I note that the vast majority of M/83 guns are marked ‘Webleys Patent RIC it is also marked ‘Made in England’ on the right side of the frame. Because it was to be retailed in the U.S. Style ejector rod, conventional cylinder flutes, lanyard ring, with nitro proofs, marked ‘Webley Patents’ on the frame and ‘Webley & Scott Ltd Birmingham & London’ on the left side of the top In the terminology of collectors, my M/83 would be described as follows: SN 102430, 2½” ovate barrel, high luster blue finish, large frame with broad stock, bronze front sight, elongated acorn
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The highest known serial number for an M/83 is 102634, made sometime in the 1930’s, so my gun is only 204 guns from the end of production. I wrote to Richard Milner at the Webley & Scott Archives and Research and paid £20 to learn that my gun was made in 1923 and sold to the W&C Scott Arms Company of New York in October ofġ926. Mostly short 2-3/8 to 2-1/2 inch barrels (though the very last gun produced was given a 3 inch barrel). 44 Russian, and the final production gun is chambered for the. They were still being offered for sale new in the U.S. They had so many left in inventory that the last guns were manufactured in the 1930’s, albeit in very small quantities. According to Black, Davis, and Michaud the company stopped ordering new frames from their supplier in 1893, but The M/83 was kept in production longer than any other solid frame revolver. Unlike Webley’s British Bulldog, the later RIC Model/83s were made with a longer cylinder.” Black, Davis, & Michaud state: “The early RIC Model/83 was essentially the No. Revolver evolved into the gun pictured here, which is known as a Model 1883 or M/83. I won’t bore the reader by explicating the permutations of RIC revolvers (which however can be discovered in the reference books listed below) but suffice it to say that eventually the RIC The RIC revolver eventually spawned the British Bulldog (1878-1912), the Metropolitan Police, the Army Express, and other Webley revolvers. These were the first RIC pattern revolvers, built on a short frame with a short cylinder, but with six shots and usually a longerīarrel than what is shown here, 4½” being typical. 442 caliber for the Royal Irish Constabulary inġ868, based on a design they had first produced in 1867. Instead, I want to share this one revolver with the reader and explain what I have learned about it.Īpparently Webley was just another small-time weapon maker in the gun district of Birmingham until they got a contract to make 1000 pistols in. However, far be it from me to attempt a history of Webley revolvers. I have a weakness for large bore revolvers, particularly if they areĬompact. I bought this gun because it is visually appealing to me and it can still be shot, as the British.
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