Brian_Purdy@mindlink.bc.ca (Brian Purdy) (06/30/91)
Here in Canada the Webley's are not uncommon. I have a Mk VI and a Mk I, representing the beginning and end of the 455 Webleys. The Mk I's were accepted by the British War Office in 1888 and saw service in India, the Sudan, South Africa and elsewhere when ever the British Empire's pot started to boil. The MK VI Webley was the same basic gun as the MK I, but had been greatly improved in terms of ease of manufacture. It was the standard issue revolver to British and Commonwealth officers in WWI, (which started in 1914, by the way).