I love the casual mention of "Zardoz" in there :-)

I have been collecting books for about 35 years. I got everything from an MP five to a colt walker. Love it what you do is amazing.

A beautiful, beautiful piece of early 20th Century Engineering !Since I am never likely to be able to afford one for my collection, it is wonderful to see Mark disassemble and explain one so thoroughly. Many thanks, once again!

The engineering that went into this weapon is just.....wow..

Nice to see the ingenuity that went into taking a known technology and adapting it this way. But it also drives home just how genius Browning was to come up with his clean-slate design for a magazine-fed auto. Great video, Mark - loving the detail. :-)

Great video! Man the springs in that thing! I could see the balancing act between the sear spring and (I'll call it the disconnector) spring on the rear part of the trigger. The disconnector spring too strong or the sear spring too weak and, like you said A.D. or possibly a full auto revolver... You really did a fine job showing and explaining the mechanism for all the folks who can't personally examine one. Another thing that is amazing is the quality of the machining and the flat springs. I mean that was some Great manufacturing work for 120+ years ago. With some half moon clips, this thing could run nearly as fast as a 1911, on the reloads. Again, Great video and Thank you for the work you do sharing this with the world. Take Care buddy, John

Those are the absolute most steampunk handgun ever made!

Woohoo! Wonderful work, Mark!

You're a brave man so you are. I have the absolute worst luck with springs going pinging off to god knows where in my shop. And it's usually the sodding expensive small ones that are impossible to find when they bugger off at high velocity too. Anyway, thank you for a fascinating video.

The engineering that went into this gun is nothing short of amazing. I'd love to have one.

People make jokes about German/Russian Space Magic guns like the HK G11 or the AN-94 but this is Edwardian Era English Steam Punk Magic at its finest.

That, sir, is one hellova contraption. Thanks for giving a unique view for posterity.

"Zardoz speaks to you, his chosen ones. You have been raised up from brutality, to kill the brutals who multiply, and are legion. To this end, Zardoz your god gave you the gift of the gun. The gun is good."

Nice ending finger snap edit, its pretty cool to see some light hearted ness.

Your experience and knowledge of arms never cease to amaze me. One of my favourite channels to watch

Awesome piece of history, Mark! Thank you for sharing!

Hi Mark, my favorite part of these amazing restoration/conservation projects is that you actually take these wonderful pieces of history and fire them! Great smithing and engineering. I have a beat up 1875 Remington in 44/40 that my grandfather handed down to me that his grandfather gave to him. I would love to have it restored but I don’t think I could afford to have the work done. Love your work! Thanks.

I had the distinct pleasure to shoot one of these at Bisley many years ago. I wouldnt say I would have swapped it for my Remington Rand 1911, but it was a delight to shoot.

To be honest.... really interesting gun.. You make awesome videos and tell it like it is. Best regards from Iceland

Always a good show Mark 👍 the Fosbury had some serious engi-nerding involved back in the day. Thanks for your time mate much appreciated.

The Germans really do have some complicated mechanical engineering. England: Hold my tea/hot beer.

Had one many years ago. Fires six shots QUICKLY.

This channel is awesome! Makes me smile!!

Such a cool piece of kit, I wish there was a cheaper way to own one even if it wasn't a true historical piece.

Thank you Brother Novak, that was good. You have great tools, the universal work holding device, 2oz hammer (can't recall it's name), the sense of humor, and cello. I miss cello, but this was good anyway.

Pleasure to watch, thank you very much.

Thanks Mark, another great video :)

The ending gag on this one was outstanding!

I never knew there was a revolver like this! I thought I knew how firearms worked since I was a kid...interesting.Nice channel.

Thank you so much for showing this, the thought that must have gone into that mechanism is amazing. A great video as usual and a lot of detail, thanks for sharing. You must be making a regular sacrifice to the carpet monster...I ignored mine once and he is still holding a grudge, the number of screws he has devoured is unbelievable! Keep up the good work Mark and team, looking forward to seeing more master gunsmith videos.

Mark you never cease to amaze and enlighten.

Great work! I really like that gun. I'd never really thought about it much before. I knew it existed because it's the first auto loading revolver but it's really a nice gun.

Probably the most "steam punk" gun that actually exists.

Fascinating stuff! I wish I knew half of what you might have forgotten about the art of gunsmithing!

Ow my goodness I would love to have a 455 Webbly may be one day thank you so much for this video

I love to restore old guns. I never seem to keep them, except for a 303 Enfield I restored for my son. I either sell them, or trade them for more projects. I need a new project now.

Well that's the first time I've smiled all week. Thank you sir.

What a cool, clever design.

That is really a complicated machine. Very cool

Just realize you focus the camera by hand! Love your videos!

"boiled all the Glock and the Zardoz off of it" 😆😂😆😂😆😂😆😂😆😂 I didn't realize that guns needed brain bleach.

Thank the lord for john browning cause he made auto stuff a lot...Simpler.....That Webley sure has a lot of parts......It is not simple in it's operation.....Thanks my friend you are the best...!

Love Webleys ever since I purchased a civilian. . 38 Mk3 2 inch barrel, used it to out shoot a few club members at Police pistol one competition,

Fantastic as always! Gotta love the sometimes unreliable magic finger snap.

well, I've just found out that the Mateba 6 Unica wasn't the only recoilless revolver ever made ... the Webley/Fosbery was too, ( 100 years earlier) ... nice gun , great explanatory video ... I had to subscribe! Mark deserves it ! great job, Mark !

