.38 cal., 6" octagonal barrel, S/N 1355. 8-shot revolver, nickel finish with checkered hard rubber grips. Left side of frame marked Webley Fosbery and on the bottom of frame marked 38 automatic. The entire production of the Webley Fosbery automatic revolvers was less than 4500, of which only 417 .38 calibers were ever produced. 141 were dismantled prior to 1914 and the small parts used to produce .455 Fosberys. At least 72 more .38 caliber automatics were factory converted to .455 calibers and retain original serial numbers leaving the total number of .38s unmodified by Webley at less than 160. Webley Scott Archives, armsresearch.co.uk suggests that to the best of their knowledge this pistol is the second to last of the known nickel-plated examples of the revolver existing, a truly rare find. Also accompanying this revolver is a retention authorization tag from an American military officer who purchased it in Austria in 1955. Also comes with a letter from arms research in the UK a long with a copy of the factory ledger. This information was provided by Richard Milner of www.armsresearch.co.uk. Condition: Barrel and frame retain 95% of the original nickel finish with two small spots of corrosion the left side of barrel. Cylinder has some peeling of finish. Safety lever is missing. Both grips have a small half-moon shaped chip in each.
.38 cal., 6" octagonal barrel, S/N 1355. 8-shot revolver, nickel finish with checkered hard rubber grips. Left side of frame marked Webley Fosbery and on the bottom of frame marked 38 automatic. The entire production of the Webley Fosbery automatic revolvers was less than 4500, of which only 417 .38 calibers were ever produced. 141 were dismantled prior to 1914 and the small parts used to produce .455 Fosberys. At least 72 more .38 caliber automatics were factory converted to .455 calibers and retain original serial numbers leaving the total number of .38s unmodified by Webley at less than 160. Webley Scott Archives, armsresearch.co.uk suggests that to the best of their knowledge this pistol is the second to last of the known nickel-plated examples of the revolver existing, a truly rare find. Also accompanying this revolver is a retention authorization tag from an American military officer who purchased it in Austria in 1955. Also comes with a letter from arms research in the UK a long with a copy of the factory ledger. This information was provided by Richard Milner of www.armsresearch.co.uk. Condition: Barrel and frame retain 95% of the original nickel finish with two small spots of corrosion the left side of barrel. Cylinder has some peeling of finish. Safety lever is missing. Both grips have a small half-moon shaped chip in each.
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