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Webley & Scott Signal Pistols
The Webley & Scott produced single-shot, break open Signal Pistols for used by British & Commonwealth Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. Perhaps the most prolific of these was the No.1 MkIII, produced in 1911 at the company's Birmingham facility.
The Webley & Scott Signal Pistols and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III
A lanyard swivel was added on the butt in 1915.
Specifications
- Year of Production: 1911
- Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
- Length: 8 inches
- Barrel Length: 4 inches
- Weight:
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Fighting 69th | James Cagney | Pvt. Jerry Plunkett | 1940 |
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 1 | Kam Fong | Chin Ho | 1968 | |
Anzacs | Australian troops | 1985 | ||
The Last of Us - Season 1 | seen in armory; "Long Long Time" (S1E03) | 2023 |
Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. III*
Added a flanged muzzle extension as a safety feature. Its purpose was to keep the operator's hand clear of the muzzle when the barrel was depressed for loading and unloading shells from its breech.
Specifications
- Year of Production: 1916
- Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
- Length: 9.5 inches
- Barrel Length: 5.5 inches
- Weight:
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carry on, Sergeant! | German soldier | 1928 | ||
Gorgo | A British sailor | 1961 | ||
Lawrence of Arabia | Anthony Quayle | Col. Brighton | 1962 | |
Peter O'Toole | Col. Lawrence | |||
The Three Fat Men (Tri tolstyaka) | Rioters | 1966 | ||
The Dirty Dozen | Clint Walker | Samson Posey | 1967 | |
An Old, Old Tale (Staraya, staraya skazka) | Boris Leskin | The king's coachman | 1969 | |
Prosha, the Prince (Tsarevich Prosha) | Anatoli Abramov | Brigand | 1974 | |
The People That Time Forgot | Patrick Wayne | Maj. Ben McBride | 1977 | |
The Razor's Edge | James Keach | Grey | 1984 | |
Biggles: Adventures in Time | Neil Dickson | James 'Biggles' Bigglesworth | 1986 | |
The Trench | Danny Dyer | Lance Cpl. Dell | 1999 | |
Cockneys vs. Zombies | 2012 | |||
Mad Max: Fury Road | Charlize Theron | Furiosa | 2015 | |
1917 | Spike Leighton | Private Kilgour | 2019 | |
Andrew Scott | Lieutenant Leslie | |||
Dean-Charles Chapman | Tom Blake |
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Doctor Who | Paul Darrow | Capt. Sam Hawkins | "Doctor Who and the Silurians" | 1970 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
NecroVisioN: Lost Company | 2010 | ||
Battlefield 1 | 2016 | ||
Hunt: Showdown | "Flare Pistol" | Modified chamber | 2018 |
Anime
Title | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Black Lagoon ("Mangrove Heaven" (S01E02)) | Rock | 2006 | |
Violet Evergarden | Gilbert Bougainvillea | Ep. 08 | 2018 |
Webley & Scott No. 1 Mk. V
A simplified steel version of the Mk III. It had 50% parts commonality with the .455-caliber Webley Mk VI service revolver.
Specifications
- Year of Production: 1915
- Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
- Length: ?
- Barrel Length: 4 inches
- Weight:
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paratrooper | Leo Genn | Maj. John Snow | 1953 | |
Survival of the Dead | Alan Van Sprang | Sgt. Crocket | 2010 |
Webley & Scott No. 2 Mk. V
A No.1 Mk V with a longer flanged barrel like the Mk III*.
Specifications
- Year of Production: 1916
- Caliber: 1 inch [25 mm]
- Length: ?
- Barrel Length: ?
- Weight:
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gang War in Naples | Customs officer | 1972 | ||
Syndicate Sadists | Alessandro Cocco | Giampiero Marsili | 1975 | |
The Shallows | Blake Lively | Nancy Adams | 2016 | |
Enforcement | Simon Sears | Jens Høyer | 2000 | |
An insurgent |
Webley & Scott No. 3 Mk. I
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Journey's End | Asa Butterfield | Second Lieutenant Raleigh | 2018 | |
Journey's End | Stephen Graham | Second Lieutenant Trotter | 2018 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Forgotten Hope 2 | "No3 Mk1 Very" | 2007 | |
Mad Max | Flare Gun | 2015 |
Webley & Scott No. 4 Mk. I
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gorgo | A British soldier | 1961 | ||
The Light at the Edge of the World | Renato Salvatori | Montefiore | 1971 | |
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night | Brandon Routh | Dylan Dog | 2011 | |
Dunkirk | Tom Hardy | Farrier | 2017 | |
Jack Lowden | Collins |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Far Cry 2 | 2008 |
See Also
- Royal Small Arms Factory - A list of weapons produced by RSAF Enfield