Lucky to find it at a PA gunshow yesterday, great condition. Tracing S/N puts it as 1919 production by Webley in England. Originally .455 caliber, it had the back of the cylinder cut to chamber 45acps on half or full moon clips.
To be accurate, as others have posted, the Webley(ies) in LC were most likely Webley-Green Army models with the curved grips. But this Mk VI with the full grips, in my opinion, is much better looking and handling.
Looking at the LC DVD again, there is a clear shot of the back of the cylinder (when Indy checks for ammo to shoot at the German fighter), and markings like "618" are clear, so that screen gun was not cut for 45acp. Yet other accounts say the screen gun was cut to chamber 45s.
Odd thing is, my Mk VI is cut for 45s, but DOES NOT chamber 1980s era 5in1 blanks as the overall length of the blanks stick out front of the cylinder; the gun won't cock (index the cylinder) without difficulty. (I've also found that in original HE2 .455 S&Ws, the 5in1s also have trouble as the rim of the case is about .010 too thick for the cylinder to close.) I'm beginning to think :idea: all these Indy wheel guns used .455 blanks...
PS: Also got good news at the show, my gunsmith is making good progress on my S&W Bapty conversion...
Regards,
Indy45
Nice find 45....I bet you wet yourself until you knew it was yours:)
