New gunshow find!!!

FUUN063 · July 22, 2012, 23:00

I picked these two revolvers up at the local Kokomo, IN gunshow. The longer barreled one is a .38 S&W Webley that looks nearly unissued. Very nice "war finish" indeed. The snub nosed one is a Webley New South Wales Police 2" original in .450 Webley/Adams caliber. Now, where's that Aussie we got on the Files!!

Sorry for the bad pic, but I am leaving and just wanted to snap a quick shot for the masses.

Leland

Timber Wolf · July 24, 2012, 12:37

You would not show up with some strange stuff would you?

I'm kind of liking that old snub, real old school!

Retired Bum · July 24, 2012, 16:40

I may be mistaken but I believe that ammo for the old .450 revolver is still available. Fiocchi produces the old .450 Boxer cartridge which was the first British military metallic cartridge introduced circa 1867. This is a very underpowered cartridge for military use and it was replaced with the .476 Enfield used in the Model 1876 Enfield DA revolver.

The British put a lot of different names on their service cartridges back then. I believe that the .450 Boxer is also known as the .450 Webley and .450 Adams. Just as the .455 Webley was known as the .455 Eley and .455 Colt in Canada.....

And so it goes.

The Retired One

gunsmoke · July 24, 2012, 23:18

nO NEED FOR AN aussie WHEN YOU GOT A GOOGLE

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...EBLEY+450+AMMO

mpnv · July 25, 2012, 06:49

Nice Find!

gunsmoke · July 25, 2012, 20:36

http://archives.gunsandammo.com/cont...-holmes?page=2

MACV · July 26, 2012, 18:08

Some of those Webley's had the cylinder machined down so they could use 45 acp with half moon clips.

**19&41** · July 27, 2012, 16:32

Your .38 looks like it has some front sight adjustment. It and the police are good finds!

July 22, 2012, 23:00	#1
FUUN063 Computer Illiterate Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 35576 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Converse, Indiana Posts: 4,593	New gunshow find!!! I picked these two revolvers up at the local Kokomo, IN gunshow. The longer barreled one is a .38 S&W Webley that looks nearly unissued. Very nice "war finish" indeed. The snub nosed one is a Webley New South Wales Police 2" original in .450 Webley/Adams caliber. Now, where's that Aussie we got on the Files!! Sorry for the bad pic, but I am leaving and just wanted to snap a quick shot for the masses. Leland

July 24, 2012, 12:37	#2
Timber Wolf Registered FALaholic #: 805 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Southern U.S. Posts: 2,810	You would not show up with some strange stuff would you? I'm kind of liking that old snub, real old school! __________________ First rule of gun fighting: "have a gun!" "Guns don't kill people. Daddys with good looking daughters do!"

July 24, 2012, 23:18	#4
gunsmoke Registered FALaholic #: 14772 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: LOUISIANA Posts: 1,196	nO NEED FOR AN aussie WHEN YOU GOT A GOOGLE http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...EBLEY+450+AMMO __________________ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." Sigmund Freud

July 25, 2012, 20:36	#6
gunsmoke Registered FALaholic #: 14772 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: LOUISIANA Posts: 1,196	http://archives.gunsandammo.com/cont...-holmes?page=2 __________________ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." Sigmund Freud

July 26, 2012, 18:08	#7
MACV Registered FALaholic #: 1167 Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: St Louis Posts: 2,570	Some of those Webley's had the cylinder machined down so they could use 45 acp with half moon clips. __________________ Dabs free since 7-16-09 "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." The Duke

July 24, 2012, 16:40	#3
Retired Bum Registered FALaholic #: 21904 Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,187	I may be mistaken but I believe that ammo for the old .450 revolver is still available. Fiocchi produces the old .450 Boxer cartridge which was the first British military metallic cartridge introduced circa 1867. This is a very underpowered cartridge for military use and it was replaced with the .476 Enfield used in the Model 1876 Enfield DA revolver. The British put a lot of different names on their service cartridges back then. I believe that the .450 Boxer is also known as the .450 Webley and .450 Adams. Just as the .455 Webley was known as the .455 Eley and .455 Colt in Canada..... And so it goes. The Retired One

July 25, 2012, 06:49	#5
mpnv Registered Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 64169 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Delaware Posts: 660	Nice Find!

July 27, 2012, 16:32	#8
19&41 Member Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 29354 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Georgia Posts: 317	Your .38 looks like it has some front sight adjustment. It and the police are good finds!

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