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I was in the belief that all British tooling for these pistols had been scrapped so the Turkish gun is a new gun thats a copy of the original. Might even be better but will never be a "Webley".
Might be wrong though.
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I hear you can have the new 'Weblish' guns in 2 new calibres : 'Rose' and 'Lemon' and it comes in a nice box and the gun is lightly dusted in icing sugar
All lovingly hand crafted by a swarthy bloke in a wife-beater who was making brass lamps for your local pound shop last week in the well-regarded gun-making quarter of Marmaris known as 'Uptha Arsenal'
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Good info! So its a copy. Well, at leaest then the design lives on, if they do it right it could be nice (Turkish walnut grips as standard perhaps as on other Hatsans). Perhaps other developments? Fascinating though that this 80 year old design continues to go forward.Originally Posted by Troubledshooter
Still worth grabbing decent Brum Tempests as they come up then.
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I know Webley went thru quite a complicated process to seal the steel liner into the alloy frame on the Premier and Junior MK2's. This is covered in some detail by Gordon Bruce in his Webley Pistol Book. There is no mention of this problem with the Hurricane?Typhoon/Tempest but I do wonder if the Turks will have cylinder liner sealing problems with the Tempest.
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Are these available now?
Tim
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Doesn't look like it.
Happy Shooting!! Paul.
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According to BAR, these are still likely to appear! As to when, who knows?
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the cases are already on sale!
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BAR have a picture of one on there Facebook page,thats why i asked the question,they have one!!
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Well, it does seem that at last they are arriving from the BAR website. I`ve had £20 deposit on one with BAR since 4th January 2010. I wonder where I am in the queue?
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The cases are on sale at Protek Supplies.
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An indication that either the guns are never coming or whoever owns the cases has no further connection with the guns.
Cool, assemble your own special
**WANTED**: WEBLEY PATRIOT MUZZLE END; Any Diana/Original mod.50 parts, especially OPEN SIGHTS
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Theres a picture of one in the air pistols section (if you can find it...) and from the looks of it - It looks like it should come with a free tin of T-Cut (perhaps thats what the space on the RH side of the box has been left for...)
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Link in Post #21 above.Theres a picture of one in the air pistols section (if you can find it...) and from the looks of it - It looks like it should come with a free tin of T-Cut (perhaps thats what the space on the RH side of the box has been left for...)
Happy Shooting!! Paul.
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The first batch of the Centennial Tempest is now being released to dealers, but the supply is limited.Theres a picture of one in the air pistols section (if you can find it...) and from the looks of it - It looks like it should come with a free tin of T-Cut (perhaps thats what the space on the RH side of the box has been left for...)
The finish was always intended to be a 'Matt/Satin' finish, as was that of the original Tempest, so the 'New' Tempest is closer to the original intention.
There are several differences compared to the original, one of the more noticeable being the cross hatching on the grips.
It is not yet known what parts will be interchangeable, so until someone strips one to find out, it's probably best to assume not many, if any.
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