380ACP for the ammunition to be available through the official channels. 38 pistols but of course there were sufficient private purchase Colts and Webleys in both. I have found no record of official army use of. Although the Navy declined these they seem to have taken some into service along with a few. 38 S & W revolvers by the Ministry of Munitions as there were not sufficient.

38 Special from the trade in 1915 for service on HMS Humber, Mersey and Severn (River monitors purchased from Brazil) and had also been offered. The Royal Navy had purchased 90 Smith & Wessson Hand Ejector revolvers in. 300 pistols of this pattern were sold to the Indian Army in 1933 (see Bruce & Reinhart, page 159) but whether it was available in WWI for private purchase I do not know. However the Mark III, although a pocket pistol, was available with large grips and in this guise looks very similar to a Mark IV. 38 did not start at Webley's until 1921 so the pistol was not available in WWI. 38 special, a calibre that had been introduced at the turn of the century and became (and remains) popular in revolvers - although I think by WWI most US service revolvers were in. I believe there were several US revolvers chambered for. 38 webley cartridge was not introduced until the early 1920s While the private purchase of handguns for officers meant there were a number of weapons used (and purchases from Spain and eleswhere complicate this) as far as I am aware the. 38 cal revolver during the Great War' was. 38/200 introduced in the 1930s and issued to various colonial police forces (HK? Singapore?)īut I am not sure what ' the British made. 38 revolver but the Revolver No2 was not adopted until (there were later marks that were D/A only without a hammer-spur) There had IIRC been a Webley MkIII in. 38 revolver (Pistol, Revolver No2 MkI) of WWII manufactured by Enfield and Albion Motors was very similar in design to the Great War Webley (which in 1926 became the Pistol, Revolver No1) and indeed during WWII Webley and Scott produced the Mk IV. I am not sure to which weapon you are referring. 38, was this the same model, what was its appearance and markings (date) etc? 38 cal revolver during the Great War, was it Webley? I am only familiar with the WW2 Webley.

38 calibre revolver wwi model