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Description: | WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD. 1916 (left frame)
MARK "V" (right frame)
originally for instantaneous fuze, later used also to ignite safety fuze. Also made by Greener. Shares parts (and possibly the rough frame casting) with the No. 1 Mark III and III* flare pistols and 'The Speary Humane Cattle Killer'.
brass construction, with side hinged breech taking special 'Cartridge, Pistol, Instantaneous, Mark I', and separate two part 'barrel', the inner section three pronged to hold the fuze, the outer knurled screw-on section to tighten thegrip on the fuze. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Webley & Scott Ltd. | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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