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Webley & Scott Archive

THE WEBLEY & SCOTT ARCHIVE – List of Contents:

19 Invoice Ledger Books 1901 to 1932

A2 1902 – 1906	E2 1901 – 1909	G2 1908 – 1910
K2 1910 – 1919	L2 1911	M2 1911 – 1913
N2 1911 – 1913	O2 1911 – 1912	P2 1912 – 1914
Q2 1912 – 1914	R2 1913 – 1914	S2 1910 – 1915
T2 1914 – 1915	X2 1915 – 1917	Z2 1915 – 1917
H3 1923 – 1931	D4 1930 – 1931	F4 1925 – 1931
H4 1931 – 1932

Sales Invoices 1936 – 1981 which record day by day firearm and signal pistol sales

410 shotguns (1973 – 1976)	GP shotguns (1974 – 1977)
1.5” Signal pistols (1976 – 1979)	Garden guns (1974)
Starting pistols (1974 – 1975)	.32 Humane killers (1973)
.310 Cattle killers (1973 – 1979)	Greener invoices (1977 – 1980)
Greener orders (1973 – 1976)

Blue Prints & White Prints

Cartridge and Chamber Drawings by Kynoch, Eley and Webley & Scott

Book: Revolver Sales 1900 – 1923

Book: Humane Killers & Humane Killer Bulleted Cartridges

Manufactured	1953 – 1959
Purchases	1953 – 1958
Sales	1953 – 1959
Possessed	1956 – 1959

Book: Manufacture (1949 – 1954)

Mark IV Revolvers

.38/.32 Police/Pocket

1.5inch Signal pistol

.22rf Single shot

Humane killer

13 Firearms Registers 1921 – 1933

Firearms Register of Stock as at December 1935

Book: Mark IV .32/.38 Commercial sales (1968 – 1970), numbers B48600 – B68699

10 Books of Automatics (1911 – 1947), numbers 67000 – 163699

.22rf (22/32)	.250 hammer/hammerless	.32 commercial & MP
.380	.9mm	.38 HV
.455 SL

Book: Automatics .455 SL Military Purchases (1913 – 1919), numbers 1 – 8050

Revolver Workbook showing Manufacturing details

Mark III & Mark IV .32/38 calibres (1916 – 1925)	21900 – 27799
WP Webley Pocket (1914 – 1925)	3000 – 5199
WF Webley Fosbery (1919)	4300 – 4499
Saloons .22rf (1916 – 1952)	1200 – 1999
Solid Frames M’83 .455 5 Shot (1921 – 1938)	102100 – 102637

Book: WP Revolvers Manufacture & Sales (1925 – 1935), numbers 5200 – 8629

Book: Sales (1948 – 1979)

Mark IV .22rf Target Revolvers	A15000 – A95999 & B16100 – B20963
Single Shot Pistols .22rf	2200 – 3020
Humane Killers .32 calibre	100 – 830 plus various others
Starting Pistols	random numbers
Mark IV .22rf Pocket Revolvers	B19000 – B23606
Single Shot Pistols .22rf	N3200 – N5899
Signal Pistols – 1.5 inch Signal Pistols

Book: Mark IV .38 Calibre Revolver Sales (1970 – 1982), numbers B48600 – B68699

Book: Greener GP Shotgun Sales (1972 – 1980)

Book: .32 & .310 Humane killer Sales (1972 – 1978) various numbers

Book: Firearms Purchases (1944 – 1970)

Book: Firearms Sales (1964 – 1970)

.22rf Single Shot Pistols	numbers 5900 – 6086
1.5 inch Signal Pistols	numbers H6200 – H10481
Teargas Guns 1.5 inch Anti-Riot	numbers RG1 – RG1836
Signal Pistols	various numbers

Book: Auto Pistol Numbers (1911 – 1932)

Production dates, calibres, models and serial numbers.

