A Webley MkIII and Original 50

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A Webley MkIII and Original 50

Post by ChrisH00 » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:37 pm

I've had the Original 50 since new, the Webley I bought s/h maybe 15 years ago.

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Post by pmh » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:38 pm

Classic lines on both rifles.

Is the Original 50 classed as a Stutzen?

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Post by ChrisH00 » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:41 pm

pmh:58 wrote:Classic lines on both rifles.

Is the Original 50 classed as a Stutzen?

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I suppose it might be because of the long forestock, but it doesn't reach the end of the barrel and I'm not sure what the definition requires. A pig to dismantle (unlike the Webley which is simple).

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O-50

Post by zunmik » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:42 pm

Love the 50, is it the early one or the later high powered version, M.
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Post by pmh » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:45 pm

I used to be a bit snobbish over tap loaders, in my youth, as I always watned a break barrel.

They do, of course, have the potential to be more consistent, having a fixed barrel.

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Re: O-50

Post by ChrisH00 » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:52 pm

zunmik:60 wrote:Love the 50, is it the early one or the later high powered version, M.
Good question, I don't really know. I do know when I went into the gunshop the gunsmith tried to sell me a HW35E instead, demonstrating it was more powerful by firing them both into a piece of wood :)  However, I was taken by the looks of the Original 50. One of life's choices...

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Post by pmh » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:54 pm

The HW35 is another classic.

Very 70s in styling, but a worthy rifle.

I had my first go, in the mid 1980s, when a chap at Rochdale Air Weapons club had one.

The first break barrel rifle I had seen with a barrel release catch.

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Post by zooma » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:44 pm

I put an Original dioptre on my .177 Model 50 ( same as used on Model 66 etc) so I can use it as a bell target rifle.

I also have a mint Mk 3 Supertarget complete in it's original cardboard box!

Once I find out what it is worth I will be selling it - but my Model 50 stays!
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