Webley Revolvers

This page encompasses all of the Webley revolver variants that appear on the site.

History

• Webley Mk I - Adopted in 1887, the original Webley Mk I was chambered for a blackpowder cartridge and had a "bird head" shaped grip.
• Webley Mk II - Adopted in 1894 and almost identical to the Mk I, the Mk II had a hardened removable steel blade that was added at the back of the frame breech. Also, the hammer was strengthened and the grip was slightly rounded.
• Webley Mk III - In 1897, the Mk III improved the cylinder to frame lock. It also allowed the cylinder to be removed for cleaning.
• Webley Mk IV - The original Mk IV was adopted in 1899. It improved on the Mark III by being made from different steel, with a smaller and lighter hammer and wider cylinder slots. In 1942 the Mk IV was officially adopted for military service. It started as a scaled-down version of the .455 Mark VI revolver, but was chambered for .38 S&W cartridge. It should be noted the the .38 Mk IV and the .455 Mk IV are in fact different guns.
• Webley Mk V - Adopted in 1913, the Mk V was designed to accept smokeless (cordite) ammunition. It had a larger and stronger cylinder, as well as a redesigned frame.
• Webley Mk VI - Adopted in 1915, the Mk VI featured redesigned, more squared grips, a 6 inch (152 mm) barrel and removable front sights. Mark VI revolvers were manufactured by Webley & Scott until 1921, later these were manufactured by Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock. Officially rendered obsolete in 1932 with the adoption of the Enfield No.2 .38 caliber revolvers, but widely used by British troops during the World War Two.

Webley .455 Mk I

Webley Mk I - .455 Webley

Adopted in 1887, the Original Webley Mk I was chambered for a blackpowder cartridge and had a "bird head" shaped grip.

Specifications

(1887 - 1894)

• Type: Revolver

• Caliber: .455 Webley

• Weight: 2.12 lbs (0.96 kg)

• Length: 10.2 in (26 cm)

• Barrel length: 4 in (10.16 cm)

• Capacity: 6-round cylinder

• Fire Modes: SA/DA

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The Webley Mk. I revolver can be seen in the following films, television shows and video games used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Let Him Have It				1991
Ed Wood	Martin Landau	Bela Lugosi		1994
Titanic	Ewan Stewart	First Officer William Murdoch		1997

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
King Solomon's Mines				2004

Webley .455 Mk II

Webley Mk. II - .455 Webley

Adopted in 1894 and almost identical to the Mk I, the Mk II had a hardened removable steel blade that was added at the back of the frame breech. Also, the hammer was strengthened and the grip was slightly rounded.

Specifications

(1894 - 1897)

• Type: Revolver

• Caliber: .455 Webley

• Weight: 2.12 lbs (0.96 kg)

• Length: 10.2 in (26 cm)

• Barrel length: 4 in (10.16 cm)

• Capacity: 6-round cylinder

• Fire Modes: SA/DA

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The Webley Mk. II revolver can be seen in the following films, television shows and video games used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Man From Hong Kong		Wilton's thugs		1975
Game of Death	Coleen Camp	Ann Morris		1978

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Torchwood	John Barrowman	Captain Jack Harkness		2006 - Present

Webley .455 Mk III

Webley Mk III - .455 Webley

In 1897, the Mk III improved the cylinder to frame lock. It also allowed the cylinder to be removed for cleaning.

Specifications

(1897 - 1899)

• Type: Revolver

• Caliber: .455 Webley

• Weight: 2.12 lbs (0.96 kg)

• Length: 10.2 in (26 cm)

• Barrel length: 4 in (10.16 cm)

• Capacity: 6-round cylinder

• Fire Modes: SA/DA

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The Webley Mk III can be seen in the following:

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Avengers			"The Town of No Return" (S04E01)	1961-1969

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi		Has a 5-round cylinder as opposed to the real gun's 6-round cylinder	2003

Webley .455 Mk IV

Webley Mk IV - .455 Webley

The Webley Mk IV was made from 1899 - 1913. It differs from the Mk III in that the steel was of different quality, the trigger stop was raised and the slots in the cylinder were made wider. The ratchet teeth of the extractor were case-hardened and the hammer was made lighter.

