Webley MkVI

School me please! I have been given an interesting "Parts gun" It appears to be a Mk VI in
.455 but the cylinder is chambered for .32 S&W ? The barrel appears to have been chopped to 2" and there is no rifling whatsoever but in the .455 bore diameter. All parts appear to be serialized to the gun. there is a strange hole bored through the grip frame, trigger gaurd, and trigger. The gun came with one brass grip with two holes drilled into it and a standard bakelite type grip. The gun was nickel plated and badly corroded/rusted/pitted. I dont think it's worth saving but was wondering if it may have been some sort of Special purpose gun? Maybe mounted or fixed to something such as a booby trap of some kind? Any thoughts or info would be appreciated. Thanks,
Von Xulu

Can you post some photos?

This one sounds like a LOT of fun to figure out!

Personally, I have never come across anything even remotely resembling what you are talking about.

Webley did make 2 sizes of frame, big ones for the .455/476 and a small frame for the .22, .32 and .38 models. How a small cylinder became mated with a large frame is beyond my imagination.

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Could the cylinder be sleeved for blank firing or some other similar usage?
john

firearms website at britishmilitariaforums.yuku.com. They have a section for british handguns.
john