British Tranter 1878

[Bob Riebe]

Now this gent is covering his legal buttocks, but in a book dedicated to early revolvers I found fifty years ago, it said it, and the Webley No. 5 Army Express, were both chambered for the Colt .45 round or the .450 Long CF 1.19/64 as it was called on the other side of the pond.

[darkgael]

This picture was copied from “The Webley Story”. It is a Webley-Pryse .577 caliber five shot. The Tranter made version is identical but is a solid frame gun. The Webley is a top break. I could not find a picture of the Tranter version (though we would have a hard time telling them apart.) William Tranter produced this gun in 1869.

[Bob Riebe]

This picture was copied from “The Webley Story”. It is a Webley-Pryse .577 caliber five shot. The Tranter made version is identical but is a solid frame gun. The Webley is a top break. I could not find a picture of the Tranter version (though we would have a hard time telling them apart.) William Tranter produced this gun in 1869.

Engraved Tranter 577-Calibe


Webley .577

[darkgael]

Great pictures. They are more different than I thought. The release lever on the Webley is a dead giveaway. As well, the form of the cylinder pin, etc. is quite different.