Later Vulcans-help and info - Gareth ?

[Artfull-Bodger]

Mk11 circa 1980? was the first of the "full size" vulcans with a bigger stock than the mk 1, it used the thin stamped steel trigger blade and curved steel strip trigger gaurd, a pistol grip cap and recoil pad with white spacers, barrel diameter went up to 17mm and 17inch long and the foresight sat on a machined step down on the last two inches of the barrel!
it was a considerably more robust rifle than the mk 1 and better made too!

Mk111 circa 1986, an evolution of the Mk11 with what seems a slight reshaping of the stock, a new wider trigger blade and cast alloy trigger gaurd, later ones had the parachute type main seal as opposed to the ptfe slab one and there were minor changes to the markings, I seem to recall on the later ones it said webley vulcan on the cylinder side rather than between to scope rails!

the Mk111KS is simply a Mk111 with a carbine barrel of 11 inches, dont believe any left the factory with the pretend two stage trigger used on the exocet although it can be fitted with a little clearance work under the trigger gaurd!

all told a brilliant rifle the mk111, I have one here i bought in 1988 and would'nt part with it, I also had a mk11 and mk1 (which was just a hawk mk111 with a 28mm id cylinder instead of 26mm!)

[Gareth W-B]

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Hi Jon. Are you sitting comfortably? Good, then I'll begin (). Many minor mechanical differences separate the various Vulcan variants, but these were basically variations on the same theme. The more noticeable cosmetic differences however are as follows ...

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Vulcan MkI: thinner barrel and slimmer stock than later models.

Vulcan MkII: fatter lacquered stock with pistol grip cup and white spacers. Thicker 16mm barrel and different front sights.

Vulcan MkIII: early MkIIIs sported same style stocks as described for the MkII, but later ones had plain pistol grip ends and no white spacers. These had the same style sights and barrel as the MkII, although later carbine K versions had threaded muzzle-breaks fitted which incorporated the front sight.

Xocet: a no thrills variant of the Vulcan (no safety and very plain stocks) with re-jigged breech so no gap apparent from above when rear sight removed.

Stingray: mechanically the same as the Vulcan but with finger grip flutes running length of stock, re-jigged breech so no gap apparent from above when rear sight removed, and a threaded muzzle break as standard incorporating front sight.

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The first Vulcans hit the market in 1979. All Vulcans were available in .177 and in .22. With the exception of the Xocet, all of the above have also been available as Walnut Deluxe Specials, and all except the MkI have been available as carbines . At one stage I had eight examples of Vulcan in my collection, but now only have one.

Webley & Scott air rifles using the model names of Xocet and Stingray were also made and marketed after the original British Brum based manufacturing company of Webley & Scott closed in 2006. They were sold by the outfit that bought the Webley and Scott name. These later examples were made in Turkey and/or Eastern Europe, and imo leave a lot to be desired . Hope this helps. Atb: G.

[Ulverston]

Very good information-I have saved and printed this as well! 8 Vulcans???