r/canadaguns • u/Vintage_Pieces_10 • Dec 15 '25

Rainy Day Webley (antique)

Webley MK1 (still legal to purchase) with light smokeless reloads. There are still a few fun guns to be had while things get better for us shooters my friends. We got this ✌️

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u/Dizzy-Wedding5769 Dec 15 '25

Did you load those yourself? The first seemed to have much more kick than the rest.

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u/Vintage_Pieces_10 Dec 15 '25

I did load these myself. The loads sit around 3.4-3.6g of win 231. 0.2 grains can sometimes make a difference.

I’m finding win 231 to be very case fill dependant too. As in it performs a little erratically in such a low dose (which is a must to keep this gun within safe limits) and might not always burn up all the powder, or it all pops at once (like the first shot). You can even hear the first shot has more pop.

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u/Dizzy-Wedding5769 Dec 15 '25

Webleys can be powder position sensitive especially in .45 acp with a light load. I used wolf 230 grain lead rn that used to be available on marstar. It was pretty hot but safe for a webley. Around 770 fps with 230 gr.

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u/Vintage_Pieces_10 Dec 15 '25

I use Rusty Wood’s house cast lrn 230g projectiles, and they’re spectacular. May I ask what powder you used?

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u/Dizzy-Wedding5769 Dec 15 '25

Jet hunter 265 gr with 4g to 5 grain trailboss. 4.5gr unique with 230 grain lead round nose to the handbook OAL

Please confirm these loads In a loading manual with pressure listed.

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u/Vintage_Pieces_10 Dec 15 '25

That sounds about right from the loads I remember off the top of my head (not home at my reloading books but those two powders in similar charges came up as some of the best). Thank you!