Gives running totals of quantities manufactured

Firearms Register Pistols & Revolvers Manufacture (1934 – 1942)

Production dates, serial numbers & quantities manufactured on daily basis

W&S Double Gun Register (1975 – 1980)

25 Manufacture Books of Mark V & Mark VI .455 Revolvers (1914 – 1918)

7 Manufacture Books of Mark VI & WS .455 Revolvers (1918 – 1940)

Book: Manufacture of Mark III .38 Revolvers (1925 – 1942), numbers 27800 – 32899

19 Manufacture Books of Mark IV .38 Revolvers (1941 – 1964), numbers 32900 – 44588

4 Manufacture Books of Mark IV .32 Revolvers (1949 – 1969), number 32900 – 44588

2 Manufacture Books (1954 – 1970), Various number ranges

Mark IV	.38/.32 Police/Pocket	.22rf Target
1.5” Signal pistol	.22rf single Shot	.32 Humane Killer

16 Manufacture Books of Signal Pistols (1916 – 1938)

1.5 inch
No1 Long & No2 Short	numbers 1 – 50799
No3 Mk1	numbers 50800 – 88683
No3 Mk2	numbers 1 – 7899
No4 Mk1	numbers 21810 – 24876 also 44800 – 58199 Note in book – not numbered after the war

23 Manufacture Books of Various Signal/Very pistols

Very	numbers 2400 – 137369 (1915 – 1938)
C pre-fix	numbers 1 – 19099 (1950 – 1951)
H pre-fix	numbers 1 – 61099 (1951 – 1964)
No4 Mk1	numbers 10000 – 11799 (1954 – 1957)
Speary	numbers 1 – 399 (1927 – 1934)

7 Index Books

Recording the serial numbers of revolvers and auto pistols with some completion dates and the page in the Day Books where the sale of the item can be found.

Books:

Gun Trade Hand Book 1906

Webley & Scott Automatic pistol Patents (1903 – 1912) Whiting’s own copy

Technical Data File

Webley & Scott Rifling specifications

Patent Specifications – Various

Miscellaneous

Stocktaking details 1935

Double Gun Cost Summary Sheets 1976

Greener GP cost Summary Sheets 1976

Mark 4 Cost Summery Sheets 1976

Cash Book 1903 – 1927

Private Ledger 1898 – 1931

Technical Details – Dimensions of components, rifle; revolver & airguns

Index of Gun Drawings – Tools & Gauges 1929 – 1940

Books (7) – tools & Gauges Drawing numbers 1939 – 1979

Book – Overseas Agents

Books (2) _ Dispatches Outwards 1978 – 1979

Stationery Records 1943 – 1966

Catalogue Purchases 1945 – 1977

Various Patent Specifications - mostly of airgun interest

Drawings & Papers

Pistol & Rifle Ammunition

Letters from Eley/Kynoch

W&S Drawings & Notes

Cartridges & Chamberings – Rifle & Pistol

Rifling Ballistics

AID & RL Drawings

Mark IV Maintenance Instructions

Mark IV Drawings – Tools Gigs & Gauges

Mark IV Drawings List

Mark IV Operations Sheets

Mark IV Drawings .22; .32; .38 Calibres

Mark IV .38 – Israeli Contract

RIC .442 Cartridge & Chamber Drawings

1.5 inch Signal Pistol Tools

.32 Auto Drawings

Humane Killer – directions for use

Contracts of Employment

ICI & Proof House Pressure Barrels

Electric Motors at Weaman Street

Dealers Licenses – FAC

Legal Aid – Hinks V Javis

Deferred Repairs

Proof House Monthly Meetings & Speeches

War Risks Insurance

On Cost Percentages

Consequential Loss Reports

Reconstruction 1936

Buildings & Repairs

Wages Chart – Office Staff, Foremen, Works Progress, Nurses & Pay Rates 1942 – 1947

Photograph Archive

Factory Workers

Various Factory scenes

W & S Rifle & Pistol Club

Exhibitions & Displays attended by W&S

Various Proofs for Advertising Campaigns

11 Royal Small Arms Books

Process Manuals & Technical Drawings for Manufacture of .38 Enfield No.2 Mk2

Weaman Street Archive

3 Packages of Deeds to Weaman Street properties (as yet unopened)

Memorandum & Articles of Association 1897 with updates to 1944

181 Annual Reports & Accounts 1897 – 1958

Links

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