The Sean Connery character used a Webley/ Fosbery in the 1974 sci fi fantasy film Zardoz. It is a very long time since I watched it. I just remember it as being very weird, at the time.

Thank you, thank you, absolutely the best video but you didn’t address the revolver’s ability to go full auto. Mine did [for 3 rds- all that was in it]. I cleaned the sticky gunk out of it, reoiled it and now it’s ok. No way would I tear mine down that far. An amazing firearm.

That was fun. Thanks for making this video. It has to be a lot more difficult trying to work your craft while having to set up and work with the camera in your way.

The channels on that cylinder remind me of the grooves on the top of a Browning .50 Cal. M2 bolt assembly.

Sam Spade's partner Miles Archer, was shot with a Webley/Fosbery .455 Automatic Revolver in The Maltese Falcon. Thank you all for showing us how this factenating handgun works.

Love your work mark

Man, some wealthy gun enthusiant with a penchant for autorevolvers sure likes you Mark. ;)

love that outro

GREAT VIDEO !!!

Imagine inventing this, wow.....

This is the steampunkiest Steampunk, that ever steampunked.

Excellent video! Thank you Mark!

O.K. Great Video. I wonder about this gun 15 yrs before the semi auto 1911. I see fit and finish on some of these pre 1911 firearms and wonder if not having a 1911 type of semi auto in 1845 is a result of lack of proper creativity. The workmanship , fit and finish, and complexity, makes me wonder about this. Thanks. Interesting.

No matter how cool this firearm is it'll never fail to bring up the image of Sean Connery in red hooker boots that is burned into the hellscape of my mind.

Have you guys ever considered making an index of topics/processes covered in the anvil videos? I was looking for one of your discussions about conservation methods that I could use on an old Billings coes adjustable wrench that my grand dad gave me.

I saw one of these in a local gun store today. Price was high, but I don’t know what they go for.

Great video!

I believe you were right about the coil springs the big one is a portable slinky :)

Boiled the glock and zardoz out of it? Classic.

"boiled the Zardoz out of it..."

This is the only revolver that I know of that has a “ safety catch “. Over the years I have read many spy/mystery novels where the hero/heroine must remove the safety catch on all kinds of revolvers before shooting the bad guy.

Hm charged springs are a bit lethal, I remember trying to compress a motorcycle fork spring, slipping, and a 50cm beast firing past my head and ricocheting around the garage. I then found the jesus clip in a spider web some time later...

To straighten the top strap you need a piece of square tube steel 1/2 to 3/8 and play Arcamedies. Send it to Mark. Or you will cry, or be very lucky.

A select fire version of this would be amazing to see.

I've never seen you shoot before and your stance is rock solid which shows in the results. Military or police trained?

always amazed those guys designed with pen and paper, no software modeling...I'd have a stroke.. can it handle .357M or .44M, that would be interesting... also, the fps of bullet versus a single shot of same caliber: cylinder gap energy loss, plus (?) slide momentum energy loss...

Mark you would have been hell on Bewitched just saying. how did you get all the Glock out of it. I have a 1911 full of Carcono

Without you. The world of guns would be doomed

Another great video!!!

Excellent and elegant.

Was that a "Mad Max" Martini on the left, in the intro?

'Loved it, specially the detail of how the mechanism worked. However, you were going to explain how the roller worked with the Zig Zag? ;-)

I'd love to have that gun. Super cool.

Have you ever had to go back and use a video to figure out where something happened or what happened

i had an old webley mk4 and the springs are freaking nastey on it

You didnt discuss how that post with the lozenge (sp) indexes the cylinder ☹

wonder what that would retail for if produced these days?

That outro! LMAO! Getting ToT vibes :)

guess it would be good for a one armed man with frozen thumb? quite ingenious design though quite complicated. how much time was involved developing this revolver? (was it a team effort or 1 man)

i know know about how she works. i have never seen one. very cool guy.

Good deal boss. Thanks for the info.

Outstanding!

I have a Webley 38 S&W its ugly and I love it. I got it in the 80s via shotgun news magazine $69.00 my dad paid to give me a christmas present

One of these things is not like the other

great work sir. Can you re post, or direct me to where your shop tour/gunsmithing tools video is please? Thank you.

That was some pretty good comedy there

AWESOME VIDEO AS ALWAYS.. HOW'S THE TRIGGER PULL ON THIS ? IS IT COMPARABLE TO A FIRST SHOT DOUBLE ACTION ,THEN SINGLE ACTION ,OR A 1911 OR SOMETHING ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT ? I WAS JUST WONDERING..I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ,BUT LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING . I STILL THINK YOU HAVE THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD .. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES

I'm wondering if the snap cuts at the end were supposed to be a "name the gun" game.

Rabbit Hole tour....destination....a truely unique revolver.

I too notice that the Webley pistols are soft in spots.

I think the conservation part is missing, but notheless the video was very informative.

Sweet !

Universal work holding system...

Hi Mark loving your great informative videos. Once the gun is cleaned all of rust ,what is your favorite gun oil ? I have used a variety of different products but what are your favorite rust preventing and preservation gun oil brands.

If I took this apart I would never be able to put it back together, LoL!!