Well - here is a bit of history! Webley made top-break
very much their own over several models and calibers
- well let's say top break that would survive -
not all did! When the gun is opened the ejection
of empties is very fast, the effect being of almost
a 'spring assist'.
The original .455 Webley round was never very 'hot'
but when loaded up with 'manstopper' wadcutter bullets
was deemed quite effective. It saw service from
it's origins in 1915 until well after manufacture
ceased in 1932 and so was seen in WWI trenches and
many places thereafter. The load used now is based
on a light load using 230 grain LRN's, over sized.
This example was rebuilt from almost a set of parts
- having to be fully refinished, albeit only with
a multiple application of cold blue. Double action
is very heavy and this gun has a small problem with
cocking for SA whereby if cocked too far back it
can lock - but that is easily overcome in use and
DA is fine. Brownells came up with a new mainspring
and also a top-break locking lever spring but that
latter was sadly a poor representation of the original
''V'' spring - but adequate. I drew up the old spring
and new, hoping someone would find a way to make
the old types - see this
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