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Tango0115 Feb 2025 4:03 p.m. PST

"Though today the name "Webley" is the one that most often comes to mind when discussing British revolvers, James and Philip Webley's premier revolver offering, their single-action "Longspur" percussion repeater first seen in 1853—while a creditable design—was largely eclipsed at the time by the double-actions of Robert Adams and William Tranter.

The Longspur went through three variants, at least selling in enough numbers to keep the firm afloat. Subsequently, the brothers Webley came out with a line of durable, reliable, percussion-fired double-actions, adding to the company's solvency and cachet and allowing it to expand its line into the self-contained-cartridge field…"

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