Webley Scott Pistol Drawing Serial Number 3800

No hold open to lock the slide back, alerting the firer to a dry guy.

Turn off the rim and cut an extractor groove, cut to length and deburr.

The Lee 230 gr. RN tumble lube boolit works in this cartridge and functions well.

Ive shot the Brit handgun in question with the preceding qualifications for about 30 shots, not mine but I cobbled the ammo for it.

Do not over stress it as that big leaf mainspring can break and its replacement would be difficult.

Maximum individual pressure 4.9 tonssq.inch (long tons 2,240 pounds).

The original is a 1R or roughly hemispherical in shape, and had a cupronickel FMJ.

Webley Scott Pistol Drawing Serial Number 3800

This pistol (serial number 3800) was 1 of 1919 (serial numbers 3691-5609) delivered to the Royal Navy in December 1914.

Close-up photos show the (19)14 acceptance date above the CrownGR on the frame and breech-block, the serial number, the broad arrow property mark on the grip and a 7-pack of.455 ammo dated January 30, 1919.Also shown are several rounds of.455 Eley Self-loading ammo with 1917 and 1918 headstamps.

I also have the WebleyEley Mark I.455 brass and bullets from Buffalo Arms for reloading this ammo.

I havent shot this hefty pistol yet but am looking forward to doing so once Ole Man Winter exits so I can get out to the range.

W 92124 which was 1 of 300 shipped to the London Armoury Company on March 30, 1917.

Photos show British Military Crossed Pennants and Broad Arrow property and proof marks.

Also shown are following markings on barrel:.455 CAL Auto S L (self-loading); broad arrow property mark;.9 in brass length and 9 lbssq in pressure and close-ups of.455 magazine.

In surfing the web I found this interesting tidbit: it looks like the PHSADC (Pakistan Hunting Sporting Arms Development Company) will offer modern production Webley-Fosberys in both.455 Eley and.38 so it will be interesting to see the price and quality of these pistols when theyre offered for sale.

You can see photos of the prototype pistol at the Companys Facebook page.

This 224 grain cupro-nickel jacketed bullet was produced from 1913 thru the early 1940s and was used with these pistols and the WWI British Contract.455 Colt Government Model pistols.

Notice the Not for Revolvers warning to prevent this ammo from being used with the.455 Webley Scott WWI-issue revolvers which used the rimmed 220 grain flat nose.455 cartridge 455 Webley Mk IV introduced in 1912 and the.455 Webley Mk V introduced in 1914.

The Webley-Scott instead used a simple v-shape leaf spring and operating arm.

The arm was pushed rearward by the short recoiling slide (pushed back by the backwards forces of expending propellent) and acted against a v-shaped spring nestled in the right panel of the pistol grip.

A risky venture, a thin recoil spring packed into the grip alongside the seven round pistol magazine.

As to the magazine, where most modern and successful auto-loading handguns have a follower hold open (a part of hte magazine which rounds are seated on and push upwards until empty) the WS did not.

That means when the pistol fired the last round, the slide simply cycled and returned to battery.