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Just have the lock out and a key to sort and the Webley case will be done.

New strap guides, strap loops and mounts for the handle salvaged from another case

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I have increased the front sight blade / bead diameter
Drifted the blade off and soldered a nice little blob of silver solder the is 1mm larger diameter but effectively 3x the surface area
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Well on Sunday Micky Duck and I put some rounds through the Webley at 100m from the bench.

Results were very poor.
I really struggled with the sights at that distance.
The front brass blade has...

Run out of jobs until I go to town and find an old dark brown belt or some horse tack

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I have completely roughed out an inner case to go inside the leather case.
4mm ply base
6mm timber front and back
12mm sides

Parts are mounted in blocks to save space with the parts being a...

Hence the word " rustoration " do the very least.
Battle scars are part of its history and all part of its story.

Auction catalogue image
Dark dirty wood
Heavy rust patches on about 10 locations and light rust on the corners of most barrel flats
Some of the rust had the clear patterns of fabric
So it has...

Someone can photo shop all that shit on

And a thermal scope

Oh just got to go clear the vomit from the back of my throat and get some fresh air

It's best feature is a little harder to get an image of with my steam powered mobile phone

But when you look down the big hole in a 500 BPE and see this, you just buy it

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Both my 500...

This is a very stylish rifle.
And easily my most practical big bore BPE rifle.
Bring takedown it's easy to clean and no hassles with water on the woodwork when cleaning.
I guess that might partly...

And one very important detail is that it is well under 8 pounds

So very nice in the hands to carry and point but it does have pretty decent recoil when bench testing

And longer term part of the project is refitting this nice vintage leather travel case for the Webley.
It's already been gutted.
Needs all it's exterior leather details re done because the...

So some details

P Webley and Son
78 Shaftesbury Avenue London
1893
500 3" BPE
28" Octagonal barrel conventional rifling 1:40" twist 9/10 condition
Top lever with twin Anson and Deeley...

I brought a P Webley and son single shot 500 3" BPE last Saturday.
Wasn't intending restoring it immediately but got it shooting pretty easily and successfully.

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So I completely...