Famous throughout the nineteenth century for the quality of its
products, the English revolver industry began a steady decline after WWI
from which it never recovered. Apart from the famous Webley service
revolvers, many products of this important industry are little known
outside of the auction house and sale room. This book sets out to
rectify that situation, describing Adam's and Tranter's revolvers, as
valued in their day as any of Webley's products, and including guns from
the more obscure makers neglected by previous writers. In particular,
the chapter on military revolvers is one of the most important sections
of the book, beginning with the British government's early purchase of
Colt's percussion weapon and concluding with the Webley Service
revolvers, strikingly familiar to many who served in the British Army in
both World Wars. Finally, many of the guns are pictured here for the
first time, a number having been photographed especially for this book.