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  1. 22-07-2009, 10:45 PM #1
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    £200

    Just out of interest, Do you think £200 for a MK 11 Webley Service barrel is a bit steep ? Forget the badly fitting Knibbs efforts.
    I forgot to mention I am after one
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  2. 23-07-2009, 06:47 AM #2
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    Hello,

    If you REALLY WANT a Service barrel £200 is a steal.
    If your not too fussed , yes , its expensive.
    And as you already know , depends on the calibre as well ....

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  3. 23-07-2009, 07:14 AM #3
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    Ey up Binners,

    I cant remember how much those "badly fitting ones" cost...(£140?) but wouldn't it be cheaper to get a barrel blank & let your "friendly" engineering Co. make you one..? Or...even adapt a "badly fitting one" to make it fit...rather than paying 200 beer tokens...?
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  4. 23-07-2009, 09:31 AM #4
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    If spending £200 gets you what you need, perhaps a set of all 3 calibres, which will have the bonus of adding to the overall value, this might make it worthwhile.
    I have tried the 'make your own'. It's a bit frought depending on where you start.
    My latest effort was on a .25 blank for £40 that is very short compared to the standard mk2. This was machined as a 'carbine' and a cocking aid/sound moderator added and has been very successful. The time I spent on it would have easily justified spending £200.
    My first attempt, many years ago, is still a nice long externally machined solid bar! Deep hole drilling and rifling are difficult to put it mildly, for this amateur.
    It will have to wait a little longer.

    Is it even possible to purchase a long enough rifled blank nowdays?
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  5. 23-07-2009, 10:25 AM #5
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    I have a .177 Knibbs barrel on a MkII Service and it fits very well. Were some of them poorly finished then? I think the Knibbs ones now cost £160 so £200 for an original one is not bad value comparatively speaking.
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  6. 23-07-2009, 08:55 PM #6
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    How embarrassing forgetting to put .25 cal ... luckily nobody noticed
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  7. 23-07-2009, 09:13 PM #7
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    You "twit head".... ....25 Cal. got to be worth £300...

    A fellow club member has a boxed Service with the three barrels...@ £200 each (barrel)...+ the action & box + couple of tins of period pellets...would this be worth £1,000.....to you Binners?
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  8. 23-07-2009, 09:21 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by hwvixen View Post
    You "twit head".... ....25 Cal. got to be worth £300...

    A fellow club member has a boxed Service with the three barrels...@ £200 each (barrel)...+ the action & box + couple of tins of period pellets...would this be worth £1,000.....to you Binners?
    Has to be worth £1k all day long even with a .177 Airsporter thrown in
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  9. 23-07-2009, 09:22 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by hwvixen View Post
    You "twit head".... ....25 Cal. got to be worth £300...

    A fellow club member has a boxed Service with the three barrels...@ £200 each (barrel)...+ the action & box + couple of tins of period pellets...would this be worth £1,000.....to you Binners?
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  10. 23-07-2009, 09:32 PM #10
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    "Twit head"..retracted.....shall I advise the affordsaid "member" you would be interested....IF he wanted to sell.?
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  11. 23-07-2009, 09:37 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by hwvixen View Post
    "Twit head"..retracted.....shall I advise the affordsaid "member" you would be interested....IF he wanted to sell.?
    If you think £300 is fair for a .25 barrel including a .177 Airsporter delivered to my door...Fill yer boots
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  12. 23-07-2009, 10:04 PM #12
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    What a Drama Queen .......
    0.25 and dithering over £200:00
    Decorum and common decency prevents my true reply.

    Besides, I don’t want banning.


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  13. 23-07-2009, 10:09 PM #13
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    Only have the one's that go with MY Services...but if I do come across one...it's yours matey..

    I'd be tempted to buy the one offered..but barter...hard. Plan B. would be to order (then wait........& wait) a "copy" & get it (re) fitted.ATB,Chris.
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  14. 25-07-2009, 07:09 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam99 View Post
    What a Drama Queen .......
    0.25 and dithering over £200:00
    Decorum and common decency prevents my true reply.

    Besides, I don’t want banning.


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    Not dithering me Old Mucker! as I have not yet been offered one at £ 200. Sorry if it read that way but I was just hoping somebody might be tempted to part with one.
    I would sooner have a genuine Webley even with the wrong serial number than a replica.
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  15. 25-07-2009, 09:38 PM #15
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    You crafty old bergger....isn't that called phishing....or somet..
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