Webley and Scott Automatic Pistols (Small Arms Profile 1) (Repost)
A. J. R. Cormack - Webley and Scott Automatic Pistols
Profile Publications Ltd | 1971 | ISBN: N/A | English | 22 pages | PDF | 3.36 MB
Small Arms Profile 1
Profile Publications Ltd | 1971 | ISBN: N/A | English | 22 pages | PDF | 3.36 MB
Small Arms Profile 1
An expert can often tell the origin of a pistol by its look and finish. One would not need to be an expert to identify the Webley automatic pistol. The unmistakable square features could only come from the country from which emanates the bulldog breed. This is a weapon which has no pretensions to beauty but has an honest look of reliable dependability. The idea behind and the development of the Webley automatic pistol took place in four stages. First, the ill-fated Mars Fairfax pistol which, although of a most advanced design, never achieved commercial success. (The failure of the Mars set Mr Webley the task of developing a reliable and commercially viable automatic pistol.) Second, the successful range of automatic pistols developed and put into production, between 1903 and 1940. Third, the Harrington and Richardson Licence Built pistols. and fourth, the 9mm parabellum pistol developed unsuccessfully for small arms trials around 1952. (The failure of this pistol probably stopped any chance of the British small arms industry equipping any future British Armed Forces with an automatic pistol.)