OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
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OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
Picked it up a week or 2 back - imported it from Florida so it's still adapting to this climate.
I have to say, whoever nickled this did one hell of a job. Darn near all the markings are still crisp. Although I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with those grips.
I don't expect to be in near as good of shape when I hit 115 years of age.
Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
I think would have been a good one for a BBQ in the UK. (Except they don't have BBQs and they'd take it away from you and lock you up if you did ).
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
L L, A nickled, pearl gripped Webley ..... A British pimp gun!
It's cute, I like it. I should get one for my wife. What caliber is it?
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It's cute, I like it. I should get one for my wife. What caliber is it?
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
J Miller wrote:L L, A nickled, pearl gripped Webley ..... A British pimp gun!
It's cute, I like it. I should get one for my wife. What caliber is it?
Joe
Still in its original 455, with a really good bore. Usually I'm not a nickle fan, but this one was so unusual I just had to get it. Plus it qualifies as an antique up here, so I don't have to deal with all the paperwork BS.
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
A .455. That would be fun to shoot.Killer Kanuck wrote:J Miller wrote:L L, A nickled, pearl gripped Webley ..... A British pimp gun!
It's cute, I like it. I should get one for my wife. What caliber is it?
Joe
Still in its original 455, with a really good bore. Usually I'm not a nickle fan, but this one was so unusual I just had to get it. Plus it qualifies as an antique up here, so I don't have to deal with all the paperwork BS.
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
BBQ, yes. Tea with the Queen, probably not.
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
OK, sorry for my ignorance, but what is a "BBQ" gun...?
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
Also known as a PIMP Gun.
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
[what is a "BBQ" gun...?]
It's a "dress up" gun, like for a fancy (tux-only) Texas cattleman's barbecue, where an attendee might wanna show off - sorta similar to your "best Sunday suit".
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It's a "dress up" gun, like for a fancy (tux-only) Texas cattleman's barbecue, where an attendee might wanna show off - sorta similar to your "best Sunday suit".
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
I would not wear that to the BBQ no. But I do like it - especially since its in its original chambering! But I'd definately get some horn or walnut grips for her... mother of pearl does shout "pimp" no doubt
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
Gen. Patton said whores and pimps carry mother of pearl grips, men carry ivory.
Not to discourage you from your Webly, that is a really nice nickle job. I bet that really cost someone to do that.
Not to discourage you from your Webly, that is a really nice nickle job. I bet that really cost someone to do that.
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
It is kinda short on engraving, and gold enlays, but if you get a really nice hand carved and tooled gunbelt and holster, it would do until you can get an engraved, silver-plated and ivory-gripped SAA.
I'd love to have one of those old British Bulldogs, even with mother of pimp grips. That is a mighty nice looking old six-gun.
I'd love to have one of those old British Bulldogs, even with mother of pimp grips. That is a mighty nice looking old six-gun.
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
I always loved that quote. I've been thinking about getting a set of repro black plastic grips to go with it anyway. And the grips on it now aren't even real mother of pearl - they're the fake plastic type.Rusty wrote:Gen. Patton said whores and pimps carry mother of pearl grips, men carry ivory.
Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
From what little I've read about the British Army in the Victorian Era.... Officers supplied their own accoutrements. Many were shipped away to far flung duty posts were humid conditions would ruin common steel and blued finishes. It was a common practice for British officers to pay to have their equipment and pistols nickled. I am suprised we dont see more nickled Weblys around. Maybe most of those pistols never made it back from India and Africa.
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
That big, fat slow moving cartridge is a blast.
I have to agree with the others. Those grips have to go.
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I have to agree with the others. Those grips have to go.
Here's my No. VI and Second Model Hand Ejector .455
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
Forget those guys. You can wear yer MOP gripped pistol to my BBQ any day. I think it looks neat. Not everybody could afford Ivory when that snob Patton said it, and that was when ya could legally harvest elephant ivory. Get ya a military flap holster, cut it back and make it into a double loop, and shazaam, period correct for a mountain man
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
The variation I've heard that makes the most sense to me (because I like it ) is: When a Texas Ranger would show up at a duty station with a fancy, tricked out handgun someone would ask "Where do you think you're going? To the Governor's B-B-Q?" (IOW fancy dress required)Pete44ru wrote:[what is a "BBQ" gun...?]
It's a "dress up" gun, like for a fancy (tux-only) Texas cattleman's barbecue, where an attendee might wanna show off - sorta similar to your "best Sunday suit".
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
Sambar or even elk antler might look decent on it. Although I can't imagine there are many people offering Webley grips in any material, let alone those.
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
Killer Kanuck,
What is that slotted, knurled screw for that just in front of the wedge shaped part on the left side?
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What is that slotted, knurled screw for that just in front of the wedge shaped part on the left side?
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
You take it out to remove the cylinder/extractor (at leat I think you do - been a year or 2 since I stripped down a Mark 1 or 2 ).J Miller wrote:Killer Kanuck,
What is that slotted, knurled screw for that just in front of the wedge shaped part on the left side?
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
OK - I get it.
Lose the 'pearl grips' and it's just a 'vintage gun' in 'corrosion-resistant finish'...
Ding it up some, and it might even be a 'collectable'...?
Lose the 'pearl grips' and it's just a 'vintage gun' in 'corrosion-resistant finish'...
Ding it up some, and it might even be a 'collectable'...?
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
It's a survival signaling advice as well. Catch the sun right and you'll blind everyone in a 100 foot radius.AJMD429 wrote:OK - I get it.
Lose the 'pearl grips' and it's just a 'vintage gun' in 'corrosion-resistant finish'...
Ding it up some, and it might even be a 'collectable'...?
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
I like it. Personally, I'd get ivory for it, but I don't think real pearl would look out of place either. Pearl just isn't very forgiving if, Lord forbid, it gets dropped. Ivory doesn't like it either, but it won't crack/shatter like pearl will.
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
I like it, you don't need engraving and gold to cry out "class". As with everyone else I'm thumbs down on the grips though. I'm think a nice set of high gloss black stained walnut will do nicely.
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
I don't know but you could wear to my house while I grilled some brats.
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
Prolly OK for tea and scones!
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Tea and scones. That's funny.Kevin Keith wrote:Prolly OK for tea and scones!
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
Might be suitable for a Cajun, Blockade-Runners' BBQ...
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
Folk's might snicker at the grips, but there isn't anything to laugh about with the whole in the end of the barrel!
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Re: OT - So does this qualify as a B-B-Q Gun?
I would get some custom black or white linen micarta grips and a holster that holds six rounds on the outside like one of those by Simply Rugged. Load the cartridges with some WFN bullets and no one will laugh.