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Old August 4, 2012, 11:37 AM   #68
Mike Irwin
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Surplus Webley military revolvers in .380-200 and .455 became very popular after World War II.

I'm talking about well before World War II.

Webley began selling revolvers in the United States through agents sometime in the 1870s. The British Bulldog was popular enough here that the general pattern was copied by American manufacturers, including Iver Johnson.

The .44 Webley, pretty much the standard large-caliber round for these pistols, even the American-made ones, was loaded in the United States up through World War II.

This is an early box, but it's American, from about 1880 to 1900.



A lot of people seem to think that the entire history of revolvers in the United States is one of American designed, American made, and American used.

Nothing could be farther from the truth.


And wow, I just found this... Even neater, given that it's a box of blanks...

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