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Enfield No 2 Mk 1 Revolver also known simply as the Enfield Mk 1 or Enfield No. 2 and sometimes mistaken as a Webley is a British top-break revolver chambered in .38 S&W and manufactured from 1930 to 1957.  The design is a solid single-piece enclosed frame with centralized revolving cylinder.  It has a 5-inch long barrel that is forged as part of the forward section of frame.  A lanyard ring was fitted to a post under the grip.   Enfield No 2 Mk 1 Revolver also known simply as the Enfield Mk 1 or Enfield No. 2 and sometimes mistaken as a Webley is a British top-break revolver chambered in .38 S&W and manufactured from 1930 to 1957.  The design is a solid single-piece enclosed frame with centralized revolving cylinder.  It has a 5-inch long barrel that is forged as part of the forward section of frame.  A lanyard ring was fitted to a post under the grip.  The gun weighed about 27 ounces, almost a pound lighter than the 40-ounce Webley .455. Enfield was ordered to create a handgun design based on a .38-caliber cartridge with a 200-grain lead bullet and a short case, roughly equivalent to the .38 S&W or the .38 Colt New Police.  This made for recoil of around 800fps.  The original trigger pull on the Mk I was 15-pounds.  This was reduced in the Mk I* to a mere 11-to-13 pounds.Tank crewman were isued the Enfield No 2 Mk.I* double action only variant, the one without the hammer spur, because they didn’t want hammer spurs hanging up or snagging on something in emergencies, like jumping out of a burning tank. This version was standardized upon to guarantee that British tanker crews received the appropriate model. 
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