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The Webley-Fosbery also makes an appearance in the motion picture Zardoz, where it is used by Sean Connery's character " Zed ".

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Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver.
The Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver is the most famous commercial example.
The couple eventually decompose into skeletons and finally nothing remains in the space but painted hand-prints on the wall and Zed's Webley-Fosbery revolver.
The drum's method of rotation is very similar to the Webley-Fosbery Semi-automatic revolver.
The Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver was produced as a six-shot. 455 caliber and an eight-shot. 38 caliber.
The Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver.
* The Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver was the first commercial example, introduced in 1901.
The Webley-Fosbery Self-Cocking Automatic Revolver was an unusual, recoil-operated, automatic revolver designed by Lieutenant Colonel George Vincent Fosbery, VC and produced by the Webley and Scott company from 1901 to 1915.
Webley further developed the design and the Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver was introduced at the matches at Bisley of July 1900.
In civilian use, the Webley-Fosbery was popular with target-shooters.
Walter Winans, a famous contemporary target shooter, preferred the Webley-Fosbery and in 1902 he used it to place six shots in a two inch bull's-eye at 12 paces in seven seconds.
Webley-Fosbery was available in several standard configurations with barrel lengths of 7. 5 inches, 6 in., and 4 in., and was also made to order.
Though Webley viewed this weapon as an ideal sidearm for cavalry troops, the Webley-Fosbery was never adopted as an official government sidearm.
At over 11 inches long and weighing some 44 ounces ( 1239 grams ) unloaded, the Webley-Fosbery was a heavy and unwieldy sidearm even by the standards of the day.
Several models of Webley-Fosbery revolvers were produced, and the type saw limited action in the Boer Wars, as well as World War I, where some privately-purchased examples were carried by British officers in the. 455 service chambering.
Reports from the field suggested that the Webley-Fosbery, with its precisely machined recoil surfaces was more susceptible to jamming in wartime conditions of mud and rain than comparable sidearms of the period.
It has been commonly alleged that the Webley-Fosbery required a tight hold in order for the cylinder to properly cycle and cock the weapon.
In comparison to the simple technique used for ordinary revolvers, the Webley-Fosbery requires pulling the entire action-cylinder-barrel assembly back across the frame, a two-handed operation.
The Webley-Fosbery did not survive the First World War.
And though some. 455 Webleys were modified to fire the more common. 45 ACP cartridge by use of half-moon clips, unless specially modified on an individual basis, there was never a. 45 caliber eight-shot Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver.

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