Cased Webley Air Pistols

[Abasmajor]

The link below is to some pictures of my three cased Webley Air Pistols. The first is a nicely made case which I bought some time ago and now contains the best B4 Webley Junior I have come across appearing to be unfired. The second I made up myself using one of the Centennial Tempest cases which I slightly modified to take the B4 Senior. I have added an original oil can and pellet tin to complete the set. Finally, the only original case contains a Pre-War Webley slant grip Senior and includes the correct oil can and pellet tin. I would be very interested in seeing some pictures of other members cased pistols whether original or self made.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/abasmaj...7630495951568/

Regards

Brian

[appinpar68]

Couple of My Webley's in Centenial Cases

Tempest http://i46.tinypic.com/oqf508.jpg
Junior http://i50.tinypic.com/33ym9o4.jpg
Senior Post War in .177 http://i46.tinypic.com/1z4lgs5.jpg
Senior Post War in .22 http://i46.tinypic.com/2irt5qb.jpg

Nemesis http://i46.tinypic.com/xxg0l.jpg
MK1 http://i50.tinypic.com/hrgd5g.jpg
Premier B http://i45.tinypic.com/29gkj6h.jpg
Mk 1 Tempest http://i48.tinypic.com/15rjjom.jpg

Appinpar68

[Abasmajor]

Couple of My Webley's in Centenial Cases

Tempest http://i46.tinypic.com/oqf508.jpg
Junior http://i50.tinypic.com/33ym9o4.jpg
Senior Post War in .177 http://i46.tinypic.com/1z4lgs5.jpg
Senior Post War in .22 http://i46.tinypic.com/2irt5qb.jpg

Nemesis http://i46.tinypic.com/xxg0l.jpg
MK1 http://i50.tinypic.com/hrgd5g.jpg
Premier B http://i45.tinypic.com/29gkj6h.jpg
Mk 1 Tempest http://i48.tinypic.com/15rjjom.jpg

Appinpar68

Thanks for posting the very interesting pictures of your cased Webley pistols. Does each pistol have it's own case or do you alternate pistols using a single case ?

Regards

Brian

[appinpar68]

Thanks for posting the very interesting pictures of your cased Webley pistols. Does each pistol have it's own case or do you alternate pistols using a single case ?

Regards

Brian

Each pistol has its own case - cost me a fortune at £69.99 a go !

[Abasmajor]

Each pistol has its own case - cost me a fortune at £69.99 a go !

Money well spent I'd say. Looking again I can see you have nicely modified one of the cases to accomodate the Nemesis. I only needed to add a couple of small inserts to allow the Senior to fit more snugly. I did have a bit of trouble getting some felt of exactly the same colour to match the existing lining though.

Regards

Brian

[45flint]

Found this old post looking for examples of cased air guns. Adds such class to a collection. I know Hy-Score made a case since I just acquired one. Did any other maker do this?

[harvey_s]

Each pistol has its own case - cost me a fortune at £69.99 a go !

That was the expensive way, I took the plunge and butchered a £70 box to take two guns and made drop in shelf for the accessories...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/harvey_s/32543515531

https://www.flickr.com/photos/harvey...posted-public/

Cost me about £4 for the wood and another £4 for the blue baize and about £2 for a tube of glue.

[gingernut]

Can't wait for IJs take on this.

[Troubledshooter]

This is my adaption of the Centennial box to hold a Nemesis:

http://mynetimages.com/34edbcfb56.jpg

I intend to adapt another case to take two seniors, or similar, but haven't got around to it yet.

[Abasmajor]

Found this old post looking for examples of cased air guns. Adds such class to a collection. I know Hy-Score made a case since I just acquired one. Did any other maker do this?

Hello,

When I purchased the pictured, pre-war 'Slant Grip' Webley Senior it included what I believed to be an original oil can although it wasn't confirmed that this was the case at the time of sale. Thanks to input from a fellow BBS member, I established that the can was actually a good replica but had subtle differences included by the original maker so that anybody knowing what they were looking at would know the difference. I have since sourced an original oil can and added to the set to make it correct, although obviously not original to the actual pistol at time of manufacture.

Post-war cans are hard enough to find, but these pre-war cans are much rarer and can easily be worth more than the pistols themselves.

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/...psjzkywtk0.jpg


http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/...ps168d1a09.jpg

To answer your question, I'm aware of cased pistols from Cogswell & Harrison (Certus), Bedford & Walker (Eureka), Feinwerkbau (LP65), Parker Patent Precision (Crankwound), Walther (LP53), Westley Richards (Highest Possible), Eisenwerke (MF) and there are no doubt a few more of which I'm not aware.

Regards

Brian

[45flint]

I love the old oil can, looks awesome. I am looking for accessories to add to cases that's one to look for. Besides period pellet tins and darts.

[vintagewebleyman]

I have been looking for a pre war oil can for about 25 years, only seen one but could not prise it from my fellow collectors tight grip!
Regards Paul

Hello,

When I purchased the pictured, pre-war 'Slant Grip' Webley Senior it included what I believed to be an original oil can although it wasn't confirmed that this was the case at the time of sale. Thanks to input from a fellow BBS member, I established that the can was actually a good replica but had subtle differences included by the original maker so that anybody knowing what they were looking at would know the difference. I have since sourced an original oil can and added to the set to make it correct, although obviously not original to the actual pistol at time of manufacture.

Post-war cans are hard enough to find, but these pre-war cans are much rarer and can easily be worth more than the pistols themselves.

http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/...psjzkywtk0.jpg


http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/...ps168d1a09.jpg

To answer your question, I'm aware of cased pistols from Cogswell & Harrison (Certus), Bedford & Walker (Eureka), Feinwerkbau (LP65), Parker Patent Precision (Crankwound), Walther (LP53), Westley Richards (Highest Possible), Eisenwerke (MF) and there are no doubt a few more of which I'm not aware.

Regards

Brian

[cinedux]

http://s864.photobucket.com/user/cin...tml?sort=3&o=0

On the 8th of August 1876 , George Gibson Bussey, an English sporting goods manufacturer,was granted the first British patent relating to the design of a spring-powered airgun. Bussey's air rifles and pistols were indeed the only all-British airguns made in the latter part of the Victorian age. A fact that has ensured the inventor's place in the history of air weapons.

[gingernut]

Rids gardens of cats.
Says a lot about the changing status of the little furry animals.

[Dutch]

Here are a couple of mine, non of them original Webley, but they are contemporary, mostly old cutlery boxes. Really love those:

http://www.pbase.com/iblue/image/164923443
http://www.pbase.com/iblue/image/164923441
http://www.pbase.com/iblue/image/164923439
http://www.pbase.com/iblue/image/164923437
http://www.pbase.com/iblue/image/164923451