Nice Bruh! Where’s da TRI-POD?
I bow to your GREATNESS!
This is fantastic.
Do you have one? That is why!
Because I can!!!
Me: “Because I can!!!”
Thanks for the info!
My Webley does have a hammer for single action when wanted. Although I find the 38 S&W less than ideal, I think the original loading (heavier bullets than current offerings) would give the 380 ACP a run for it’s money.
Interestingly enough, when I was looking into the history of the model, they marketed it as taking the upgraded S&W Short, as the original version was weaker (I can’t remember if it was related to transitioning from black powder to smokeless powder). Additionally, it’s my understanding that there were more 38 S&W revolvers owned by Americans than 38 Special revolvers for the first half of the 20th century.
Interestingly enough, I too was in Hong Kong in the 90’s visiting my cousin who was working for an ad agency (expatriate from the Philippines). It was just before the British transition. Other than the fish market smells on the side of the streets, it was a fun experience… at least back then.
Additionally, his daughter was receiving lupus treatments there and it was interesting her description of the treatments (basically like going to a cafeteria). Interestingly enough, it turns out she was incorrectly diagnosed in the Philippines and did not have lupus… IIRC.
One thing I will never forget was going to a Hong Kong Pizza Hut. Most of the patrons would spend 15 minutes at the salad bar and slowly and methodically construct an 8 inch tall bowl of salad. The entire restaurant echoed of crunching lettuce. I’m sure its completely different today, as much of the cities in the SE Asian countries have evolved as if through a time machine to modern construction because of the international money flowing to that region.
The Webleys had a hammer, but the hammer spur had been ground off. If one was very determined, manually dexterous and with reduced nerve connections in one’s hand, one could cock the hammer without the hammer spur but it was an unpleasant experience. I don’t know enough about the Webley to comment on the missing hammer spur other than to state I know a great many were marketed that way. I read a novel where the heroine/villain of the novel wielded a 4.55 caliber Webley revolver. Wowzah! Talk about a howdah pistol!. The constable in the novel was rather inept as he didn’t notice a 4.55 hole from the Webley in the wall at the scene of the crime. I don’t recall how many rounds of the howitzer sized pistol the heroine fired trying to kill another more evil villain but she must have had a grip better than my largest vice grip. I wrote the author a rather sarcastic e-mail about the glaring error in his novel but he never replied. It wasn’t just a passing reference so that one could say it was an oversight. The 4.55 Webley featured prominently throughout the novel. Yes, there is a certain amount of license in novels. They are fiction, but to jump from very slightly less than a half inch to four and a half inches in a handgun was more than literary license in my view.
Smith & Wesson and, Charter arms are my first choice but not my only
Choice for many reasons ( IMO ).
I had the LCRx in .38 that I regretfully sold.
Easy to conceal even with the hammer.
I recently purchased a Taurus Tracker 7 shot 357mag for a little over $500. 4" barrel & a medium size fame. I just put a Houge grip on it ( not pictured) & it’s much more comfortable on my hands shooting the 357s. It’s my 3rd 357mag & I have to say, it’s my favorite to shoot now. I highly recommend checking it out
Great looking gun! Do the grips use the same profile as a medium frame Smith & Wesson?
38’s to practice until I get the handle on this.
Already changed the grip, In 357 it rocks too much
Yes they do.