Webley & Scott « Mark 1 Navy » (1913)

[bruno38]

Webley & Scott « Mark 1 Navy » (1913)

Glad to present my SN 3720 (.455 cal.) - Restricted status

This pistol was 1 of only 1919 (SN range 3691-5609) delivered to the British Royal Navy in December 1914
It was actually used during WW1 and has survived, without being abused, broken or scratched

A now rare and pretty expensive specimen
For your appreciation, fellow members

Interesting references:

http://www.wilkinsonfscollection.co...odel_of_1913_MkI_455_Self-Loading_Pistol.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8j3VIILQjI







In good company (FN1906)

 

[sailor723]

That's very cool. I had never even heard of this gun....thanks for posting

 

[gdawg]

Wow another beautiful early 20th century classic. Envious.

 

[hollowedpoint]

Looks like where glock got its looks lol. All joking aside thats a pretty rare pistol never seen one before on cgn, I have read about it though in a milsurp book.

 

[tekarra]

Thanks for posting. I have photos of the pistol but have not seen one in the flesh.

 

[wbaad]

Are you sure webley didn't make anchors?
Seriously that is a great one for the collection. Shot it yet?

 

[bruno38]

Are you sure webley didn't make anchors?
Seriously that is a great one for the collection. Shot it yet?

Perfectly functional, but shot only by previous owner
Pretty heavy, in fact ships used them as anchors (lol)

 

[tokguy]

They are an impressive piece of engineering IMO.
They look amazingly simple to field strip; not as simple as a straight blowback, but close as far as simplicity. That's my judge of good engineering, simple.
I'm betting the inclined lugs on the inside of the slide; they lock up with friction and allow the slide to reciprocate after the pressure is lowered?

 

[Cocked&Locked]

I have a commercial model in 32, and a H&R licensed copy (made in america under webly's patents) in 25...very neat pistols....but i envy you that one!

 

[nugunner]

In .455 must have a hell of a kick!

 

[Kman303]

This is absolutely fantastic, don't see these often, thank you for sharing!