Specifications

(1899 - 1913)

• Type: Revolver

• Caliber: .455 Webley

• Weight: 2.12 lbs (0.96 kg)

• Length: 10.2 in (26 cm)

• Barrel length: 4 in (10.16 cm)

• Capacity: 6-round cylinder

• Fire Modes: SA/DA

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The Webley Mk IV can be seen in the following television shows used by the following actors:

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Ripper Street	Sam Hazeldine	George Doggett	"The Weight of One Man's Heart" (S01E05)	2013
Peaky Blinders	Joe Cole	John Shelby		2013
Peaky Blinders	Sam Neill	Inspector Chester Campbell		2013
Peaky Blinders	Helen McCrory	Aunt Polly		2013

Webley .455 Mk V

Webley MK. V - .455 Webley

Adopted in 1913, the Mk V was designed to accept smokeless (cordite) ammunition. It had a larger and stronger cylinder, as well as a redesigned frame.

Specifications

(1913 - 1915)

• Type: Revolver

• Caliber: .455 Webley

• Weight: 2.12 lbs (0.96 kg)

• Length: 10.2 in (26 cm)

• Barrel length: 4 in (10.16 cm)

• Capacity: 6-round cylinder

• Fire Modes: SA/DA

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The Webley Mk. V revolver can be seen in the following films and video games used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
A Night to Remember	Kenneth More	2nd Officer Charles Lightoller	.	1958
Northwest Frontier	Kenneth More	Captain Scott		1959
Help!	Victor Spinetti	Professor Foot		1965
The Wilby Conspiracy	Nicol Williamson	Major Horn		1975
	Rijk de Gooyer	Van Heerden
The Mummy	Tuc Watkins	Mr. Burns		1999
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter	Marco Leonardi	Johnny Madrid	.	2000
Blood Brothers	Ye Liu	Da Gang		2007
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows	Robert Downey Jr.	Sherlock Holmes	.	2011
	Noomi Rapace	Madam Simza Heron
The Bullet Vanishes	Nicholas Tse	Captain Guo Zhui		2012
The Bullet Vanishes	Lau Ching-Wan	Inspector Song Donglu		2012
The Bullet Vanishes	Liu Kai-Chi	Boss Ding		2012

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Deadliest Warrior				2010
Foyle's War - Season 8	Tom Beard	Capt. McDonald	"The Cage" (S8E2)	2013

Webley .455 Mk VI

Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley

Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley

Webley Mk. VI, nickel plated - .455 Webley

Adopted in 1915, the Mk VI featured redesigned, more squared grips, a 6 inch (152 mm) barrel and removable front sights. Mark 6 revolvers were manufactured by Webley & Scott until 1921, later these were manufactured by Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock until 1926. Officially rendered obsolete in 1932 with the adoption of the Enfield No.2 .38 caliber revolvers, but widely used by British troops during World War Two.

Specifications

(1915 - 1932)

• Type: Revolver

• Caliber: .455 Webley

• Weight: 2.4 lbs (1.1 kg)

• Length: 11.25 in (28.6 cm)

• Barrel length: 6 in (15.24 cm)

