Mark 3

[Gotavapen]

Sorry to ask you so much.
Is this what is called Webley Mark III? That's what is written anyway.

[signalman]

Its a Harrington & Richardson flare pistol manufactured for the Brits.

[Proff]

Do you know the production years???

[signalman]

I do not know production data, but I do know they were used in WWII, Bob Gaynors book says the the Mk IIIA was tested in 1941 for use as a replacement for the Remington Mk III.

[AlanD]

It has quite modern British commercial proof marks. As far as I know this Mark 111 pistol was not adopted by the British. They did buy 15,000 odd of the MK VI which was all steel construction and with plastic grips.
At one point the British did purchase a few thousand 10 guage signal pistols in the U.S. which they tried to convert to one inch calibre. I think these were Remington's but could be wrong on this. Its all covered in some detail in the offical war history of signle pistols published by U.S. Ordnance at the end of the war. I photocopied this booklet on my last visit to the National Archives in College Park, its about 80 odd pages and makes fascinating reading.

Regards

AlanD

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