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Excellent catch, Ripp, thank you. Same author, much the same article, different magazine, from the year before: https://americanhandgunner.com/gear/british-boomers-2/ And for those of us who are more recent arrivals to the forum, a look back at Marrakai's most impressive Webley display, "Handguns of the Empire": http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=265192&an=0&page=6#Post265192 I've never been particularly interested in revolvers, but the hinge-frame Webleys and Enfields are very much another matter. I wish I'd developed this appreciation 40+ years ago when I first started buying "old guns". The basement dealer from whom I bought my surplus hardware had Enfield No.2's hanging on the wall for under $40, and Mk.VI Webley's for under $80. Typical kid, I didn't want to look at anything that didn't chamber a cartridge that said "auto" on the base. I could have filled a suitcase for less than the cost of one new rifle. With the current interest in modern "retro-guns", I really believe that there would be a market for Webley replicas, using modern steels and chamberings. They don't seem to have any trouble finding buyers for Colt SAA clones. Imagine being able to buy a brand new Mk.I Webley as a fun plinker/range gun. (Although I imagine the 4-inch barrel would be problematic in many jurisdictions.) |