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Can someone tell me when is model was made? I had a 700 made in 1961 (#131000). Did production begin after WWII? I have seen some of these in 2-1/2" chambers as well as 2-3/4".

The 700 series guns replaced the earlier 400 series guns after WWII. Some of them did have 2 1/2" chambers.

I shoot pheasants with my Webley 600 Special (ejector model), delivered in December 1946. Some months later (when the pre-war parts ran out??) they introduced the model 700 ejector as their only model, in a selection of calibres. My serial number is 116,3xx.

Mine is a 2 1/2" chamber, and most of those sold for the British market were, until the end of the 1960s. The 'powerful' 2 3/4" cartridge was seen as only need for wildfowling along the seashore.

HB.

Mine had 2-3/4" chambers, but was proofed at 3-1/4 tonnes. Very heavy recoil with any 1-1/4 oz load. I shot it with 1 ounce loads typically. Was a nice gun, but I sold it!

The Harrington and Richardson variation probably had 2 3/4" chambers. A 1961 gun was probably a European marketed gun.

I purchased a 12g. Webley and Scott serial number 143XXX a few months ago. It has markings for 2 3/4, 3 1/4 tons per sq. (actually a small square box) in., 12 in a diamond (no C) and BNP with a crown over it. It does not say 700 anywhere although I assumed it was. How do I determine if it is?

My M700 was made in 1955 and is 2/3/4".

I also had a 1967 gun that was NIB, neither were marked 700

As far as a I am aware Webley & Scott never put the actual Model type of the 700 series on the gun. The distinction between models was down to wood and engraving. The first offering of the 700 was a basic version to be kind it was known as the "Plane Jane" though Webley did at one time call it a Keepers model in truth just after WW2 Britain was very short of shotguns of the type the average member of the public could afford that had any reliability, at the time Spanish guns where being imported though their build quality was appalling.
In the first photograph is a very early "Plane Jane" 700 Action Flat and you will" see that it is 21/2" chamber it also has a stock that looked very much like it was a fence post the day before. One thing in this guns favour it was fitted with an English straight hand stock and weighing a little under 61/2 pounds so ideal for carrying all day in the field.

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in the other photograph is the later version of the 700 with 23/4" chambers





In the final Photograph are both guns with the top gun being the 23/4" Chambered.

Let’s see the rest of it, Milt!

Best,
Ted