Marking on Webley Tempest...........

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Marking on Webley Tempest...........

Post by wmp50075 » Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:07 pm

Hello, I'm a newbie who received a Webley Tempest Centennial in .177 as a Christmas present. Having been out of pistol shooting for many years I was pleased with the build quality of these Turkish made pistols and I am grouping quite well at 6 meters.
My question to the group is, what does the letter 'F' within a pentagon marking represent on the muzzle just behind the foresight?

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Re: Marking on Webley Tempest...........

Post by Ian » Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:11 pm

wmp50075:1523 wrote:Hello, I'm a newbie who received a Webley Tempest Centennial in .177 as a Christmas present. Having been out of pistol shooting for many years I was pleased with the build quality of these Turkish made pistols and I am grouping quite well at 6 meters.
My question to the group is, what does the letter 'F' within a pentagon marking represent on the muzzle just behind the foresight?

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Its an EU symbol that indicated that the power output is within legal limits I believe - which in theory makes transfer of this type of firearm between EU states easier. In theory that is!

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Post by pmh » Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:42 pm

Not looked into this for a long time, but I did think it was started in Germany as a mark to show that all airguns carrying the mark were within their energy requirements.

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Post by wmp50075 » Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:51 pm

Many thanks gents for that info. Makes me now even a little more curious as to what the letter 'F' represented. Maybe a German word?

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Post by pmh » Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:56 pm

Aha, just found >this<.

Scroll down the page and click on Germany.

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Post by wmp50075 » Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:06 pm

Thanks Phil. So it's for the German market. I am still curious about the letter 'F'. I am guessing it must represent a German word!

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Post by Appinpar68 » Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:12 pm

wmp50075:1531 wrote:Thanks Phil. So it's for the German market. I am still curious about the letter 'F'. I am guessing it must represent a German word!

Fuhrer ?


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Post by Ian » Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:37 pm

Thats interesting, I have always thought that its an EU mark - didnt realise it pertains to Germany.

Not sure how that squares with some HW45's which can get up to near 6ft/lb especially when dieseling as they nearly all do.



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