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PB234
03-19-2015, 08:41 PM
http://webleymkvi.com/
pworley1
03-19-2015, 09:03 PM
It's about time.
bouncer50
03-19-2015, 09:26 PM
Weird, There nothing about cost i will bet it would be high. 455 brass is hard to find or make your own. With modern steel a better choice would be 45 acp.
Love Life
03-19-2015, 10:06 PM
This:
scaevola
03-19-2015, 11:40 PM
I just might go for this; it would be very cool to have a brand new Webley .455 revolver.
Scharfschuetze
03-20-2015, 01:40 AM
Loved the computer graphics on their site.

It would be interesting to compare one with an original. Better steel and probably closer tolerances with the new one I would imagine.
plesant3
04-14-2015, 09:23 AM
Be nice if they'd add a "deposit counter" to their website - showing the number of deposits they've already received. As the number climbs close to the threshold it might entice folks like me to send in a deposit...whereas I don't care to send in money if this idea isn't going anywhere (even if it IS "refundable" - whatever that actually means).
FergusonTO35
04-15-2015, 09:38 AM
Very Cool!! I wonder if the poor serfs whose ancestors financed and fought in the many wars of empire will be allowed to own one?
Bigslug
04-17-2015, 08:57 AM
Weird, There nothing about cost i will bet it would be high. 455 brass is hard to find or make your own. With modern steel a better choice would be 45 acp.

Yeah. . .an approximate price would have been considerate. Do they want a deposit on a Camry or a Ferrari?

Negative on the .45 ACP. I've got both an unaltered original and an ACP-converted one. I went through a phase where I thought moon clips were a neat idea - now I just consider them and their specialized loading and unloading tools a royal PITA.

Given our current understanding of wound ballistics, I could see a resurgence of interest in both the .455 and the .38/200 concepts if WFN's were used. Once you accept that you don't NEED a flat trajectory for a PD arm and realize there's no appreciable recoil to either of them, you realize there's good potential at hand. Shorter overall frame lengths in the .38/200. . .Yep. Good stuff - though there might be an argument in favor of .38 Short Colt over .38 S&W due to the more "standard" .38 Special/.357 mag case head and bullet diameter.
FergusonTO35
04-17-2015, 06:17 PM
I agree with you but I don't see it happening until people stop believing that effective ammo has to cost $1.50 a shot.