Webley Mark 1 No1 Flare Gun - Tear Gun

[ron_brock]

Recently picked up two hard to find early gas guns for the collection. The Lake Erie is in an original Lake Erie case. The labels are in ok shape, but the tear gas got to the recoil pad and I have quite a bit of cleaning to do. Federal Laboratories had the right idea with nickel plating, if only they had plated the barrel ID as well.

 

Ron

[AlanDavid]

When you clean the the upper gun in the photo, which is actually a Harrington & Richardson, you may find that this a plethora of British military inspection/ownership marks.

 

If so it is one of 3,000 supplied to the UK under contract in WW1. These had a serial number of 1 to 3,000.

 

Regards

 

AlanD

Sydney

[ron_brock]

Thanks Alan!

 

It does, including the cancelled broad head marking indicating it was removed from service.

 

As I understand these were produced by H&R for the British in WWI as flare guns, is that corect?

 

Are you aware of any literature on them?

 

Ron

Edited March 15, 2016 by ron_brock

[AlanDavid]

Ron

 

Yes, as per my post, yours is one of 3,000 produced under contract by H&R for the British in WW1 or 'The Great War' as Britain and the commonwealth often refer to it.

 

From memory mine is marked by an inspector who would have been based at the H&R factory, with A3 under a crown. My one has a steel bit plate and when I removed the two screws and took it of the butt, there was a broad arrow in the wood. A very keen inspector!!

 

Regards

 

AlanD

Sydney