NEW LOT ADDED Published: 7 Mar 2025
Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2025 : Sale A0325 Lot 1077
* AN EARLY & SCARCE .380 (SHORT) WEBLEY MKII POCKET REVOLVER WITH 4IN. BARREL RETAILED BY J. BLANCH, serial no. 1428,

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* AN EARLY & SCARCE .380 (SHORT) WEBLEY MKII POCKET REVOLVER WITH 4IN. BARREL RETAILED BY J. BLANCH, serial no. 1428,
circa 1895, with nickel-plated 4in. barrel, integral fore-sight with narrowed blade, sighting notch to the stirrup-latch, the top-strap signed 'J. BLANCH & SON, 29 GRACECHURCH ST. LONDON', break-open frame with fluted quick-release automatic ejecting six-shot cylinder, frame-mounted striker, double-action mechanism and chequered hard-rubber grips with flat heel and lanyard ring (left grip chipped at heel), much plated finish remaining, lifting on cylinder


Provenance: This is the highest number so far recorded for a MKII Pocket

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Estimate £200-300

S5 - Sold as a Section 5 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act, Sections 7.3 and 7.1 Eligible.


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