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CANCELLING ALL PREVIOUS ISSUES. Tet July, 1914 “ LIMITED, GUN OF RIELE WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. Telegraplie Adresses Teghsses ARMAMENTS 7 LONDON 3x7 GERRARD, LONDON WEBLEY, BIRMINGHAM. ae ie 47) CENTRAL, BIRMINGHAM 78 Shaftesbury Oifices 2 Show Rooms: 86 Weaman Street Works: 81 to 91 Weaman Street, 8 to 22 Slaney Street, and 125 Lancaster Street, BIRMINGHAM. WEBLEY & SCOTT, Limited, MANUFACTURERS OF GUNS, RIFLES, REVOLVERS and AUTOMATIC PISTOLS. Contractors to H.M’S WAR DEPARTMENT THE ADMIRALTY METROPOLITAN POLICE INDIA CAP THE ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY ete. ete Patentees and Manufacturers of the Webley ‘445 Automatic Pistol adopted for the exclusive use of His Majesty's Navy. TRADE MARKS WEBLEYs, “nao 0 Exhibition Awards. 1872 DUBLIN 1883 BOSTON 1873 VIENNA 18834 CALCUTTA 1876 PHILADELPHIA 1887 ADELAIDE 1878 PARIS 1889 PARIS 1880 SYDNEY 1904 GRAND PRIX ST. LOUIS 1881 MELBOURNE 1911 GRAND PRIX TURIN. Introduction. Webley & Scott, Ltd. is the outcome of an amalgamation of the two old established businesses of P. WEBLEY & SON, of Weaman Strect, and W.& C, SCOTT & SON, of Premier Gun Works, Lancaster Street, Birmingham, the two largest Wholesale Manufacturers of High- class Sporting Guns and Rifles in the United Kingdom, P. Webley & Son. ‘The business of P. Webley & Son was founded at the commence ment of last century. Barly in 1880 they recognised the great advantage of making revolvers fn the interchangeable system, particularly for Government work. and commenced experiment ing in this direction, After several years’ arduous work, they succeeded in inventing the Mack 1 ny « Joint War Office anel Admiralty Committee in 1887, for the exclusive use of both services, and the First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking in the House of Commons soon after its adoption, said that IT WAS THE MOST EFFICIENT WEAPON of its kind, A. large portion of the works is occupied by specially designed machinery of the service Model, which was adopted highest lass for producing these weapons. In addition to supplying the British jovernment and the Colonies, contracts have been executed for the Chinese Government, Argentine Republic, and several Foreign States. P. Webley & Son’s Sporting Guns and Rifles are not so well known to the public as their revolvers, every revolver manufactured being marked with either their name or trade mack, but ninety per cent, of the guns and rifles manufactured by them for the home market carry only the names of the customers for whom they are made P. Webley & Son, in addition to enjoying a high reputation for Sporting Guns and Rifles, have for many years held the premier position in the production of Rifles for fine Target work. W. & C. Scott & Son. ‘he speciality of W. & ©. Scott & Son is the building of high-class Shot Guns for pigeon and game shooting. Their reputation in Europe and America is second to none, their guns having carried off the chief prizes at all the principal pigeon s including the Grand Prix at Monte Carlo, on several occasions. Since the “INTERNATIONAL GUN TRIALS,” held at New Ye Guns came First and Second in all four classes, they have been continually to the front in all k in 1873, when Seott the principal Trial and Shooting Meetings, both at home and abroad. Owing to their deservedly high reputation, there are so many imitations by other makers, that if is necessary to caution the public that no guns are genuine unless bearing the full name “w, & C. SCOTT & SON. Guns with different initials, or combinations of initials, in conjunction with the name Scott are not of their make, ‘Their finest weapons, combining all recent improvements, have engraved between their name and London address, their Registered Trade Mark, “ THE PREMIER,” or “IMPERIAT. PREMIER Barrel Tube Department and Steel Tests. ‘The scheme of asnalg the establishment of a Barrel Tube Department, comprising Drilling, Boring, and Grinding shops, which have been equipped with the most up-to-date machinery and tools for the pro- Auction of tubes for barrels on the most scientifie nes. cluded Mr. G. T. Teasdale-Buckell, in his book follows experts on Guns and Shooting,” writes as On the Continent also, Scott guns are sold as such ; and in Italy they havea high reputation. In England @ Scott or a Webley gun hardly exists, and we say this in spite of the fact that the

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