Webley-Scott .455 1913 Navy Automatic

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Olle

This is a rare bird, and it's really cool in all its ugliness.

I was reading a little bit about its history...It seems in April 1915 the Royal Flying Corps pilots needed a weapon to defend themselves against enemy planes...Machine guns had not yet been mounted (or even thought of being mounted), so the Webley-Scott was issued for aero defense...[Source: POTW, Ian Hogg]...

I thought that scene in "Flyboys" where The Black Falcon is shot with a revolver was kind of a flight of fancy, but at a mere 70mph maybe not so much...