Webley help

Webley help. Picked this up today on a trade. marked. P.WEBELY & SONS.LONDON & BIRMINGHAM on top strap. Right side has a bullet with flames over W& S.
Left side is webley patents wp320. serial number is 205.over all conditions is good with right grip panel chipped. nice tight with great bore. Any info or help you can provide, Thanks Mike
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Originally Posted by mmppres

Right side has a bullet with flames over W& S.

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A "Flying Bullet", wings rather than flames, I believe.

Looks like a "WP" model.

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Originally Posted by green

"WP" model.

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Any chance of a little more information on what you mean by "WP model", please? Do you mean War Department or W.D.?

It does look like a Webley pocket hammerless. Is it in .320 calibre?

Yep, a WP (Webley Pocket) hammerless .320, they made a hammer version also.

What a neat little revolver...

Yes its small an neat. Took it in on a trade. So do i have a common revolver. W.P. 320 is that 32 cal ?

You might find that .32 short Colt will work. The rim is a bit different but it is the closest you can find.

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Originally Posted by mmppres

W.P. 320 is that 32 cal ?

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I'll bet it is, a .320... or .32 rimmed.

mmppres,
Nice little piece, often seen in nickel coated, but you have a great little Webley Pocket WP Hammerless 6 round pistol there in what looks good used clean condition.
You'll need 7mm (.320) rounds. Stopped production long before WW2, but were often found in NI on weapons searches or finds.
I think you'll find it a beauty to shoot to. Real shame we haven't seen them in the UK mainland for years.

Meant to ask.............is there any trace of an MP stamp on its own would be on the face of the cylinder as you crack her open or a ’s as I remember when the .38 contract came into the British Police Service, they realised that the Metropolitan Police had over 1000 of these on issue and before WW1??

Things were a lot different in them days, keeping a gun at home as a Detective and specialist roles like Special Branch, would see them issued with MKIV's.

If you look on wiki about the cartridges, you'll find the .32 S&W is just a bit bigger in all respects, I'll bet it will fit though.

This box and spent case, with a bullet pushed back in, belonged to my Grandfather for use with his Browning 1910 .32 automatic pistol. Fortunately he saved this empty box and case and they passed to me eventually. I'm not sure of the date but I believe that he got the pistol between the late 1920's and early 1930's and eventually handed it into the police in the late 1950's or early 1960's when the laws became more strict concerning owning them in the U.K.. Would this type of .32 round, designed for an auto, work in a revolver?

That's the .32 ACP for Auto pistols. He needs the rimmed cartridge for revolvers...

only way to get a 32 s&w to fit would be with a very big hammer.no mp marking any were each cylinder flute has a mark ab each side of barrel edge has a mark. looks like proofs.bet it will be next to imposable to find a set of grips. safety is a very unique feature

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Originally Posted by mmppres

only way to get a 32 s&w to fit would be with a very big hammer.

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Yes, I looked at the numbers and it was close over size but it was still oversize. Without trying one never knows.

The arm in the op is chambered for 320 revolver a ctg very similar to 32 Sht and Long Colt. The 32 S&W case is about .020" bigger in dia than the 320 and will not fit a 320 cal arm.
The 32 ACP will fit a 32 S&W chamber but should not be fired since it develops 50% more pressure thnn the 32 S&W ctg. The 32 ACP is a semi rimless case and will headspace on the rim in the chamber of a 32 S&W revolver.
22 O M 22 Aug 1938 date ammo was packed. Or 22 Aug 1964, I would say 1964 since the ammo is noncorrosive.

The 1938 date is more likely based purely on the fact that my Grandfather died in 1968 and the pistol had been handed into the police some years before his death. He hadn't been using it for a while which is why he decided that it was best to hand it in. He did carry it on him through-out WW2, at all times, and once had an entire German bomber crew surrender to him single handily while he was just armed with his little Browning 1910. He did order the crew to stand in a nearby duck pond until help arrived because his theory was that if the Germans were cold, wet and up to their waists in water they were much less likely to try any tricks in order to escape.