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  • an Autoloading Revolver, very very cool

  • Does anybody know how many Webley-Fosberrys still exist in working condition? Just curious:) --

  • @stevevandien I wasn't able to find any conclusive numbers, but less than 5,000 of them were built total, so probably not very many.

  • And a big hello to Phil Schrier of the NRA's National Firearms Museum, our on-camera expert. It's funny I can tell what History Channel appearances of his were done when by his tie (yeah, I know the guy real well.) Garry James did the test fire.

  • The Mateba 6 Unica is also an autorevolver, the only other autorevolver ever made.

  • i never knew of auto revolvers

    

  • I want one D: Anyone know where one would purchase such a thing? My best guess is probably from a collector or something like that. It's a shame this isn't used more nowadays, Seems like a revolver humped a glock and this is what came out :D #Lol at how as soon as i was really interested it cut short =(

  • @TheJimAubrey For about $8,000 you can purchase one.

  • Yo, dipshit, upload the rest of the video.

  • @LIP15 Since 1969 deadly gangster cops have pounded my front door and rear doors opened and entered my rear cellar door even broke fasteners forcing open windows even late at night always screaming for me to come out even these parroting puppet stooge niggers tremble from this "Jer-U.S.A.-lem" kosher constitutional rights.

  • @LIP15 Wow, that made you sound really educated.

  • @LIP15 Haha, well just remember if you come to slice my throat, I'm armed!

  • yeah upload the rest.. it's an awesome documentary

  • this is one awesome revolver what great engineering!

  • its forward center of gravity creates less recoil

  • where is the rest of the vid?

  • The main issues I see with this revolver are the over complicated mechanism compared to say.. a Colt or Smith and Wesson Model of 1917. That and I read/heard somewhere that the Webley-Fosbery was prone to what we nowadays call "limp wristing".

  • Empty cases--not casings--shouldn't set anything on fire, but might wind up either getting pressed into the fabric and weakening it, or bouncing into something like the engine oiler--they used an external castor oil oiler for the cylinder heads.

    Cartridges are in a case. Sausages are in casings.

  • empty casings would set the airplane on fire - diarrhea - of course this is an American review, nobody british ever made anything that was any good - anti british bias lol

  • Does anybody have the full episode of this?

  • Now if only someone had combined this gun with the Nagant's sealed chamber-to-barrel then you'd have the perfect revolver!

  • @shutyamouf87 But then it fires quickly but reloads at a speed of 1 round per month.

  • I want it! The older the better!

  • @Grayfox988 That's a really cool old piece of history, huh? :D

    Good lucky trying to find one, they were produced in limited numbers and sell for thousands of dollars as collectors' items.

  • Why do so many people get intrigued and then get confused when they see this revolver and hear that its "Automatic"?

  • this is not automatic what are yo peeps talkin bout!?!

  • It is if you bother to watch.

  • hey it said automatic so it looked interesting!

  • The action is automatic. If held properly, the recoil of the weapon pushes the entire upper assembly back, cocking the hammer and turning the cylinder half way on its rearward motion, before a spring acts on it and pushes the assembly forward, completing the cylinder's turn.

  • thats called double-action!

  • Invented by Robert Adams, a double-action trigger performs two functions when pulling the trigger, first cocking the hammer then releasing it to discharge the firearm. When this term is applied to revolvers, the trigger also rotates the cylinder. Though this is technically a third action, it is correct to refer to the mechanism as double-action. <-- wiki

    It is not a pure self-loading firearm, but a revolver that employs recoil to automatically cock and rotate the cylinder.

  • When you shoot a double action, if you want to shoot it in single action you have to cock the hammer every time. With this gun you only have to cock it once or shoot it in double action once and then the gun re cocks itself and rotates the cylinder every shot like a semi auto pistol.

    Its actually an amazing good design that's not really been expanded on for some reason.

  • where can i get one of these guns?

  • There is exactly 1 on Gunbroker (dot) com for $8,500.00.

    Your better off getting a Mateba Autorevolver for $1,850.00

    An automatic revolver is VERY expansive.

  • So basically you can shoot this gun in single action without having to cock the hammer.

