Originally Posted By: Blackadder
Originally Posted By: HomelessjOe
I'd love to know...show Mssrs. Webleys patend...I doubt it predates the 1914 catalog by 20-25 years.


Actually it predates catalog by 31 years: 1883 (at least in America; I think UK patent is 1882)


The UK patent is the Webley & Brain Patent, No, 3053, of June 28, 1882. This is Webley's screw-grip in it's original doll's head form.

"Serious rifles have two barrels, everything else just burns gunpowder."