Webley-Fosbery automatic revolver

[Jon]

The Webley-Fosbery automatic revolver, here demonstrating the firing cycle in this slow motion GIF.


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An interesting though ultimately impractical firearm, it was designed in the UK, and first sold in 1901. It saw some action in the Boer War and in World War I.



Later it made some critical appearances in film, most notably by Sean Connery in Zardoz, and as the weapon with which Miles Archer was shot in The Maltese Falcon.

Here's Sean Connery as the lead character Zed in Zardoz. When you dress like this, it's a good idea to carry an automatic revolver:



And here's Jerome Cowan as Miles Archer in The Maltese Falcon, staring down a Webley-Fosbury:



Forgotten Weapons did a nice video on this firearm:

Previously: Guycot 40-shot chain pistol