commygun
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I’ve owned three Webley Mk. IV’s in the past. A decentish War Finish, an excellent Singapore Police, and a very nice postwar example that I couldn’t love because of a non-functioning cylinder stop that I couldn’t fix. I didn’t pay more than $150 for any of them. For some reason, I didn’t hang on to any of them. I felt I had too many pistols, or that a Nagant or 1917 filled the “old revolver” niche and the Webley of the time should go. My mind just works that way sometimes.
But, obviously, this gun has had a persistent allure for me and I’ve spent the last 15 years jonesing for another one but never quite finding the right one at the “right” price. One of the problems with aging is sometimes having an unrealistic view of what something should cost today. $500 for a Webley? Absurd!
Months of browsing Gun Broker finally convinced me that if I ever wanted to own another one I was going to have to abandon my conception of what it should cost. Finally ended up with this SPF example. Some light pitting along the flats of the barrel but this is the tightest Mk. IV I’ve handled. Definitely going to keep this one.
No, really…
But, obviously, this gun has had a persistent allure for me and I’ve spent the last 15 years jonesing for another one but never quite finding the right one at the “right” price. One of the problems with aging is sometimes having an unrealistic view of what something should cost today. $500 for a Webley? Absurd!
Months of browsing Gun Broker finally convinced me that if I ever wanted to own another one I was going to have to abandon my conception of what it should cost. Finally ended up with this SPF example. Some light pitting along the flats of the barrel but this is the tightest Mk. IV I’ve handled. Definitely going to keep this one.
No, really…
