P. Webley Martini - St. James London (Pic Heavy)
Hello All, i am looking at a Martini Sporter Manufactured by P. Webley 21 Ryder St, St James's London. It has a 26 1/2" long (with machined flat) full barrell length, fixed and 2 folding leaf rear...
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Do not be confused by London addresses. Many of the Birmingham makers had London Sales Offices and St.James is right in the Royal Palaces and London Clubs district. Imagine a dirty smoky factory there ?
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Thankyou Bill for your reply. Any idea as to what year this might have been manufactured (ball park)?
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Between 1893 and 1897 from what I can make out. It seems that the Best guns were marked like this although the actual address was either Shaftesbury Avenue or Queen Victoria Stree but the merger of...
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Thanks for the help so far. Any idea what a '52' stamped on the barrel would indicate?
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As Gert says, the calibre. As in a 12 bore/gauge shotgun have a nominal inside barrel diameter of .727", or a 28 bore one of .550". In the same way most .577 Sniders are stamped 25 In the 19th century...
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Bore size is an expression of the number of spherical lead balls to the pound which equate to the bore diameter. 12 bore is a ball of the weight of one twelfth of a pound. .577 is the diameter of a...
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All that math is too much for my old, addled brain. Luckily someone was kind enough to see me the following table. I will have to search my hard drive some more to find the second half of the list.:
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In regards to the "St. James's" address, Webley did not have a presence on that very posh street. It was simply a marketing ploy. This list describing the hierarchy of quality of Webley shotguns from...
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Thanks again Gents for all the assistance, a wealth of information Cheers Marcus
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