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A fine .450/.455 'W.G. Target Model' revolver by P. Webley, no. 8338 In its wooden case with .297/230 cylinder and barrel insert, white metal foresight protector, additional rear-sight blade, some cleaning accessories and cleaning rods for both calibres, the Morris rod lacking the handle image 1
A fine .450/.455 'W.G. Target Model' revolver by P. Webley, no. 8338 In its wooden case with .297/230 cylinder and barrel insert, white metal foresight protector, additional rear-sight blade, some cleaning accessories and cleaning rods for both calibres, the Morris rod lacking the handle image 2
Lot 385S5

A fine .450/.455 'W.G. Target Model' revolver by P. Webley, no. 8338
In its wooden case with .297/230 cylinder and barrel insert, white metal foresight protector, additional rear-sight blade, some cleaning accessories and cleaning rods for both calibres, the Morris rod lacking the handle

18 May 2017, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £3,125 inc. premium

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A fine .450/.455 'W.G. Target Model' revolver by P. Webley, no. 8338

Retaining virtually full blued finish, the barrel with sighting-rib stamped P. Webley, London & Birmingham with high blade-foresight stamped 20 Yrds, the left side of the cylinder-strap stamped "WG Target Model, the left side of the frame stamped Webley Patents and with the makers "Winged Bullet" trademark, the butt with chequered two-piece wooden grips and lanyard-loop
7½in. barrel, London Black Powder proof
In its wooden case with .297/230 cylinder and barrel insert, white metal foresight protector, additional rear-sight blade, some cleaning accessories and cleaning rods for both calibres, the Morris rod lacking the handle

Footnotes

Provenance
The Dowell Collection (Major William Dowell, author of The Webley Story)
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maine, 1 & 2 October 2012, lot 2326
Weller & Dufty, June 1966

This revolver may be held under both categories of s.7 Heritage Pistols in the U.K., the .297/230 insert is s.58(2)

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