GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
RARE WEBLEY & SCOTT JURECK PISTOL, UK MILITARY TRIALS, THE LAST WEBLEY PISTOL.WEBLEY & SCOTTWEBLEY-JURECK PISTOLP19mmMODERN; IMPORTCal. 9mm. Webley & Scott built only two Webley-Jureck pistols for evaluation in a United Kingdom military trials in 1952. This single action/double action gun, serialed "P1" on the frontstrap, has a 6" bbl with a ramped dovetailed front sight which moves up and down for locking/unlocking parallel to the bore axis, using double swinging links, rather than tilting as does the P.38 from which it borrows many features. The rear sight & underlying firing pin assembly/safety parts are missing but were basically copied from the Walther P38 and could easily be replaced using the Walther parts as patterns. Left side of the slide is hand inscribed, in a 3-line address, "WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD / BIRMINGHAM. / 9M/M HIGH POWER CTG AUTOMATIC PISTOL". Safety detents marked with the usual "F" & "S". Right side of the slide, also hand inscribed, is marked "WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD / BIRMINGHAM." Left side of the frame is fitted with a serrated & rotating takedown lever along with a traditional slide release. Serrated rowel hammer & smooth trigger are both in-the-white. Bottom magazine release now secures a nicely fitting P38 magazine marked "P.38" on left side of the magazine wall. Walnut grip panels are ergonomically contoured, checkered on the lower portion, & internally secured by rotational inserts. PROVENANCE: Ex W&S Collection. The designer, Dr. Marian Jurek, was a Polish exile in the UK during and after WWII who developed his design with W&S for the UK trials. Webley dropped the design when it was rejected in favour of the Browning HP Pistol. The only other example made for the trials, sn P2 with 4” barrel, is retained in the UK National Firearms Collection (ex-MoD Pattern Room Collection). Collection of Dr. Geoffrey Sturgess. CONDITION: Salt blued gun, now with approx 95% coverage, that has been partially factory refinished with light buffing on bbl & trigger guard. Sharp legends on each side of slide. Very good/excellent orig grips retaining most varnish, with a scattering of nicks & dings. Mirror bore. Aside from the previously mentioned missing parts, manual function is perfect, i.e. slide retracts & releases correctly and there is no problem with the hammer/trigger function. Regardless of the concerns, this is an exceptionally rare gun, one of two hand made prototypes, with a well documented military history, by the most reknowned manufacturer of British handguns. The Jurek was the last self-loading pistol design made by Webley & Scott. 43475-299 LMA118 (5,000-10,000)