"New" Webley Tempest Centennial Pistol!

[Troubledshooter]

The appearance of the 'new' Tempest will be virtually the same as the original Tempest.
The reason for the price is that the first 'limited edition' models will be housed in a leather covered fitted case, which is a replica of the old canvas and leather Webley pistol case, and very nice it is too.
It's a pity they won't be available until next year, as they would have made great Xmas presents.

[zidane]

I spoke to webley on the phone the other day they said the new tempest would be an exact copy they also said they would be in store before christmas i dout they'll be any where near the quality of the original

[ogilkes]

So this is the beginning of the Tempest being properly reintorduced? Well that would be excellent news, whereeverits built. Remember, real Webley themselves experimented with a plastic version. Well I will buy one (not the limited ediiton perhaps) when they appear.

[beagle2]

I was just looking on the new webley site Re this new Tempest
WEBLEY ‘TEMPEST CENTENNIAL’ SPRING AIR PISTOL

A Limited Edition of Webley’s full-power (6ft/lbs) iconic ‘Tempest’ pistol

I have never thought of the tempest as being that powerfull or not the ones that I have shot can this be rite.

[Hsing-ee]

I was just looking on the new webley site Re this new Tempest
WEBLEY ‘TEMPEST CENTENNIAL’ SPRING AIR PISTOL

A Limited Edition of Webley’s full-power (6ft/lbs) iconic ‘Tempest’ pistol

I have never thought of the tempest as being that powerfull or not the ones that I have shot can this be rite.

No, they do 3.5 ft/lbs most of the time, perhaps if you tuned the out of a .22 you might get 4.5 and plenty of recoil to boot. Little compression chamber, little spring, poor mechanical advantage of short overlever, inefficient transfer port, it ain't going to happen.

They must be talking through their Hat(sans). Merry Christmas!

[ratgunner]

Bought a Webley Allecto recently, up to yet it's great, if the seals hold out as stated It may well be a cult gun yet,

See Ratgunner in the review column and make your own mind up,

Tried to put in Webley Allecto instead of Ratgunner and failed

[pennineway.fswo]

No, they do 3.5 ft/lbs most of the time, perhaps if you tuned the out of a .22 you might get 4.5 and plenty of recoil to boot. Little compression chamber, little spring, poor mechanical advantage of short overlever, inefficient transfer port, it ain't going to happen.

They must be talking through their Hat(sans). Merry Christmas!

Agreed.

And if you want a proper Webley Tempest then the best advice is keep an eye in Collectors or Sales section of BBS. A mint/boxed one (made in GB)at about £120 is a gift.

[coburn]

I turned down a boxed mint .22 Tempest at an Arms Fair at Bisley, It was only 75 quid so there are still bargains about.

On the subject of where its made remember Webley used a lot of outside contractors for the Tempest/Hurricane and whilst the majority of components were UK sorced and assembled the barrels came from LLama in Spain and many of the smaller components were German.