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The standard-issue Webley revolver at the outbreak of the First World War was the Webley Mk V (adopted 9 December 1913 [9]), but there were considerably more Mk IV revolvers in service in 1914, [10] as the initial order for 20,000 Mk V revolvers had not been completed when hostilities began. [9]
The .455 Webley Auto Mk I cartridge was produced from 1913 to about the middle of World War II. This is a semi-rimmed cartridge for the Webley & Scott Self Loading pistols. [4] The early version of the cartridge (c.1904) had a shorter [clarification needed] 21.7 mm (0.85 in) semi-rimmed case with a narrow rim and a pointed bullet. A later ...
Enfield No.2 Mk.1 Revolver; Webley Revolver – many marks in .38 and .455 calibres; Browning FN-Inglis "Pistol No.II Mk.I*" Colt M1911A1; Webley No.I Mk.I – automatic pistol in .455 inch. Issued to the Royal Navy; Welrod – a suppressed bolt-action pistol; Smith & Wesson Model 10; Colt New Service; Colt Official Police.
FAMAE revolver: FAMAE.32 Long Colt.38 Special: 6 Chile: FN Barracuda: Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal: 9×19mm Parabellum.357 Magnum.38 Special: 6 Belgium: 1974-c.1989 Freedom Arms Model 83 .500 WE: Freedom Arms.500 Wyoming Express: 5 United States: 1983-present (designed in 1950s) Frontier Bulldog (copy of Webley RIC) J.B. Rongé & Sons .442 ...
The Mark VI (known as the Webley Revolver No. 1 Mark VI after 1927) was the last standard service pistol made by Webley; the most widely produced of their revolvers, 300,000 were made for service during World War I. [7] Webley and Scott Model 1911 .32 Automatic Pistol
The Enfield No. 2 was a British top-break revolver using the .38 S&W round manufactured from 1930 to 1957. It was the standard British/Empire sidearm in the Second World War, alongside the Webley Mk IV and Smith & Wesson Victory Model revolvers chambered in the same calibre.
As Webley had used the .38 S&W cartridge dimensions for their revolver, and the cartridge length was fixed by the size of the cylinder of the revolver (the same as for the wider .455), Kynoch produced a cartridge with the same dimensions as the .38 S&W but with 2.8 grains (0.18 g) of "Neonite" nitrocellulose powder and a 200 grain (13.0 g ...
Lebel M1886/93 (Remained in use until the end of World War II. Mainly used by reservists and for launching VB grenades and as sniper rifle) [ 192 ] [ 193 ] [ 194 ] [ 183 ] MAS-36 (Adopted in 1936 by France and intended to replace the Berthier and Lebel series of service rifles) [ 195 ]