How it Works: British Webley Self-Loader MkI

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• History of WWI Primer ...

[@Lomi311]

Very cool to see such an obscure weapon pioneer a method of locking, against the ejection port, that is so ubiquitous in pistols today.

[@SyntheticGoose]

You all make the best firearms animations! Keep em coming!

[@maewinchester2030]

And this was one of Bruno's earlier ones too! He's gotten real good at making them even prettier.

[@thisISaPENn]

Here to feed the rhythm. Thanks team.

[@yo388]

Feed the rhythm 😂

[@wastedangelematis]

​@@yo388long time preserved canned instant rhythm

[@UXB1000]

Not many pistols that I can think of use that kind of recoil system. Neat.

[@loviedebiasio8864]

One of my favorite gun I dont have

[@thespecialbru]

Always good to see a new C&R video. Doesn’t matter the kind, I always watch! Is the shotgun series still going to happen?

[@theconsul9597]

According to Othias, it is still in the works, things have just been slow for them. I think he goes into more detail about that in his Remington No. 3 shotgun video, it's either in the video itself or in a pinned comment.

[@maewinchester2030]

yup, still in the works, we've got some ideas on how to run em and how we want them to look, hopefully we'll get to testing some filming for them this winter when it's a little less warm out.

[@tenofprime]

@@maewinchester2030 and it is not 85% humidity with temps that can jump 20 degrees from one day to the next.

[@bumpercoach]

Saw one at a pawn shop that had a side business as a scarehouse

[@robviousobviously5757]

The Al Gore Rythm section is on tour now....😂

[@greydonstautzenberger3901]

Thank you BrewKnow

[@martinjones8503]

Awesome, as always ❤

[@stuartburton1167]

The Webley when you're out of ammo you have a pocket club.

[@johannesmichaelalhaugthoma4215]

Appreciate the animations!

[@KevinSmith-yh6tl]

Thanks 👍

[@rediius]

Coincidental, as I just watched RRR this week.

[@FlixTV]

If possible: please show 1) locking surface 2) hammer sear location. thx.

[@jamespettit1792]

Watch their full length video.

[@sleighte]

Thank you. Now I know!

[@Just_Some_Person]

Neat!

[@tenofprime]

There are a few guns from this show that I would love to own just because they are odd, this is one. The Nagant 1877 2 shot, an 1879 Reichsrevolver and one of those Comblain of some type. I hardly ever get a chance to shoot them (ammo alone limits that) but they are just hit that mix of cool and odd looking so well.

[@eirikandersen4968]

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[@rcadd1ct]

Algorithm goes nom nom nom

[@snowflakemelter1172]

Is this the first pistol to use the ejection port as the locking surface ?

[@onpsxmember]

They have a different video on it if you search for whiting on their yt page.

[@tenofprime]

@@onpsxmember or use the end card/link in the description.

[@konstantin.v]

What makes *the trigger transfer bar to drop down* upon firing and then jump back up? 🤔

[@KorianHUN]

You can see the disconnector above the trigger. Looks like it might be actuated by the barrel hitting it.

[@konstantin.v]

​@@KorianHUN, oh, I see now, the white one! Thanks! They probably shouldn't have colored it white. Too inconspicuous 🙂

[@WalterBurton]

👍👍👍

[@CameronMcCreary]

I had two of them but were stolen. I loved the firearms. The fit and finish were great however the frame was soft.

[@Pcm979]

With more time in the oven, this coulda been a contenda.

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Seems like a pretty simple design. The ergonomics could use a little help. The grip angle seems awful . Why was it not more popular? Did they ever try to export them to compete in the American Market or Canada?

[@tenofprime]

The full episode gets into a bit but the TL;DR is timing and price. It was an expensive gun that did really what other cheaper autos could just as well and this was when automatics were still new tech so most militarizes still used revolvers.

[@davidhansen5067]

Such an odd set of ergonomics for such an influential locking action.

[@Odin029]

British designer: Ergonomics? What are these ergonomics that you speak of?

[@chaimafaghet7343]

They're more comfy than you would think assuming you have normal man sized hands.

[@davidhansen5067]

@@chaimafaghet7343 The sheer length of that grip, though. Granted, it may fit the hand well, but it's got to be awfully awkward to holster and carry, which, given that a handgun is largely a just-in-case weapon, definitely matters.

[@chaimafaghet7343]

@@davidhansen5067 It's going in a military flap holster high on the left side, it's fine. This isn't a pocket gun.

[@zoiders]

​​@@davidhansen5067Its a heavy holster pistol worn cross draw in a Sam Brown. Some of the initial adopters were the Royal Horse Artillery and the Cav so it could even ride in a saddle holster. It's still not large by service pistol standards of the day. Webley revolvers and Colts New Service were even larger and heavier. It's certainly no worse than a full size Glock in .45ACP. 1:35

[@greydonstautzenberger3901]

10/10

[@davidbrennan660]

Steampunk Glock.

[@merlinwizard1000]

8th, 13 September 2023

[@daytch9485]

Please tell me there's a luger video out there to compare, ugh

[@tenofprime]

The animations they post are just snippets from the full episode so you can find the Luger (it is an early one on the primer playlist) and search in it. The animations are normally in the first quarter to half episode.

[@comentedonakeyboard]

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