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WEBLEY NO.2 REVOLVER 60% NICKLE WITH TRUE IVORY GRIPS SER #3060
Guns International #: 101082115 Seller's Inventory #: 52222
Category: Webley Pistols - Antique Pistols - Cartridge
Seller's Information
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Seller: RDFGUN
Company: 82-0949893
Member Since: 8/4/18
First Name: Ashley Financial Services Inc/DBA RDF GUN
Last Name: Ron
State: Colorado
Zip: 81321
Country: United States
Phone: (970) 560-3242
Phone2: (970) 560-3242
Number of Active Listings: 0
Total Number of Listings: 357
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Must call Ron Ferguson with any questions. 970-560-3242
Payment Types Accepted: We accept all Credit Cards with a up charge of 3%. Money Orders, Cashiers Checks and Personal Checks Items will be held for 3 days on personal checks. No sales to CA.
About Us: MUST HAVE A COPY OF FFL AND TAX CERT. IF NO TAX CERT I MUST CHARGE 3.34% STATE TAX!! Shipping Policy: RDF Gun assumes all responsibility for listings. Prices are subject to change without notice. You must contact RDF Gun to resolve any questions or concerns before purchasing any item. Payment must be made using U.S. dollars ($). Firearms may only be shipped to a licensed dealer (FFL Holder)
Description:
The British Bull Dog was a popular type of solid-frame pocket revolver introduced by Philip Webley & Son of Birmingham, England, in 1872, and subsequently copied by gunmakers in continental Europe and the United States. It featured a 2.5-inch (64 mm) barrel and was chambered for .44 Short Rimfire, .442 Webley, or .450 Adams cartridges, with a five-round cylinder. Webley produced smaller scaled .320 Revolver and .380 calibre versions later, but did not mark them with the British Bull Dog name.
The design of the British Bull Dog revolver had been in existence since 1868, but Henry Webley registered the trademark in 1878. From that time to the present, the term has come to mean any short barrelled double-action revolver with a swing-out ejector rod and a short grip.
Intended to be carried in a coat pocket, many have survived to the present day in good condition, having seen little actual use. The design originated in 1868 for the Webley Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) model revolver and was manufactured as late as 1917.
Numerous copies and variants of this design (authorized and unauthorized) were made in Belfast, Belgium, Spain, Pakistan, France and the United States during the late 19th century.[ American copies were manufactured by the firms of Forehand & Wadsworth, Iver Johnson and Harrington & Richardson. Belgian and American versions were produced in smaller calibres, but most large calibre American copies were chambered for the .44 Webley (.442 British) cartridge.
A version made by Webley, but finished by Belfast-based gunmaker, Joseph Braddell, known as the Ulster Bull Dog, used a longer grip frame than the standard, making the revolver easier to control and shoot.
The Bulldog was popular in Britain and America. US Army general, George Armstrong Custer, was said to have carried a pair at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. British Bull Dog revolvers were issued to employees of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company until 1895
A .44 calibre Belgian-made British Bulldog revolver was used to assassinate U.S. President James A. Garfield on 2 July 1881 by disgruntled lawyer Charles J. Guiteau, who was angry that Garfield had not appointed him to a federal post. Guiteau reportedly wanted a British Bulldog revolver with ivory grips instead of wooden ones, as he believed they would look nicer when the gun was displayed in a museum, but decided not to spend the extra USD $1 that the ivory-gripped model would have cost. Though he could not afford the extra dollar, the store owner dropped the price for him. In all, he paid $10 for the revolver, a box of cartridges and a penknife,before spending the next day familiarising himself with the revolver's operation and firing 10 practice shots with it into trees along the banks of the Potomac River. He used the revolver to shoot Garfield a week or so later in the Sixth Street Railway Station in Washington, D.C. After Guiteau's trial, the revolver was placed in the Smithsonian Institution but disappeared some time later. This gun does have some rust and pitting. Please review all photo's and ask question before purchasing.
Thank you,
Ron
RDF Gun
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes
Manufacturer: Webley & Son
Model: No. 2
Serial Number: 3060
Caliber Info: 44
Bore: Light Pitting
Chambers: Light Pitting
Condition: 60%+
Metal Condition: Nickle Pitting.
Wood Condition: Ivory
Bore Condition: Light Pitting.
Action: Rev
Triggers: Double Action
Finish: Nickle
Item Location: Store