In 1913 the army adopted the Mk V, which introduced smokeless cordite ammunition and featured a wider, case-hardened cylinder to withstand the more potent round-just in time for World War I. But if an enemy charge came too close, requiring an officer to draw his pistol, it had devastating man-stopping power. Using a.455-caliber round with a relatively slow muzzle velocity of 620 feet per second, the Webley was not, nor was it meant to be, a long-range firearm. ![]() In 1897 the company merged with W&C Scott & Sons to become Webley & Scott Revolver & Arms Co. Not until 1887 did the British army officially adopt the top-break, double-action design as the Webley Mk I. ![]() Webley & Son conceived this most quintessentially British of revolvers in the 1870s, when officers purchased their own personal sidearms. Webley & Scott Mk VI Revolver: The British Officer’s Man-Stopper of Choice Closeīirmingham-based P.
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