  • yeah

  • Its basically a Revolver that Cocks itself upon firing instead of manually cocking the gun or pulling a Heavy DOA Trigger.

  • smae with a billion other revolvers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Well what the hell is "smae"? But really its that unique as it uses recoil to do the job for you. Try Firing a Anaconda that fast and your finger would be sore as a tomato.

  • sore as a tomato?????!???!

  • Get off!! Its a Figure of speech mate!

  • mate!!!!! what the hell!

  • Nevermind just look it up.

  • Hi fellaws; Got have a little problem. I have an ENFIELD WEBLEY 32 S&W pistol. To unload the gun U have to break open the pistol then the bullets fall out automatically. On mine the bullets fall out but the extractor like item stays out. Shouldn't after extracting the empty bullets the extractor resets? Any help to gunsmithing tips would greatly appreciate. I like the pistol but i dont know anything about the ENFIELD WEBLEY & I dont want damage it trying to fix it.

  • check a forum, but i think it closes when you close the action

  • Do you fully open the Revolver? It needs to be fully opened for the Extractor to reset itself!

  • the action though proved to be not suitable for the gritty battlefield

  • Zardoz! "The gun is good. The penis is evil!" lol

    I still gotta see that movie. This gun was in it.

  • well if your talking about the Webley MkIV and not a Enfield No2Mk1 ( which people confuse with the webley eventough the enfield is technically a copy in design ). you can expect anywhere from 275-500 for it . If its a webley civilian model or a police one with the safety and smal frame expect around the same price

  • how much is the enfield No2Mk1 worth

  • the enfield No2 Mk1is about 200-275. However if its an early model witha spur still on the trigger it can fetch 400. The spur makes a big diffrence and its easier to fire the gun witht aht since you can do single action mode. Sadly they do not make a drop in replacement part for teh DA only models to be convereted back to DA/SA

  • From where can i get the rest of the video.

  • Or other like it

  • Beautiful pistol one of my favs ;

  • the problem with this video is pure timing

  • I just read about the Webley-Fosbery in the remark made by Sam Spade in the 1941 movie "The Maltese Falcon" I really had no idea this gun existed..and I LIKE guns.

  • wow i never knew these existed. so normal webleys were adopted more widely than these? damn they should teach about british weapons in schools, but they dont. everybody is just supposed to forget the empire and any mentio of it is deemed racist. bs

  • Great film, seen a few Foresters but never one in action. Awesome gun!

  • Amazing, I never knew this existed what a great idea!!!!

  • That is one unique revolver! I didn't know it could be fired so quickly.

  • Better when unloading empty cases to open revolver downwards so that they drop free. True for all Webleys.

    The Fosbery is very accurate. Speedloaders, particularly the Prideaux, allow fast reloading. If not available, it is easy to pick rounds out of your pocket in twos and load 8 and 10 o'clock, then 4 and 6 and finally 12 and 2. That way, should you be unfortunate enough to need the revolver in anger while still loading... there are loaded chambers ready to come under the hammer.

  • Hey, upload the rest of the documentary

  • I'll get one and have them pirated at Mindanao.

  • What a great revolver. I just saw one that went for $3,000 dollars U.S. at an auction. I have to be satisfied with my Mk VI.

  • Thank you to post this! I see one Target model very good condition here in belgium where I buy my MKVI, it was at 4000-4500 euros...

    The guy said that only 40 of these Target Model where made in various lengts of barrel with adjustable rear sight...

    Wonderful piece of history in all cases!

  • I met this guy who is the curator at the NRA in Fairfax, VA. He said it is probably the most interesting gun during the WWI era. Personally, I would have rather had a S&W 1917 or Colt 1911 if I was fighting in WWI only because they would be more reliable in the muddy trenches than the W-F auto-revolver. These go for upwards of $10,000+ at auction.

  • One of the brightest ideas ever. A rather simple means to get semi-auto.

  • Thankyou so much for posting this!!! -this is my favourite firearm. Oh yeah and definately VERY bumpfireable, I imagine!!! ;) but I'd never try it there a pretty penny. I've seen 3 mint examples come up for sale in Germany recently -will be interesting to see how much they fetch? xXx

  • Can imagine to bumpfire this pistol!

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