• Capacity: 6-round cylinder

• Fire Modes: SA/DA

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The Webley Mk. VI revolver can be seen in the following films and video games used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Lost Patrol	J.M. Kerrigan	Quincannon		1934
	Victor McLaglen	The Sergeant
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer	Gary Cooper	Lieutenant McGregor		1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer	Franchot Tone	Lieutenant Forsythe		1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer	Guy Standing	Colonel Stone		1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer		rebels		1935
Went the Day Well?	Basil Sydney	Kommandant Orlter a.k.a Major Hammond		1942
	Extras	British Army/Home Guard Soldiers
	Extras	German Paratroopers
Somewhere in France		Fifth columnists		1942
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp		British Army officers		1943
Northwest Frontier	Kenneth More	Captain Scott		1959
Lawrence of Arabia	Peter O'Toole	T.E. Lawrence		1962
The Longest Day	Richard Burton	Flight Officer David Campbell		1963
Zulu		British officers		1964
	Stanley Baker	Lt. John Chard
Khartoum		Egyptian soldiers	Used to ignite the fuse of the mine	1966
The Sons of Great Bear	Hans Hardt-Hardtloff	Mjr. Smith		1966
	Hannjo Hasse	Pitt
	Gojko Mitic	Tokei-Ihto
Too Late the Hero		Denholm Elliott		1970
Zardoz		An Exterminator		1974
The Godfather Part II	Robert De Niro	Vito Corleone		1974
The Land That Time Forgot	Keith Barron	John Bradley		1975
The Wilby Conspiracy		South African police officer		1975
Zulu Dawn	Burt Lancaster	Col. Durnford		1979
	Simon Ward	Lt. Vereker
	James Faulkner	Lt. Melvill
	Christopher Cazenove	Lt. Coghill
	Bob Hoskins	CSM Williams
		British officers and NCOs
Breaker Morant		British officers		1980
	Edward Woodward	Lt. Harry 'Breaker' Morant
The Outsider	Craig Wasson	Michael Flaherty		1980
Gallipoli	Bill Hunter	Major Barton		1981
Eye of the Needle	Kate Nelligan	Lucy Rose		1981
Eye of the Needle	Christopher Cazenove	David Rose		1981
The Trust That Has Burst (Trest, kotoryy lopnul)		Various cowboys and townsmen		1982
Sahara	Lambert Wilson	Jaffar		1983
Biggles: Adventures in Time				1986
The Lighthorsemen		Australian & British Soldiers		1987
Bulletproof	Gary Busey	Frank McBain		1988
Miller's Crossing	J.E. Freeman	Eddie Dane		1990
Shadow of the Wolf	Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu	Brown		1992
Cyborg Cop		Police officer		1993
Legends of the Fall		Canadian Army officers		1994
The City of Lost Children	Mireille Mossé	Ms. Bismuth		1995
Devil in a Blue Dress	Don Cheadle	Mouse		1995
Entrapment		A British gangster		1999
The Trench		British soldiers		1999
The Last Train	Steve Huison	Colin Wallis		1999
All The King's Men	Sir David Jason	Captain Frank Beck		1999
Charlotte Gray		SOE Agents		2001
Pan's Labyrinth	Roger Casamajor	Pedro		2006
My Boy Jack	Daniel Radcliffe	Lieutenant Jack Kipling		2007
Doomsday	Alexander Siddig	Prime Minister John Hatcher		2008
The 39 Steps	Rupert Penry-Jones	Richard Hannay		2008
The 39 Steps	Werner Daehn	Ackerman		2008
The 39 Steps		police officers		2008
Passchendaele		Canadian company commander		2009
Beneath Hill 60		Australian & British soldiers		2010
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night	Brandon Routh	Dylan Dog		2011
War Horse	Eddie Marsan	Sgt. Fry		2011
War Horse	Robert Emms	David Lyons		2011

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Doctor Who	Peter Miles	Nyder	"Genesis of the Daleks"	1963-1989
Doctor Who	Alan Chuntz	Kaled Guard	"Genesis of the Daleks"	1963-1989
Doctor Who	Denis Lill	Dr. Fendelman	"Image of the Fendahl"	1963-1989
Dad's Army	Arthur Lowe	Captain George Mainwaring	.	1968-1977
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson	Vasily Livanov	Sherlock Holmes		1979-1986
Reilly: Ace of Spies	Sam Neill	Sidney Reilly	.	1983
The A-Team		Guerilla leader	.	1983-1988
Firefly		henchmen	"Out of Gas" (S01E08), "Heart of Gold" (S01E13)	2002, 2003
Firefly	Nathan Fillion	Malcolm Reynolds	"Heart of Gold" (S01E13)	2003
Foyle's War - Season 1	Bernard Kay	Robert Woolton	"The White Feather" (S1E2)	2002
Foyle's War - Season 1	Cheryl Campbell	Emily Gascoigne	"A Lesson in Murder" (S1E3)	2002
Foyle's War - Season 2	Nicholas Farrell	James Collier	"The Funk Hole" (S2E4)	2003
Foyle's War - Season 3	John Wood	Sir Michael Waterford	"The Funk Hole" (S2E4)	2004
Midsomer Murders	Josh Stanley	Lt. Duggie Hammond	S11E1 "Shot at Dawn"	2008
Guns	Colm Feore	Paul Duguid	.	2008
Boardwalk Empire	Jack Huston	Richard Harrow	.	2010-Present
Peaky Blinders	Cillian Murphy	Thomas Shelby		2013
Peaky Blinders	Annabelle Wallis	Grace Burgess		2013

