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[[File:PryseNumber4.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Webley-Pryse No. 4 revolver]]
[[File:PryseNumber4.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Webley-Pryse No. 4 revolver]]
[[File:NiceWebleyPryseRevolver.jpeg|thumb|right|400px|Webley-Pryse No. 4 revolver. Courtesy of the National Rifleman Association National Firearms Museum]]
[[File:NiceWebleyPryseRevolver.jpeg|thumb|right|400px|Webley-Pryse No. 4 revolver. Courtesy of the National Rifleman Association National Firearms Museum]]
== Specifications ==
 
The Webley Pryse revolver was a British revolver fitted with a six-round cylinder. In 1876, the British firearm engineer Charles Pryse designed a tip-down, break-open revolver with a rebounding hammer action and simultaneous extraction of spent cartridges. This Fourth Model Webley-Pryse, recognizable by its fluted cylinder, was made in calibers ranging from .32 in to .577 in, but the majority were manufactured in caliber .455 in.
The Webley Pryse revolver was a British revolver fitted with a six-round cylinder. In 1876, the British firearm engineer Charles Pryse designed a tip-down, break-open revolver with a rebounding hammer action and simultaneous extraction of spent cartridges. This Fourth Model Webley-Pryse, recognizable by its fluted cylinder, was made in calibers ranging from .32 in to .577 in, but the majority were manufactured in caliber .455 in.


== Films ==
==Film==
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| ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' || [[Eddie Marsan]] || Inspector Lestrade || || 2009
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Latest revision as of 21:47, 13 August 2019

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Webley-Pryse No. 4 revolver
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Webley-Pryse No. 4 revolver. Courtesy of the National Rifleman Association National Firearms Museum

The Webley Pryse revolver was a British revolver fitted with a six-round cylinder. In 1876, the British firearm engineer Charles Pryse designed a tip-down, break-open revolver with a rebounding hammer action and simultaneous extraction of spent cartridges. This Fourth Model Webley-Pryse, recognizable by its fluted cylinder, was made in calibers ranging from .32 in to .577 in, but the majority were manufactured in caliber .455 in.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Zulu Dawn Denholm Elliott Colonel Pulleine 1979
A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov) Semyon Farada Mr. Thompson 1987
A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov) A robber 1987
Sherlock Holmes Eddie Marsan Inspector Lestrade 2009