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Hello, I'm here to Oppress you!!
pook came over today and had the urge to toss lead downrange in such nice weather.I decided to do some serious scoping time, which I did, and found to my horror several scopes way off, but corrected. AND a Ruger PC-9 with a firing pin problem that needs attention.
BUT, I decided to take out my British Webley Mark VI revolver, something that hasn't seen range time in years. In .455 Webley originally, sometime later trimmed at the cylinder to accept .45 ACP with half moon clips. Its also a 'Break open', meaning instead of swinging the cylinder out, the pistol unhinges in the middle up, ejecting the spent casings at the same time. This one was made in 1916 and has Mustard Gas scarring on one side (If you look hard enough, you can see the pitting just behind the cylinder). The gun was holstered when it was gassed, cause it has the portions not holstered, all pitted.
A great beastly handgun, pretty accurate and a delight to shoot. And in typical Webley fashion, starts unscrewing itself after several rounds.
Holding it and shooting it, one can hear some British officer announcing "Hello, I'm here to Oppress you..Please cooperate...Pip Pip!!"
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Oh cool! A Mark VI Webley! I've got two of them myself, and they are sweet guns. Like yours, mine are shaved for .45 ACP.
A word of information. Shooting factory .45 ACP hardball in these guns is like shooting proof level loads in these things. That could be why your screws are loosening up, you're running stuff that's way at the top end of what's safe in those things.
Best thing to do is load your own low power stuff. If you want, I'll send you the recipe I use.
Also, you could consider .45 Autorim, and then you won't have to mess with moonclips.
Just a thought.
Webleys are cool!
A word of information. Shooting factory .45 ACP hardball in these guns is like shooting proof level loads in these things. That could be why your screws are loosening up, you're running stuff that's way at the top end of what's safe in those things.
Best thing to do is load your own low power stuff. If you want, I'll send you the recipe I use.
Also, you could consider .45 Autorim, and then you won't have to mess with moonclips.
Just a thought.
Webleys are cool!
Ahh...True that, sadly .45 Autorim ammo is difficult to find and bloody expensive. This is my second Webley Mk 6, my first one was a cherry one made in 1918 and was talked out of to sell. That one I literally had to stand on a blanket to shoot to catch the screws that popped off. I regretted losing that one and got this one. Personally this one has more character with the mustard gas scars.
How's the catch on that to hold it closed? I know the older (than that one) top-break's can't handle high pressure loads because that catch would get mangled trying to hold the gun together.
Need to renew my membership to that range, still haven't found one closer to my new college (supposedly there's one close by, but it doesn't show up on google), be nice to stop by and put my carbine through its paces a bit more often.
Need to renew my membership to that range, still haven't found one closer to my new college (supposedly there's one close by, but it doesn't show up on google), be nice to stop by and put my carbine through its paces a bit more often.
Oh sure, loaded .45 Autorim is expensive, but empty brass to reload is still pretty afordable.
Of my pair of Mark VI's, one has been parkerized and looks pretty flawless. The other still has its original finish, I'd say about 85 to 90%. Both are tight, good shooters, and I've even got a bayonet for one of them! I occasionally use them for Wild Bunch shooting, for which they work very well.
I've also got a Mark IV .38 in excellent shape. That's a real sweet shooter too.
Of my pair of Mark VI's, one has been parkerized and looks pretty flawless. The other still has its original finish, I'd say about 85 to 90%. Both are tight, good shooters, and I've even got a bayonet for one of them! I occasionally use them for Wild Bunch shooting, for which they work very well.
I've also got a Mark IV .38 in excellent shape. That's a real sweet shooter too.
One of my coworkers is a big fan of the webleys and has quite a few, both in original 455 webley and cut down to 45acp. While I've never seen it with my own eyes, he says at ranges beyond typical 'handgun self defense' ranges, the 455 bullet will somtimes bounce off of wooden targets instead of penetrating them.
I'd still like to own one one day, and a Nagant pistol to go along with it.
I'd still like to own one one day, and a Nagant pistol to go along with it.
Let me subjugate you
Let me make you cringe
We'll talk about some new rules
some oppressive and some true rules
and you'll just give right in!
So let me subjugate you
and we'll all... have... a... real... good... time!
Sorry. I'm in a strange mood. Nap is in the mail BTW
Let me make you cringe
We'll talk about some new rules
some oppressive and some true rules
and you'll just give right in!
So let me subjugate you
and we'll all... have... a... real... good... time!
Sorry. I'm in a strange mood. Nap is in the mail BTW
I didn't know the Mustard Gas actually corroded metals. I can imagine what horror must be to feel that eating your lungs from the inside out.
The man who was carrying this gun most definitely died a horrible death there in some muddy trench. You are holding a piece of history there!
The man who was carrying this gun most definitely died a horrible death there in some muddy trench. You are holding a piece of history there!
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