Trying to modernize their machinery like Enfield and Mauser had done using American machinery didn't work out, and Philip and his son T.W. Doing it without machines had been done, but couldn't realize the output needed for success. The good thing was that the solution took care of both problems, making guns by machine using mass production techniques enabled making all parts identical. There was also the problem of interchangeable parts, a new concept that was quickly taking root. There wasn't a problem with quality, as Webley's guns could be compared to the best, they just couldn't make them fast enough by hand.
Building guns by hand just wouldn't do any longer. The Webleys could see the writing on the wall. Philip's sons, Thomas and Henry, eventually join and inherit the business.īy 1853, Philip and his brother were making percussion revolvers, but competing with Colt was tough, who had a factory in London making revolvers using mass production techniques. Philip Webley set up shop at 84 Weaman Street, in Birmingham, which eventually grows and occupies most of the surrounding area. William Davis was a respected gun parts maker in Birmingham, and was even present at the Battle of Waterloo. In 1845, Philip bought out the bullet mould and gun accessory business of William Davis, whose daughter, Caroline, he married in 1838.
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