I have recently added a pre-war Webley Junior to my collection to complete the three main Junior variants. I deliberately waited to get one of the first pre-war Juniors with both the wood grips and adjustable sight. The very first of these pistols had wood grips and fixed sights until the brief intr...

I finally found the last of the four variants of Webley Orange Segmented .22 pellet tins from the 1970s that I have been chasing for some time. The most commonly seen is the standard tin of 500 followed by the less common, shallower tins of containing 250 pellets. The rarest of these tins are the tw...

Hello Dave, The pre-war Slant Grip Mk1s Ser Nos started at 50000 in 1935 and continued up to approximately Ser No 65000 in 1939. The barrel knurling wasn't introduced until 1939 when Ser Nos for Webley products was also discontinued. Your Mk1 is therefore quite an early early example probably made i...

Hello Dave, Sorry about the late response as I don't frequent this site as often as I once did. If you let me know the Ser No, I should be able to give you some idea of when your pistol was made. The so called 'Straight Grip' Mk1s were made between 1924 and 1935 before being replaced with the 'Slant...

Although not as exotic as some of the other finds at the recent Kempton Park Arms Fair, I finally managed to source an example of this 1970s .22 Webley pellet tin produced to hold 250 rather than the normal quantity of 500. Iv'e lost count of the many hundreds of these tins Iv'e trawled through at v...

Although not as exotic as some of the other finds at the recent Kempton Park Arms Fair, I finally managed to source an example of this 1970s .22 Webley pellet tin produced to hold 250 rather than the normal quantity of 500. Iv'e lost count of the many hundreds of these tins Iv'e trawled through at v...

Hi, I think I read somewhere that some early British air guns carried black powder proof marks so that they could be exported to countries with rather strange import regulations. I can't recall the logic, but it seemed that anything other than a muzzle loading firearm was considered particularly dan...

Hello,

In my opinion, definitely not something that would have left the Webley factory, but as you say, an interesting if puzzling modification by some previous owner.

Regards
Brian

The magazine was first produced by a member of the BBS forum initially as a one issue publication. It was so well received that he was cajoled into publishing a further two issues. Unfortunately, the work load became a bit too onerous and he was no longer able to commit to any further editions. A sh...

Hello Folks. Come the next Birmingham arms fair I shall be on the lookout for either an Acvoke or Warrior. As I like to use what I have which is the better shooter?. Hello Troy, I have both, and would say the Acvoke is the better if you intend to shoot the pistol on a regular basis. The Warrior wou...

Hello, The links can stretch with a lot of use which is quite common on pistols which have seen a lot of use. The sears can also wear with time which would also result in the pistol failing to cock. I'm sure you are aware that spares are readily available for several sources although some can be a b...

Hello john, Looks like you have enough air pistols to keep happy for some time. Is there anything you are still chasing or have you like me started to run out of space to store them ? Although they are a bit of a pain to cock, I also have a few early Pump-up Crosmans and Benjamins which are very ac...

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Hello john, Looks like you have enough air pistols to keep happy for some time. Is there anything you are still chasing or have you like me started to run out of space to store them ? Although they are a bit of a pain to cock, I also have a few early Pump-up Crosmans and Benjamins which are very acc...

These are my fave two Co2 pistols, Just love how they handle!! https://i.imgur.com/biczzgb.jpg John :P Hello John, I'm really a spring powered air pistol fan, but turned to the dark side a bit when I added added a nice boxed, first series Crosman 600 to my collection. I was so impressed with the pi...