Webley Bell Target

[Troubledshooter]

Webley used to market a 'Bell Target' - see links - which was well made, and utilised a special non drying paint on the round metal target area, to show how much the bell had been missed by.
Tony Wall at SFS knows the recipe for this paint and would probably be able to supply some.

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Has anyone seen, or got one of these targets, as I would like to get hold of one ?

I have a very early Webley Mk.3 .177 DP Rifle - No: 111 - which has been slightly modified for Bell target use.
The Trigger guard has had spacers put between the wood and guard to accommodate those with larger digits, it has a PH 17b Peep sight and a fixed fore sight tunnel, plus a couple of extra flutes have been added to the stock making it a 19 flute model.
All mods done very professionally.

[Murphy]

Your links dont work.

[Troubledshooter]

Your links dont work.

They should now, sorry.

[cr*pshot]

I can remember back in the 60s they used to have a bell target team at my dad's pub (to get enough distance between shooter and target they used to shoot diagonally across the lounge bar - over the heads of unconcerned (seated) drinkers ). The target was encased in a steel box with a circular cutout on the front, and included a shielded light bulb for illumination. The target itself was a fairly thick steel disc with circular rings machined into the face, the inner being drilled through to allow a perfect "10" to ring the bell behind. The paint they used to show up the shots was made from ground chalk mixed with some kind of fairly thick oil.

I can't remember anything about the actual bell mechanism - but I can remember the Webley Mk III's with diopter sights that they used - they let me have a go now and then and the guns seemed absolutely huge (mind you, I was only about ten or eleven at the time).

[Phil Bulmer]

and utilised a special non drying paint on the round metal target area, to show how much the bell had been missed by.
Tony Wall at SFS knows the recipe for this paint and would probably be able to supply some.

White gloss paint mixed 50/50 with clean engine oil works well.


Phil

[Jackel]

troubleshooter send u.k.Neil a pm or email he's quite the kiddy on the old bell target shooting scene

[Troubledshooter]

troubleshooter send u.k.Neil a pm or email he's quite the kiddy on the old bell target shooting scene

Thanks Jackel, but I originally posted my opener as a reply to Neil's thread. I thought I would make another thread to see if anyone has a genuine Webley bell target.

[Jackel]

Sorry bud thought you were looking for advice