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A .455 WEBLEY FOSBERY PATENT MODEL 1901 RECOIL-OPERATED REVOLVER, No. 708, retailed by J. MacNaughton, dull blued finish overall, the solid recoiling-frame with standard safety-bolt, standard Webley cylinder release, the butt with chequered wooden grips and lanyard-ring, the barrel with fixed high-blade foresight and standard backsight

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A .455 WEBLEY FOSBERY PATENT MODEL 1901 RECOIL-OPERATED REVOLVER, No. 708, retailed by J. MacNaughton, dull blued finish overall, the solid recoiling-frame with standard safety-bolt, standard Webley cylinder release, the butt with chequered wooden grips and lanyard-ring, the barrel with fixed high-blade foresight and standard backsight
4in. barrel, contemporary proof marks as for Black Powder, the frame with the maker's stamp '.455 CORDITE ONLY'
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拍品专文

Colonel G. Vincent Fosbery, V.C. obtained his initial patents for a recoil-operated revolver in 1895 and Webley revolvers built on this system went on to achieve considerable fame as robust and accurate target and military pistols