Apparently it was done in order for Century to be able to import them under the ATF point system. That’s the main thing that kind of ruins these for collectors. In the picture showing to the left, you can see the cross block safety that Century installed on these guns. This requires two hands to accomplish, so offers some obvious disadvantages to the more modern designs, but its’ still neat. Unlike the Smith & Wesson designs, the Webley uses a top break reloading mechanism, where the entire barrel and cylinder can be moved away from the frame. 38 Special, and definitely more anemic than the man stopping. These aren’t very collectible revolvers, which their low price reflects, but they are in good condition, and should be a solid shooter, and a good introduction to the gun. When I noticed Century was carrying some Webley Mark IVs in their catalog late last year, I decided to grab one, since I had just renewed my C&R FFL. ![]() Nonetheless, the movie helped introduce more than a few people to the Webley, including me. The revolver in question wasn’t introduced until World War I, thirty six years after the British Army fought the Battle of Rorke’s Drift. Unfortunately for the movie, the iconic image is wrong. Many of us, when we think of Webley revolvers, think of this iconic movie image, of Michael Caine and Stanley Baker playing Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead and Lieutenant John Chard in the 1964 movie Zulu, firing away with their Webley Mark VI in.
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