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       Return of Webley & Scott India
   DIR By: allmanav
       Date: March 1, 2020, 7:53 am
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       Webley & Scott, formerly of Birmingham, England, has been
       rebooted in India this month, with a new plant in Lucknow making
       shotguns, handguns and airguns.
       The first offering from the reborn company will be a line of .32
       S&W-chambered top-break double-action revolvers with the first
       batch hitting dealer shelves on the subcontinent in April.
       Similar to the storied WWII-era Webley Mk IV .38/200 service
       revolver used across the British Commonwealth from the 1930s
       through the 1960s, the new revolvers are also dubbed Mk IVs,
       although they have a noticeably shorter profile.
       The original Mk IV, was 10.25-inches long overall with a 5-inch
       barrel. Chambered in .38/200, they are commonly used in the U.S.
       with .38 S&W ammo. (Photo: Guns.com)
       Webley & Scott of India is set to produce two versions of the
       reimaged Mk IV, dubbed the Pocket and a slightly taller Overhand
       Pocket, with 3-inch barrels and an overall length of 7- and
       7.5-inches, respectively.
       The new Webley & Scott Mk IV, of Lucknow.
       Why the lilliputian caliber when the original .38/200 is often
       seen as anemic these days? Handgun ownership in India is rare
       with calibers restricted to no larger than .32 and an Arms
       License required for purchasing even these restricted, Type C
       weapons.
       Even at that, a very similar top-break marketed by the Indian
       Ordnance Factories Service, the country’s state-run firearms
       corporation, was introduced in 2014 marketed towards women and
       has since proved popular with both sexes.
       Going past the more traditional offerings, Webley also has a
       catalog full of other guns listed for 2020 including a
       polymer-framed semi-auto .32 ACP with a 12+1 capacity, a
       70-Series M1911 with G10 grips and fiber optic sights– because
       literally everyone makes an M1911, right– and long guns.
       Webley’s planned offerings.
       Will the Indian-made Webleys make it over to this side of the
       pond?
       On the company’s Facebook page, questions to that effect were
       met with the answer, “absolutely,” although it is not clear if
       the concern has a U.S. importer already lined up, or what models
       would be imported. Further, the guns would have to meet U.S.
       handgun importation criteria established in 1968, which could
       mean longer barrels among other tweaks to get enough points to
       earn the nod from ATF.
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