Webley Fosbery
Here is mine Webley Fosbery.
It is built in 1906 and it’s a 3rd model in .455.
I have also taken a picture of the notch witch make that the cylinder turns.
Henk
Webley Fosbery
Developed by Colonel Fosbery, this imposing weapon uses the energy of the retreat to make carry out a half rotation of the barrel. A leaf spring returns the higher part forwards, by causing one second half rotation, the weapon being again ready with the shooting in simple action.
The weight and the masses moving absorb a great part of the retreat and gives an impression of softness for such an imposing gauge (of origin 11,5 mm with heads of 265 gr..)
Colonel Fosbery had initially worked on a prototype starting from an American revolver. To develop its project, it obtained the support of the powerful Webley firm, but in the condition of using a maximum of elements common to the productions in the course of the house, from where a similarity even interchange ability with Webley MKI and following...
No army officially adopted this expensive and complicated model, but it was seen in action at the time of the war of Boers and of 1st world war.
Jean-Benoît
Another Webley Fosbery
cal .455
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