Originally Posted by
slug-gun
The horseshoe target holder is a bit like the SINGLE spring clip Mk.1 pistol. Both were well advertised by Webley, but no genuine examples of either have been encountered. A few spring clip Mk.1's may have been made but would have 'failed' immediately upon being tested and therefore straightaway discarded.
Similarly some of the cast horseshoe target holders may have been made, then tested, and as has been suggested, soon broke, and therefore the whole idea abandoned.
Webley were somewhat presumptious in their advertising, and in their printing of paperwork. Webley Mk.1 pistols still have instructions relating to the spring clip design, many thousands of pistols after the clip was replaced by the sliding catch.
So I believe would have been the case with the target holder. Knock out hundreds of leaflets/catalogues etc, only to find very early on that the thing is a non starter?
Therefore in short the answer to the question is that they are not and have never been seen because they were never produced in anything other than a tiny initial batch? Otherwise at least a handful would definitely have turned up by now.
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