Reply With QuoteThere is still no definite release date for the Centennial Tempest, but it shouldn't be too far away.
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hello, any one got any info on this propossed special edition of this tempist!, atb
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There is still no definite release date for the Centennial Tempest, but it shouldn't be too far away.
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thanks for info. atb
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Centenial of what? Webley didn't produce any airguns until the 1920's, and as far as firearm manufacture goes, I'm pretty sure they're well past the 100 year mark.Originally Posted by Troubleshooter
There is still no definite release date for the Centennial Tempest, but it shouldn't be too far away.
The South of England has 2 good things, the M1 and the A1. Both will take you to Yorkshire.
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I suppose if you wanted to make a centennial connection for market exploitation (heaven forbid the thought!) you could make the the case that Webley's first air gun, the Webley Whiting, was patented and prototyped in 1910.
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Cheers ccdjg, that's another fact snuffled away for storage
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You can't say muntjack without saying mmmmm
That'll teach me to be a clever dickie then, wont it?
The South of England has 2 good things, the M1 and the A1. Both will take you to Yorkshire.
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Pages 1 - 8 in Bruce's book cover the Whiting project.Cheers ccdjg, that's another fact snuffled away for storage
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There is also a summary of the Whiting and some info' about modern replicas in The Encyclopedia of Spring Air Pistols pages 330-332. You can find a scan of these pages at the following, although the quality of the scans is not great.
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...whiting001.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...whiting002.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...whiting003.jpg
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I reckon,that if Webley wishes to celebrate a hundred years of airgun production with a financial venture they should replicate the Whiting pistol-not a Tempest. Not that the Whiting ever got into production.
Trev
You can't say muntjack without saying mmmmm
A, but that's not nearly as cheap and easy as opening up all the crates of tempest parts you've managed to buy at a knock-down price from a recently defunct company and screwing together as many as you can from all the buckshee bits.
The South of England has 2 good things, the M1 and the A1. Both will take you to Yorkshire.
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... Doh!(cheers David
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... and again, superb info, cheers.
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