Webley Straight Grip Owners Thread!

[Prewar]

I thought it would be interesting to start up a thread about the pre war straight grip Webley pistols.

I first saw one of these, an early MK1 'Patents applied For' Model in a gunshop* window in Shrewsbury in the early 1990's. The owner had a Christmas window display of vintage air rifles and pistols and although they were NFS he did let me have a good look at the MK1. It took me quite a few years of looking to find my own. In 1999 I saw one advertised in Airgun World classifieds & was lucky enough to be the first to speak to the seller on the phone. I sent off a cheque and it arrived a couple of days later.

I was really pleased with it & still am. It's the one I have always kept, it shoots well. These are accurate pistols if in good order. It's a fairly late version with the trigger adjustment & locking screw. I have always loved the shape of the early pistols there is something of an 'Edwardian Automatic' look to them. The build quality is great.

I was shooting a MK1 today, its getting on for 85 years old but put every pellet where it was pointed. You have to concentrate though!

Here is a pic of my favourite Mk1 (top) with another very nice one one.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...e-war/mk1s.jpg



* The gunshop in Shrewsbury was Ebrall Brothers, near the Welsh Bridge, it closed a few years ago.

[Atlantia]

If it's a role call, then 'here'
I've got a mid age MK1 with an original period military style holster.


I agree with yuor comments about them, but I'd have to add though, that they are horrible to hold due to the angle of the grip and positioning of the trigger.

[Prewar]

I don't think they are horrible to hold, I prefer them to the slant grips!

[johnbaz]

Hi


I have a Webley mk1 with straight grip but it has the short barrel so i'm not sure whether it's original or not, I vaguely recall reading somewhere that they could be bough with either the longer (Target) barrel or the shorter one that is common to later pistols..

I tried rebluing it with G96 gel Turned out absolutely rubbish just the same as all the other bluing kits did

Here


T'uther side..

I ought to send it off for a proper job

BTW, it was dry fitted in the pics after the reblue attempt..



John

[pnird]

I have been collecting these for a while now, and have most of them; the most elusive is the first model (with the spring barrel clip/s), but I have specimens of all the other series - then there are the Seniors, the earlier one being quite elusive, and the three variants of the Mark 2.
If I can find a way of posting the pictures, I would be happy to do so.

[mrto]

The straight grip MK1's etc are a lot more interesting than the far more ubiquitous slant grip Webleys,but far less comfortable to shoot,presumably why the change was eventually made to the slant grip.Also the MK1 was introduced by Webley in I believe 1924 as a result of legislation(nothing new these days) affecting private ownership of pistols.The pistol shooting public in those days was far more infatuated with the more modern style of the semi-auto hence the straight grip that mimicked a pistol with a mag in the grip rather than the boring old revolver design of slant grip.So here we are then.I have something in the region of 15 Webley pistols MK1's,Seniors,Premiers and juniors all slant grip with the exception of one early straight grip Senior and an early MK1 that opens from the rear,but for shooting I seem to favour my slant grip Mk1's.

[Prewar]

I have been collecting these for a while now, and have most of them; the most elusive is the first model (with the spring barrel clip/s), but I have specimens of all the other series - then there are the Seniors, the earlier one being quite elusive, and the three variants of the Mark 2.
If I can find a way of posting the pictures, I would be happy to do so.

It would be great to see them!
If you open an account with Photobucket (or similar hosting site) upload your photographs there and then post a link here.
If you get really stuck pm me and I will put them up for you

[Atlantia]

I don't think they are horrible to hold, I prefer them to the slant grips!

LOL, You must have hands like a Star Wars figure!

[Prewar]

Etched Patents MK1

Here's the one I used to own:

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...f/PICT0237.jpg

and a woodgrip Junior

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...f/PICT0238.jpg

A fairly early Mk1 'Patents applied For' with slim walnut grips 2482

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...ofPICT0040.jpg

I bought the Gordon Bruce book when it came out and at one point had an example of every variant of straight grip pistol with the exception of 'the clip' . It got to be a bit stupid. I lost count but certainly has too many.