Webley Revolvers - G Bruce and C Reinhart - 1988.pdf

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Since the first publication of William C. Dowell's THE WEBLEY STORY in 1962, there has been a growing interest in the subject of Webley firearms. The sheer volume of weapons produced by that company during the latter part of the nineteenth century has shown that this was indeed an important era in the development of British handguns. In dealing with such a wide range of Webley products, Dowell had obviously been restricted in the amount of space which he could devote to a particular subject and was, therefore, unable to provide more than a general digest of weapons from his own collection. When Stocker-Schmid acquired reproduction rights to the Dowell material in 1985, the intention had been to reprint the work in its entirety. However, it was then decided that the needs of firearms collectors and enthusiasts would best be served by concentrating upon one aspect of Webley production, rather than present too broad a summary in a single publication. It was also considered that the chapters dealing with Webley revolvers should be enlarged - even at the expense of other worthy items - in order to provide data on as many of these fine weapons as possible. This selection was made because the firm had been acclaimed more for its revolvers than for any other product.