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
Silent Storm	"Webley-Scott"		2003
Call of Duty 2	"Webley"		2005
Forgotten Hope 2			2005
Bioshock	"Pistol"		2007
Dark Sector	"Hammer 1895"		2008
Bioshock 2	"Pistol"		2010
Deadfall Adventures	"Mk.VI"		2013
Enemy Front			2014
Sniper Elite III			2014

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Mystic Archives of Dantalian, The	Hugh Anthony Disward	Wood grip	2011

Webley .38 Mk III

Webley .38 Mk III Commercial Contract 3 inch barrel - .38 S&W

Webley .38 Mk III Military Contract 4 inch barrel - .38 S&W

Webley .38 Mk III Police Contract 4 inch barrel (also found marked as "Bank Standard" when issue to bank security guards) - .38 W&W

Specifications

(1897 – 1948)

• Type: Revolver

• Caliber(s): .38 S&W

• Weight: 1.2 lbs (0.53 kg)

• Length: 9.5 in (24.1 cm)

• Barrel lengths: 3 in (7.6 cm), 4 in (10.16 cm)

• Capacity: 6 round cylinder

• Fire Modes: SA/DA

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The Webley Mk III revolver can be seen in the following films and television shows used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Konga	Michael Gough	Dr. Charles Decker		1961
The Man From Hong Kong		Various thugs	"Police" model	1975
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Chua Kah Joo	Chen	Nickel plated	1984
Murder with Mirrors	John Mills	Lewis Serrocold		1985

Webley .38 Mk IV

Webley Mk IV - .38 S&W. WWII production. Note words "War Finish" on the frame, under cylinder.

Webley Mk IV - .38 S&W

Webley Mk IV, 4" barreled "Duty" model - .38 S&W

Webley Mk IV, 3" barreled "Pocket" model - .38 S&W

The original Mk IV was adopted in 1899. It improved on the Mark III by being made from different steel, with a smaller and lighter hammer and wider cylinder slots.

In 1942 the Mk IV was officially adopted for military service. It started as a scaled-down version of the .455 Mark VI revolver, but was chambered for .38 S&W cartridge. It should be noted the the .38 Mk IV and the .455 Mk IV are in fact different guns.

The Webley Mk IV was introduced by Webley in 1923 as a potential police revolver. The British government at the same time had decided to go to a smaller caliber revolver and liked the .38 caliber load that the Webley Mk IV fired, but in the post war years financial austerity was the watchword. The British government did not want to pay Webley for its design. In 1926-1927 the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock made changes to the lockwork and trigger mechanism, largely in the provision of a hammer safety lock and a separate cylinder lock. With these modifications the revolver was designated the Enfield No.2. Its full title was Pistol, Revolver, Number 2 Mark 1. Ironically in World War II with demand outstripping the ability to produce the Enfield No.2 the British government purchased a large number of the Webley Mk IV for issue. So while the two models look alike they are very different.

Specifications

(1929–1968)

• Type: Revolver

• Caliber(s): .38 S&W

• Weight: 2.4 lbs (1.1 kg)

• Length: 10.25 in (26.6 cm)

• Barrel lengths: 4.9 in (12.5 cm), 4 in (10.16 cm), 3 in (7.6 cm)

