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A .455 Webley Fosbery Patent 1901 Model recoil-operated revolver by P. Webley, no. 513 In a wooden case with tools and thirty cases stamped 455 Colt Dominion (unprimed) image 1
A .455 Webley Fosbery Patent 1901 Model recoil-operated revolver by P. Webley, no. 513 In a wooden case with tools and thirty cases stamped 455 Colt Dominion (unprimed) image 2
A .455 Webley Fosbery Patent 1901 Model recoil-operated revolver by P. Webley, no. 513 In a wooden case with tools and thirty cases stamped 455 Colt Dominion (unprimed) image 3
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A .455 Webley Fosbery Patent 1901 Model recoil-operated revolver by P. Webley, no. 513
In a wooden case with tools and thirty cases stamped 455 Colt Dominion (unprimed)

29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £6,250 inc. premium

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A .455 Webley Fosbery Patent 1901 Model recoil-operated revolver by P. Webley, no. 513

Retaining much original blued finish, the barrel with sighting-rib stamped P. Webley & Son, London & Birmingham., U-notch rear-sight, the cylinder strap stamped Webley Fosbery Automatic on the left, the left with .455 Cordite Only and the makers winged bullet trademark, the butt with two-piece chequered wooden grips and lanyard-ring
6in. barrel, Birmingham nitro proof
In a wooden case with tools and thirty cases stamped 455 Colt Dominion (unprimed)

Footnotes

www.armsresearch.co.uk have kindly confirmed that this revolver was sold in August 1902
The Fosbery is one of the few Webley top-break revolvers legally importable in to the U.S.A.
This revolver may be held under both categories of s.7 Heritage Pistols in the U.K.

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