"New" Webley Tempest Centennial Pistol!

[johnbaz]

Hmmm

i paid £40 for this- posted, it really is mint cond.... a bit of a bargain it would seem....

Tempest


Tempest again

With his 'kin'


John

[Jerry Cornelius]

Not wanting to sound too anoraky, but as the Mark 1 was introduced in 1924ish, what's this a centennial of?

[Powderfinger]

IIRC Webley made it's first air-pistol prototype in 1909 or 1910. It was an attractive looking design but was nothing like the Johnsone-Fearn designs that started from the 1920's. I think the prototype is in the Birmingham Proof House Museum. I do not know how many were made but I think WW1 stopped it going into production. Maybe this is the centenary in question?

[ogilkes]

A fair question, what centenary? Must be that early pistol desgn that never made it to production.

By the way, nice Webely's there John

[hwtyger]

For some patents I believe. Check the webley site for info.
I ordered my turk tempest centennial in .22