James · Revolver
Webley RIC No.1
Double action · .442 Webley · introduced 1868
Also known as Webley RIC Model 1, Webley RIC First Model
About the Webley RIC No.1
The Webley RIC No.1 was the original 1868 pattern of Webley's Royal Irish Constabulary revolver, the firm's first solid-frame, double-action revolver. Chambered for the .442 Webley centrefire cartridge with a six-shot cylinder, it was the first successful British centrefire-cartridge revolver to gain widespread acceptance and launched Webley's solid-frame double-action line.
General George Armstrong Custer is reputed to have owned a pair of .442 Webley RIC revolvers, gifted by Lord Berkeley Paget in 1869, and is sometimes associated with carrying one at the Little Bighorn in 1876.
Webley RIC No.1 specifications
General
- Type
- Revolver
- Action
- Double action
- Firing mechanism
- Double action
- Trigger
- Double action
- Calibres
- .442 Webley
- Magazine capacity
- 6 rounds
- Magazine
- Revolving cylinder
Dimensions
- Barrel length
- 114 mm (4.5 in)
Barrel
- Rifling
- Right hand
Materials
- Barrel
- Steel
- Receiver / frame
- Steel
- Stock
- Wood
- Finish
- blued
Performance
- Muzzle velocity (typical)
- 198 m/s (650 fps)
- Effective range
- 25 m
History
- Introduced
- 1868
- Production status
- Out of production
- Country of origin
- GB
- Designer
- Philip Webley
Features
- Solid frame
- Gate loading
- Double action
- Self cocking
The No.1 / First Model is distinguished by forward locking notches on the cylinder. The RIC contract of January 1868 secured Webley's commercial success. The short-barrelled British Bulldog was derived from the RIC. The RIC family was later offered in many chamberings, but .442 Webley is the original.
