the larger MK V cylinder and sometimes included new barrels fitted. This helped meet the need for sidearms in WWI. I believe it was the British Navy that used the MKI **s.