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Huvius
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Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame
01/09/11 11:09 PM

Thanks for the complements guys.
As I mentioned, this little rifle was one of a seven gun auction lot. I bid an amount that I felt would be a reasonable price for the Webley alone and ended up winning the auction for about 20% less than my bid! A good day all in all I must say.
The rifle was originally chambered in 300 Rook (determined by the proofs on the barrel) and has been rebored and chambered to 357 Magnum. IMO, not a bad choice if the original bore was junk, which many are. Now, I can choose between the power of the 357 or the milder 38 Special, which, by the way, is very similar to the 360 Rook. These "small" Webleys are actually rather large when compared to other rook rifles and a cartridge with a little more zoot suits them well.

Chris, you mention the Wyley Webley. The Wyley was a predecessor to the Webley falling blocks. It had what I refer to as a Pivot Block rather than a true falling block. About the best way I can describe it is that it is like a Rolling Block which opens to the right side rather than to the rear of the action. I guess the most similar mechanism could be the Soper but the activation is totally different.

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Edited by Huvius (02/09/11 03:26 AM)

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Webley 1902 Small Frame	Huvius	31/08/11 10:42 AM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame	TH44	01/09/11 01:53 AM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame	Englishman	01/09/11 05:18 PM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame	Huvius	01/09/11 11:09 PM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame	NitroX	02/09/11 04:36 AM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame	Sville	02/09/11 05:42 AM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame	Huvius	02/09/11 07:59 AM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	Huvius	22/01/16 12:02 PM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	Huvius	24/08/16 07:39 AM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	Chuckvickers8x5742	21/06/18 11:38 PM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	tinker	21/06/18 11:56 PM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	93x64mm	22/06/18 06:18 PM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	Chuckvickers8x5742	30/06/18 01:45 AM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	Huvius	04/07/18 09:09 AM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	Chuckvickers8x5742	04/07/18 01:33 PM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	CptCurl	04/07/18 09:17 PM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	Huvius	22/06/18 12:31 PM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	Chuckvickers8x5742	22/06/18 01:08 PM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	Iowa_303s	24/08/16 08:17 AM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	blackbahart	01/03/17 07:39 PM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	lonewulf	01/03/17 08:40 PM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	DarylS	02/03/17 04:07 AM
Re: Webley 1902 Small Frame Now Engraved!	93x64mm	02/03/17 07:09 AM

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