As a side note, 25 some odd years ago I had a nice looking, post-war Webley Mk IV that did the same thing. I couldn't find a new pawl and a gunsmith offered to make one if I left it with him for a month. The month came and went, I go back to see how we were going only to be told that the gun had grown legs when he had the shop re-painted.

Oh, he replaced it alright - with one he owned with a lovely "WAR FINISH" stamping along the frame.


Coincidence? We wonder, don't we?