• Capacity: 6 round cylinder

• Fire Modes: SA/DA

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The Webley Mk IV revolver can be seen in the following films and television shows used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Sundown	Bruce Cabot	William Crawford		1941
Sundown	George Sanders	Major A.L. Coombes		1941
Sundown	Reginald Gardiner	Lt. Roddy Turner		1941
Sundown		British officers		1941
Ten Little Indians	Hugh O'Brian	Hugh Lombard		1965
Ten Little Indians	Shirley Eaton	Ann Clyde		1965
The Pariah (La Scoumoune)	Jean-Paul Belmondo	Roberto Borgo		1972
The Pariah (La Scoumoune)		Gangster		1972
Foxy Brown		Thug		1974
Soldier of Orange	Jeroen Krabbé	Guus Lejeune		1977
Soldier of Orange	Eddy Habbema	Robby Froost		1977
The Outsider	Craig Wasson	Michael Flaherty		1980
The Outsider	Allan Cuthbertson	William Stanley		1980
The Outsider	Niall O'Brien	Emmet Donovan		1980
Pink Floyd The Wall	James Laurenson	J.A. Pinkerton (Pink's Father)		1982
City on Fire	Chow Yun-Fat			1987
The Sicilian	Christopher Lambert	Salvatore Giuliano		1987
The Krays				1990
Let Him Have It				1991
Michael Collins	Julia Roberts	Kitty Kiernan		1996
Die Another Day				1997
Titanic	Ewan Stewart	First Officer William Murdoch		1997
The Great Gatsby	William Camp	George Wilson		2000
Pearl Harbor	Ben Affleck	Lt. Rafe McCawley		2001
Bloody Sunday		A IRA member		2002
Smart Philip	Tomás Hanák	Philip Marlow		2003
Saints and Soldiers	Kirby Heyborne	Flt. Sgt. Oberon Winley		2003
Saints and Soldiers	Corbin Allred	Cpl. Nathan 'Deacon' Greer		2003
Saints and Soldiers	Peter Holden	SSgt. Gordon Gunderson		2003
Flight of the Phoenix	Hugh Laurie	Nomads		2004
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Jude Law	Joe Sullivan		2004
The Prestige	Hugh Jackman	Robert Angier		2006
Atonement	James McAvoy	Robbie Turner		2007
The Good, the Bad, the Weird	Byung-hun Lee	"The Bad"		2008
The Brothers Bloom				2008
The Sweeney	Ray Winstone	Jack Regan		2012
The Great Gatsby	Jason Clarke	George Wilson	Duty model	2013

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Reilly: Ace of Spies				1983
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple	David Horovitch	Det. Inspector Slack	"The Murder at the Vicarage"; 3" "Pocket" model	1986
Soldier Soldier				1991 - 1997
Lady Cop (Die Kommissarin) - Season 2	Christian Redl	Julius Winterberg	"Banküberfall" (S02E10)	1996
Lady Cop (Die Kommissarin) - Season 2	Andreas Wimberger	Maximilian Wooges	"Todesmelodie" (S02E13)	1996
Midsomer Murders	Gemma Jones	Masie Gooch	"Ring Out Your Dead"	1997 - Present
Midsomer Murders	John Nettles	Tom Barnaby	"Four Funerals and a Wedding"; Converted to starting gun	1997 - Present
Foyle's War - Season 1	Paul Brooke	Arthur Ellis	"The White Feather" (S1E2)	2002
Foyle's War - Season 1	David Tennant	Theo Howard	"A Lesson in Murder" (S1E3)	2002
Foyle's War - Season 2	Tom Georgeson	Richard Hunter	"Fifty Ships" (S2E1)	2003
Foyle's War - Season 2	Henry Goodman	Howard Paige	"Fifty Ships" (S2E1)	2003
Foyle's War - Season 4	Anthony Flanagan	Tom Jenkins	"Bad Blood" (S4E2)	2006
Foyle's War - Season 5			"Casualties of War" (S5E2); the murder weapon	2007
Doctor Who	Miranda Raison	Tallulah		2005 - Present
Torchwood	John Barrowman	Captain Jack Harkness		2006 - Present
Inspector George Gently	Martin Shaw	DCI George Gently		2007-
Inspector George Gently	Lee Ingleby	DS John Bacchus		2007-
Inspector George Gently	Warren Clarke	Charles Hexton	"Peace and Love" (S03E02)	2010
Foyle's War - Season 7	Ryan Kiggell	Capt. Joe Bradley	"The Russian House" (S7E1)	2010
The Promise	Christian Cooke	Len Matthews	Pocket model, with 3" barrel	2011
Foyle's War - Season 8	Jonathan Hyde	Colonel Galt	"The Cage" (S8E2)	2013
Foyle's War - Season 8	Tom Beard	Capt. McDonald	"The Cage" (S8E2)	2013
Foyle's War - Season 8	Charles Aitken	Thomas Nelson	"Sunflower" (S8E3)	2013
Foyle's War - Season 8			"Duty" model; seen on credits	2013

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
World War II Online: Battleground Europe			2001
Call of Duty: United Offensive			2004
Call of Duty 2			2005
Bioshock			2007

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Kochikame			1996 - 2005
Baccano!			2007

See Also

• Enfield No.2 - The successor to the Mk VI.