In Cy Enfield's Zulu (1964) Lt. John Chard R.E., Officer Commanding Rorke's Drift is seen here holding a Webley Mk VI chambered in .455 Webley. This is not quite the right sort of revolver as the Mk VI only entered service in 1915.

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In reality Lt. Chard was armed with an ancestor of the Mk VI, another Webley - a Webley RIC (Royal Irish Constabulary) model. The RIC was introduced a decade earlier in 1868 and was a double-action revolver with a swing out cylinder. 2/
Here's an example of a Webley RIC, chambered in .450 calibre with a 6-shot cylinder. Widely used by police, civilians and of course as a private purchase side-arm for officers. 3/

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We're lucky that Chard's revolver survives today!

Chard's Webley Revolver on display at the Royal Engineers Museum. The pistol is marked 'Army & Navy C.S.L.' - denoting that Chard bought it from the Army & Navy Store Co-Operative Society Limited.

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