![]() The company’s name changed to Forehand Arms in 1890, so guns labelled ‘Forehand & Wadsworth’ were produced prior to that time, and are classified as antiques by the BATF. No records exist of production numbers, but they must have been reasonably popular judging from the numbers of surviving examples. While not up to the quality of Webleys these were decently-made, robust little revolvers. The gun was available in a single frame size and chambered in a seven-shot. The best of the American copies were introduced by Forehand & Wadsworth in the late 1870s. These guns became very popular in America during the western expansion, and in fact General George Custer was reportedly carrying a pair of these guns when he was killed at the Little Bighorn. The quality of these guns varied from excellent to rubbish, and calibers of these ‘knock-offs’ ranged from. ![]() These guns were widely imitated in Europe- mostly by the Belgian cottage gunsmithing industry- and in the United States. The classic Webley RIC- father of the famous ‘British Bulldog’ and Dr.Watson’s sidearm of choice. 380 Revolver, but only guns forty-caliber and larger received the ‘British Bulldog’ name. These developed into the Webley RIC, which stood for Royal Irish Constabulary who adopted the weapon, and a short-handled, short barreled variant that become known as the British Bulldog, which name Webley trademarked in 1878. ![]() These were relatively compact guns chambered for a. In the 1860’s Philip Webley & Son developed a solid-frame, large caliber double-action revolver with a five-shot cylinder.
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