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Posted: 4/20/2021 10:18:20 AM EDT
Picked up this Webley & Scott Mk. 1 over the weekend. From what I can gather, aside from being a fairly early one, it's a commercial pistol rather than part of a military contract.
 I'm a little stumped regarding the number on the frame below the rear of the slide (to the rear of the grip panel) on the left side:  As I understand it, the serial number is located either on the frontstrap (as mine is) for commercial guns or on the bottom of the frame in front of the trigger guard on the military guns, and this number doesn't make sense with the production numbers of these pistols. 
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Posted: 4/21/2021 8:38:08 AM EDT
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Do the two numbers match? I can't add much about these but man are they... unique looking.
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Posted: 4/21/2021 10:43:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do the two numbers match? I can't add much about these but man are they... unique looking. No, the number on the frontstrap is in the 4000s (which makes sense, given there were something like 10,000 made). |
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Posted: 4/22/2021 9:20:52 AM EDT
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In the January 2021 issue of "Firearms News", author Leroy Thompson submitted an informative article about the Webley & Scott semi auto pistols, with photos and illustrations of all the variations. All show numbers located on the frame exactly like your specimen. Maybe corresponding with Mr. Thompson could result in the answer to your question.
Gary |
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Posted: 4/22/2021 1:48:10 PM EDT
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Check out this article on the Webley auto's. https://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/WSAP3/wsap3.html#WSM1912-455
"On military pistols, the serial number is stamped on the bottom of the frame just in front of the trigger guard. Commercial pistols have the serial number on the grip tang, just in front of the hammer." Oh, and have fun finding ammo for it. In case you weren't aware, .455 Webley and .455 Webley Auto ammunition is not interchangeable. |
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Posted: 4/22/2021 4:50:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Check out this article on the Webley auto's. https://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/WSAP3/wsap3.html#WSM1912-455 "On military pistols, the serial number is stamped on the bottom of the frame just in front of the trigger guard. Commercial pistols have the serial number on the grip tang, just in front of the hammer." Oh, and have fun finding ammo for it. In case you weren't aware, .455 Webley and .455 Webley Auto ammunition is not interchangeable. Huh, interesting. I'd read it was the number on the frontstrap. So now I wonder what that number is  Brass is available, though expensive. I don't imagine shooting it a ton, at any rate. And it's an excuse to buy a .455 1911 to round out the .455 collection 
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Posted: 4/22/2021 5:09:27 PM EDT
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Made a few holsters for the 455 Auto in the day
A mate collects them. as do a few of my other mates, customers, etc. The serious collector has all sorts of versions, in several calibers Nice guns |
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Posted: 4/22/2021 6:33:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Huh, interesting. I'd read it was the number on the frontstrap. So now I wonder what that number is Brass is available, though expensive. I don't imagine shooting it a ton, at any rate. And it's an excuse to buy a .455 1911 to round out the .455 collection I would love to find a couple of .455 auto's for my collection. Wallet can't afford it at this point. You might post a picture of the front strap number and see if anybody has any ideas. It's possible that it was purchased by a police dept and the number is a rack number or something similar. |
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