A .455 WEBLEY FOSBERY AUTOMATIC PATENT MODEL 1901 RECOIL-OPERATED REVOLVER BY P. WEBLEY, No. 538, blued finish overall, the solid recoiling-frame with safety bolt, standard Webley cylinder-release, the butt with chequered wooden grips and lanyard-ring, the barrel with fixed high-blade foresight and standard backsight 6in. barrel, contemporary proof marks as for Black Powder, the frame with maker's stamp '.455 CORDITE ONLY' The concept of an 'automatic' revolver is most unusual. Colonel G. Vincent Fosbery, V.C., obtained his initial patents for a recoil-operated revolver in 1895 and Webley revolvers built on this system became famed for their strength and accuracy
A .455 WEBLEY FOSBERY AUTOMATIC PATENT MODEL 1901 RECOIL-OPERATED REVOLVER BY P. WEBLEY, No. 538, blued finish overall, the solid recoiling-frame with safety bolt, standard Webley cylinder-release, the butt with chequered wooden grips and lanyard-ring, the barrel with fixed high-blade foresight and standard backsight 6in. barrel, contemporary proof marks as for Black Powder, the frame with maker's stamp '.455 CORDITE ONLY' The concept of an 'automatic' revolver is most unusual. Colonel G. Vincent Fosbery, V.C., obtained his initial patents for a recoil-operated revolver in 1895 and Webley revolvers built on this system became famed for their strength and accuracy
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