Club Obi Wan

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:14 pm**

Hey all, new to COW but not new to Indy collecting...was a long time member of the Indyfan forum and just never joined COW until now...

Came across this Webley back in 1998. The lower grip and trigger assembly is a MkV with the birds head grip and the top strap, 6 inch barrel and cylinder are a MkVI. The Mk V lower portion is stamped 1915. The cylinder has been rechambered for 45 Auto. I use 45 autorim shells and reload them so I don't need half or full moon clips, but the autorim brass is pretty hard to find. BTW, it still shoots really nicely. I think it's a dead ringer for the Last Crusade as you can plainly see in a few photos that the one they used has the birds head grip, and at any rate, it was quite the find in the condition it's in!

Well, enjoy!

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:25 pm**

That's a beautiful Webley. Gorgeous blue finish! How much did you pay for it?

Posted: **Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:34 am**

Words cannot express my envy.

Posted: **Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:37 pm**

Yeah, I know, it is nice...I got extremely lucky. I paid just $450 for it, so that made it even luckier!

My father-in-law got lucky recently though and picked up a Browning Hi-Power in near-mint condition for only $250 from a friend of his...maybe I can get him to part with it!

Posted: **Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:25 pm**

Words cannot express my envy.

They can express mine, but the moderators would ban me....

Posted: **Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:32 pm**

Impresive indeed...

And i though I had a good looking costume

Best Wishes

Posted: **Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:13 pm**

I don't suppose you have any info on who did the assembly and when?

I don't think I've ever seen a "custom" Webley.

Posted: **Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:27 pm**

No, I'm sorry, I don't, but I'm assuming the conversion to .45 ACP was done at the same time as the two different frame assemblies were paired.

Posted: **Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:58 am**

Now that begs the question - Was the LC gun really a Green or this hybrid???

Posted: **Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:14 pm**

The LC gun was a WG and not this conversion. It's easy to spot the WG by the long flat area in front of the trigger gaurd and also the longer cylinder. The MK VI does not have these features. I've watched LC frame by frame and even at a distance you can see these details that differentiate it from the MK VI.

A hundred years ago these guns where basically hand made so you often will see variations.

Very nice specimen WebleyMKV!!!

IB

Posted: **Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:30 pm**

Thanks!

Hey - we need a resize on these photos to 640x480 - Forum rules and all.

Posted: **Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:37 pm**

Sorry! Didn't realize how big they were when I posted them!

Club Obi Wan

My Webley MkV/VI Hybrid

My Webley MkV/VI Hybrid