Webley Revolver [SEP] service entry
Webley Revolver
The Webley Revolver (also known as the Webley Top-Break Revolver or Webley Self-Extracting Revolver) was, in various marks, a standard issue service pistol for the armed forces of the United Kingdom, and the British Empire and Commonwealth, from 1887 until 1963.
The Webley is a top-break revolver and breaking the revolver operates the extractor, which removes cartridges from the cylinder. The Webley Mk I service revolver was adopted in 1887 and the Mk IV rose to prominence during the Boer War
London Metropolitan Police were also known to use Webley revolvers, as were most colonial police units until just after the Second World War.
The Ordnance Factory Board of India still manufactures .380 Revolver Mk IIz cartridges, as well as a .32 calibre revolver (the IOF .32 Revolver) with barrel which is clearly based on the Webley Mk IV .38 service pistol.
Webley revolvers in military service Military service .455 Webley revolver marks and models.
There were six different marks of .455 calibre Webley British Government Model revolvers approved for British military