.38 Webley Mk. IV problem.

[Peter Laidler]

Tep........, warpig has it in one. You need to strip and reassemble the revolver but it would/might seem as though the hammer is not actuating the trigger, upon which the PAWL, cylinder is mounted, correctly. The trouble with the Webleys is that there isn't a side plate to remove like our old Enfields but the principle is the same.

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[Bionicback321]

After building a jig to hold the trigger and hammer in the correct orientation, I noticed that the point of contact where the trigger holds the hammer ( after cocking it manually ) seems to have been filed back a small amount. The arrow is pointing at it in the picture of my hammer.

Here is Tatanka's from his post in Aug.:


Here is mine:


To my eye the overhang ( where the arrow is pointing on my hammer ) seem to shorter on mine then on Tatanka's, and is releasing the hammer before the pawl can reach the top of its travel. When firing the weapon using the trigger only, the trigger seems to act upon a different part of the hammer and it works correctly. I think I need to add some metal to what I'm calling the overhang ( I apologize for not knowing what its called ). Does that sound like crazy talk?