Talk:Webley–Fosbery Automatic Revolver
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I added the infobox requested. These were the specifications listed at the bottom of the page; just incase I missed anything, or anyone'd like to see the original spec "box".
- ==Specifications==
- Type: Automatic Revolver
- Caliber: .455 Webley (or .455 British Service) and .38 ACP
- Action: Recoil
- Country Of Origin: UK
- Designer: George V. Fosbery
- Length: 280 mm (11")
- Mass: 1.24 kg (2.73 lbs) unloaded
- Capacity: 6 rounds (.455), 8 rounds (.38)
- Sights: blade (front), U-notch (rear)
- Barrel: 152 mm (6"), .455 Service Pattern
- Rifling: 7 grooves, rh
- Production Dates: 1901-1915
- Production: 4750
- 71.235.66.254 17:37, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Is this the gun...
[edit]... seen in the opening scene of Zardoz? I seem to recall Connery picking up what appeared to be a standard Webley, gripping it overhand by the barrel, and cocking it by sliding the mechanism rearward. Maury Markowitz (talk) 19:10, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
- Ahhh, I see that it is... Maury Markowitz (talk) 19:15, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
In popular culture
[edit]The gun that was used to kill Sam Spade’s partner, Miles Archer in the film The Maltese Falcon. 68.195.115.202 (talk) 16:41, 28 December 2022 (UTC)