I don't believe proofmarks were mandatory in Spain or Italy at the time, and I have a similar. It would be very unusual for the British proofmarks to be missing, though, and the same ought to apply to Belgian ones. Webley did tend to apply a lot of markings, including their winged bullet logo, but Tranter possibly did so reather less, especially if they made revolvers on contract for somebody else. Webley also went from octagonal barrel to round or egg-shaped quite early on, earlier than the fluted cylinder. That is a common feature, which I have on a. and there isn't one with the screwed-in hammer pivot through which the cover-plate screw enters from the right. I have looked through all the solid-frame pictures in Bruce and Reinhart's "Webley Revolvers". Original or copy, it looks more Tranter than Webley. It looks like a well designed revolver, well finished, and the action works. Unless the price was impulsive this looks like a good whim.
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