Skeletonised Mk6 Webley

[Peter Laidler]

A Webley Mk6 from the Weapons Collection at Warminster. Skeletonised by pre-war apprentices from the OLD Ordnance Corps apprentices training school at Hilsea in Portsmouth. The pistol was in poor condition but refurbished by current apprentices at ABRO (the now Army Base Repair Organisation that replaced Base Workshops). Note the bullet across the sectioned rear opening in the barrel. Note also the serial number SKN 5 just visible on the frame. This number is also on the barrel; and cylinder.

One other example is stamped on the underside of the butt 'RAOC Sch. 12' The perspex 'grip' is a new addition to replace the original and unrepairable broken one

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