r/canadaguns • u/567432Gains • Aug 03 '26
Feets / Collection / My build Webley WG internals/trigger assembly view
I am making this post because I decided to take apart and deep clean the inside of my 1892 Webley WG (Webley Government or to some people Webley Green) revolver.
After taking it apart, giving each piece my individual attention, I went to put it back together only to have more difficulty than I do with other firearms.
I began searching for pictures of the inside or instructions on how to reassemble it properly but I was shocked to find after extensive searching, that for the Webley WG, no pictures or videos exist (that I could find at least). So here are some pictures so the next person who does what I did today (take apart something without actually knowing how to reassemble it) does not have to spend 5 hours messing around only to call a gun smith and drive to his home on the spot. I did manage to figure everything out on my own till the last part as detailed below.
The most annoying part was the actual spring bars, because the amount of force required to get them into place does require tools. If you try to do it by hand, it will A) not work, and B) feel sooooo wrong given that it’s an antique. I hope this helps someone out one day. If the pictures are not good enough and you find yourself needing help, feel free to reach out to me on Reddit and if I see it in time I’ll send you more pictures closer to the inside. I honestly just don’t wanna disassemble it again after all the work that went into it over the last couple days from general cleaning to trying to reassemble it.
Cheers and I hope it helps someone.
Edit* I’ll add a video at someone point to this post that shows me doing a full re-assembly (and possibly a disassembly) just so that it’s clear to anyone that has one. There are a couple parts further in that are very small along with a special way of making stuff actually fit. Also, for the little cylinder latch thing that turns the cylinder, you will note a bit of bent sheet metal in my picture that pushes on it. I believe it is after market, you may have a little bit of metal that looks closer to paperclip configuration on yours.
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u/outline8668 Aug 03 '26
I can't tell by your pictures, is your cylinder bolt intact or broken in half like most of them? I've had mine apart numerous times I thought it was all pretty easy to work with the only annoying part is the spring for the frame latch.
https://www.milsurps.com/threads/455-476-webley-wg-detail-photos-of-cylinder-stop-screws-and-springs.34059/