However, while the patent drawings show a With the complete specifications and drawings being filed on 21 February 1911 the patent (British patent 1910-20367) was granted on 11 August 1911. Whiting filed a provisional description of his design on 1 September 1910, As it turns out, that wasn’t necessarily true, as it was well after the First World War before sales of the hammerless model began to exceed those of the M1908 standard hammer model.Ĭuthbertson states that two 6.35mm “hammerless” prototypes were proofed in 1909, and a third in January 1910. Competition in the vest pocket pistol market was quite intense in the second decade of the 20th century, and Webley & Scott thought a “hammerless” model might sell better than theirĪlready existing external hammer model.
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