Excellent Webley Solid frame British Bulldog no 2 in 44 Rimfire calibre

Webley British Bulldog revolvers in rim fire calibres are extraordinarily scarce if not rare in any condition and this is as good as you will find. Mechanically flawless and with at least 70% original finish this particular revolver is featured on page 65 of Joel Black, Homer Ficken and Frank Michaels’ book “Webley Solid Frame revolvers”. The rim fire cartridge chambering was short lived as centre fire 380’s, 44’s and 450’s were far more popular.
This revolver is correctly stamped Webley’s No 2 44 rim with the famous flying bullet logo and the 2.3/8” barrel is stamped P.Webley & Son, London and Birmingham. The cylinder is also stamped with the last three digits of the serial number.
The calibre is obsolete and always likely to remain so as production of the calibre stopped in the 20th Century. This revolver benefits from Section 58(2) of the Firearms Act as amended allowing ownership without a license for collection purposes.
An exceptional revolver and one that would grace any advanced Webley collection.
Provenance ex-Joel Black collection.

Code: 50445