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Does anyone know of the history of the Webley & Scott Flying Bullet mark? Looking at a Webley that has the Flying Bullet mark on the barrel flats, but without the W&S designator. It also appears backwards to the normal mark. The gun, however, has proof marks that are 1875 at the latest and the St. James address. It seems hard to fit the gun into a timeline consistent with all the details I can confirm. Is it possible the Flying Bullet was originally a mark used by Webley before the Scott acquisition? Thst would make more sense as a Mark since they made pistols dtc and Scott was primarily a shotgun maker. Scot having a bullet as a mark before the merger doesn't seem plausible. The proof marks are really definitive. I know post merger they sold guns marked Webley after the merger and could have remarked this gun, but I don't know why it would lack the W&S mark and 20+ years in stock makes no sense at all.

TTT

Nobody have any info as to the beginning of this mark??

The "Winged Bullet" was apparently introduced with the Webley Top-Break Revolver Service MK1 of 1887, continued to be used by Webley & Scott Revolver & Arms Company in 1897, and Webley & Scott after 1906

My 1946 Webley & Scott Model 600 does not feature a winged bullet mark, but all the Webley revolvers that I owned, made between 1910 and 1942 did have the winged bullet logo.

HB

That answered my question as to source. I had always presumed it was a Webley mark since I had not seen it on a W&C Scott gun. The puzzling thing is that it apears on a gun I am certain was made no later than 1875 due to the consistent proof marks, style of the action etc, yet the mark supposedly wasn't used until 20+ years after the latest possible date. I will find out tomorrow if I am going to acquire the gun. I will post some pictures if I do.