Webley-Fosbery revolver
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| general information | |
| Country of operation: | Great Britain |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | George Vincent Fosbery, Webley & Scott |
| Manufacturer country: | Great Britain |
| Production time: | 1901 to 1924 |
| Weapon Category: | revolver |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 280 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 1.24 kg |
| Barrel length : | 152 mm mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | .455 Webley |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 6 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | drum |
| Number of trains : | 7th |
| Twist : | right |
| Visor : | Rear sight and front sight |
| Charging principle: | Recoil loader |
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The Webley-Fosbery revolver is a revolver manufactured by Webley and Scott , which is automatically ready to fire again after the shot has been fired ( self-loading ). The zigzag milling on the drum is characteristic.
Development, production
The prototype was made in 1895 by Lieutenant Colonel George Vincent Fosbery on the basis of a Colt Single Action Army . By the British firm Webley and Scott in Birmingham for series production he was brought produced there from 1901 to 1924. The Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver has a 6-round barrel in .455 caliber , a few were also made with 8 rounds in caliber .38 ACP. It was built in several only slightly different versions. The barrel length remained the same at 152 mm (shorter versions exist), but the other dimensions varied by a few millimeters.
technology
The Webley-Fosbery revolver is a semi-automatic recoil loader. When firing, the upper frame with drum and barrel (drum-barrel system) runs back on the handle frame, whereby the hammer is cocked and a spring attached to the handle frame brings it forward again. In the return and forward movement, a bolt protruding from the handle frame engages in the zig-zag-shaped grooves on the outside of the drum, which serve as guide curves, and rotates them further. The gun is ready to fire again. The patent from 1897 shows that the commonly used system was initially intended for drum transport.
As with the large-caliber Webley revolvers, the barrel must be tipped to load the Webley Fosbery. In order to fire the first shot, the drum barrel system must be withdrawn, then it is brought forward again by spring force. The safety device, a lever attached to the left side of the frame, was necessary because the weapon was operated with the cock cocked.
The drum transport corresponds to a principle that is also used in the Mauser revolver model 1878 , but in which the bolt is attached to the trigger mechanism. The system is based on a principle developed by EK Root - a senior engineer at Colt - and patented in 1855 (US Patent No. 13,999 Dec. 25 1855), (US Patent No. 14905 May 20 1856)
commitment
The advantage was a quick sequence of shots and, according to reports, also good shooting precision (at 15–20 meters a hit density of around 50 mm with the heavy, slow-flying .455 bullet). Due to its accuracy, the model was quite popular with sport shooters. It was later presented to the British Army , but after their assessment was rejected as unsuitable. Unofficially, however, officers were free to purchase the revolver privately and use it as a personal weapon. The disadvantage was that the self-cocking mechanism only worked properly if you held your arm absolutely rigid while shooting. A second point of criticism was the rapid fouling of the mechanism under the conditions in the trenches of the First World War . The total edition of all copies made was about 4800 pieces.
Webley-Fosbery patent 1897
Webley-Fosbery .455 revolver
Webley-Fosbery .455, variant
.455in SAA ball cartridges
Mauser M78 drum transport
Colt-Root patent 1856, drum with zigzag milling
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Web links
- Further information (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reiner Lidschun, Günter Wollert: Infantry weapons yesterday. (1918–1945) (= Illustrated encyclopedia of infantry weapons from around the world. ). Volume 1. 3rd edition. Brandenburgisches Verlags-Haus, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89488-036-8 , p. 260.
- ↑ Frederick Wilson: The Great Illustrated Book of Pistols. Optimum, London n.d. , ISBN 0-600-37218-9 , p. 151.
- ↑ Klaus-Peter König, Martin Hugo: Collecting weapons. The most important pistols and revolvers since 1850. 3rd edition. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-87943-957-5 , pp. 113-115.
- ↑ Behold the Webley-Fosbery , URL: http: //www.thegunzone.com / ... ( Memento of August 28, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), as of June 22, 2008