Anybody that knows me personally knows that I love guns. Working on them and also being a collector. While there are boring days. Sometimes you get a call that makes it worthwhile. Does anybody on the forum own or have personal knowledge of the Webley and Enfield revolvers from military days back in the early-middle 1900s. I have read about and seen a show about the 455 Webley. I have in my possession a 38 Webley Enfield; I think. It is my first and before I clean it up and check it out, I like to do my homework on a old war horse. I will post pics later. Got to work some now.
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I found out that it shoots 38S&W. It is a military model with the lanyard ring under grip frame. This must have been an officers model because it has a short barrel . A very solid built revolver. I have a box of 38S&W ammo somewhere. I polished some on it tonight. It seems to have nickel steel of some type. No rust, just some darker places. I have met Mr Doug. I bought a couple guns from him almost 2 years ago. I am going to try to trade with the man with a modern 38 special. If he does not want to trade he will have a clean revolver and the right ammo. It is double action only with a bobbed hammer.
I have one of these as well. Also in38 S&W. Mine has a parkerized type finish. In fact it has "War Finish" on the side plate if I remember correctly.
That sounds very similar to mine which is an Enfield No 2 Mk1** made in 1943. Look on the right side of the hammer right at the frame and see if it has any markings.
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I've got a book on the Enfields somewhere. It's still packed up from our move. Webley and Enfield were two different companies that made them for the British govt.
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I've got a book on the Enfields somewhere. It's still packed up from our move. Webley and Enfield were two different companies that made them for the British govt.
Interesting point, the revolver you have will chamber and shoot .38 S&W rounds just fine, but the British military used the .38/200 round in it...a case identical to the .38 S&W, but loaded with a 200gr. lead round-nosed bullet. This may be nit-picking, but no British references will refer to the round any way except .38/200 which was the officially adopted British service round. This round is pretty scarce in this country and would be considered a collector's item...in fact, I have never seen a box of them.
22lrFan, this one looks very similar. I have been polishing it. When I polish a little more, I will show a picture. This one has a short barrel, maybe 2 and 1/2 inches. It does not appear to have been cut back which leads me to believe this may be a rare or unusually seen models. To date I have not seen any pictures of SHORT BARREL MODELS.
38 S&W . It shoots double action only. I read up on it and it said that the British soldiers were trained to use them up close and rapid fire. It has a relatively smooth action for a old war horse. The man that sent it to me said something about the family member that had it was 94 years old so that would put him around 17-18 at the end of WW11. The British took them out of production but they were used by other British allies in multiple wars. I think this one was probably in a night dresser drawer for many years. It is solid as a rock.
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