Turkish Tempest v British Tempest

[pmh]

As I mentioned during our club tests, I do feel these pistols should be shot with Marksmen, Wasps, and other pellets from the cheaper end of the spectrum, as that was what would have naturally happened "back in the day".

At a push, the shooter might have expanded their horizons, and showed off a little, with Hobby

Kind regards,



Phil

[Certus]

Seeing those comments about trigger adjustments i remembered this blog i was researching something else at the time & came across it by accident, M.

http://anotherairgunblog.blogspot.co.uk ... mpest.html

Hi,

Thanks for posting the above link which would seem to confirm the ineffectiveness of the standard trigger weight adjustment on the 'Turkish' Tempest is also present on the 'Brummie' model.

Regards

Brian

[Certus]

As I mentioned during our club tests, I do feel these pistols should be shot with Marksmen, Wasps, and other pellets from the cheaper end of the spectrum, as that was what would have naturally happened "back in the day".

At a push, the shooter might have expanded their horizons, and showed off a little, with Hobby

Kind regards,



Phil

Hello Phil,

I have now tried quite a few different .177 &.22 pellet makes and weights in my 'Turkish' Tempests and as I say have not found it to be particularly pellet fussy in either calibre.

I have finally settled on the RWS 'Hobby' as it provided just about the best groups in both calibres, is reasonably cheap to buy and cuts a nice crisp hole in the target.

Regards

Brian

[zooma]

My 1991 Brummie Tempest De Luxe with brown grips arrived in the post this morning.

The pistol came in the original box with all the correct documentation and it looks like new.

As I was admiring it - it went off!

The seller had sent the pistol in a fully cocked position - and the safety was not on either.

It certainly made me jump and I am so thankful that there was no pellet inside as it could have been very dangerous - or damaged something ( not so important - but still not good!).

Anyway I will shoot the pistol to make sure having the spring compressed for some time and then being discharged without a pellet inside it has not caused any damage or loss of power.

I may mention something to the seller about sending the pistol in a cocked position as it is just such very bad practice.

[zooma]

I have put a few pellets through my Tempest De Luxe and it does not seem to have suffered any damage from being unintentionally being dry fired so everything is OK and it is in superb condition so I am very pleased with it.

[Certus]

I have put a few pellets through my Tempest De Luxe and it does not seem to have suffered any damage from being unintentionally being dry fired so everything is OK and it is in superb condition so I am very pleased with it.

Hello,

Glad your Tempest has not been affected by being posted in a cocked state. What a silly thing to do and given it was cocked it might also very well have been loaded.

As you are probably aware only a very limited run of Tempests were produced from around 1990 with a choice of either standard black or brown plastic grips with the brown grips seldom encountered today.

Look forward to hearing how it performs when given a proper outing.

Regards

Brian

[zooma]

I have put a few pellets through my Tempest De Luxe and it does not seem to have suffered any damage from being unintentionally being dry fired so everything is OK and it is in superb condition so I am very pleased with it.

Hello,

Glad your Tempest has not been affected by being posted in a cocked state. What a silly thing to do and given it was cocked it might also very well have been loaded.

As you are probably aware only a very limited run of Tempests were produced from around 1990 with a choice of either standard black or brown plastic grips and these are seldom encountered today.

Look forward to hearing how it performs when given a proper outing.

Regards

Brian

I think the name Tempest De Luxe was given to those pistols whose new owners chose to pay the extra £5.00 to have the "wood grained" brown plastic grips instead of the standard issue black ones.

There is a reference to them in the Webley Air Pistols book (page 178) but it seems that not too many customers were prepared to shell-out the extra fiver to change the colour of their plastic grips as so few of them are in circulation.

I note that Chambers list a pair of brown plastic grips for the Tempest in their spares list ( currently out of sock) - I wonder if these are the same "wood grained" types that were fitted to the De Luxe models?

For the same price or less you could have a set of wooden grips made so I guess the only people who will buy these brown plastic grips are those that would like to fake a De Luxe or those that don't know that a hardwood set can be bought for less!

[Certus]

The Beeman wood grips illustrated in Gordon Bruce's Webley book certainly look nice which is what prompted me to replace the standard plastic grips on my 'Turkish' Tempests. I believe Beeman also marketed the Tempest with a wider trigger blade similar to that on the later Tempests and the current 'Turkish' Tempest.

You are very lucky to have the original packaging which always adds to the desirability of these old Webley pistols.

Regards

Brian