In praise of Webley air pistols

[paul404]

You swine Jones. Lets hope the minor problem with the gun not being able to cock is resolved very shortly. It couldn't have occurred at a worse time or place, I must admit. Still, with it being so well engineered, I am sure and confident that the issue is minor and said Premier will be up and running very soon.

The gun will also require a period of psychiatric counselling following her abuse by your hands this evening. I cant wait for one of your own guns to go down when there happens to be so many witnesses. I don't seem to be having much luck with Wobblys at the moment, but still feel a strange attachment to them, despite the embarrassments. Next time this happens she will be staying in the bin though. Now BSA 240 Magnums, superb pistols that are fun to shoot and don't break down.

Andy

Come on Andy keep the Wobbly faith, don't let Herr IJ Steyr grind you down :-)
Personally I find the opinion of someone who feels the need diss a Wobbly pistol, AND who shoots a Pink Steyr, slightly suspect :-)

Re your ,ahem, cocking problem....... cue Benny Hill music :-) The Chambers exploded view is OK but if anyone could help me with a Premier stripping/reassembly sequence it would be most helpful.
Regards
Wobbly Hippo

[paul404]

HERE
http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....-strips-(pt-1) ---posts 26 and 27 I think. If you get stuck pm me.

Cheers Guy
Wobbly Hippo

[I. J.]

http://postimg.org/image/ae1ftcb59/

Rust In Pieces.

Good luck with the repair.

[Amac]

The gun already has a complex without you further embarrassing her you nasty, nasty man.

Andy

[ggggr]

been thinking
As the Hurricane was made before the Tempest, did Webley tool up for making the Tempest body or just machine the sticky out sight bit of a Hurricane?

Re that pic of the Premier, the fulcrum point and pins on the linkage look ok so it is probably the sear or the cocking shoe/link worn.
Must be pretty crappily made if one of these bits needs replacing after 40 years

[Amac]

Having read the book Guy, I seem to remember that the Webley board were chuffed to bits when they realised that they just needed to do a hatchet job on the Hurricane chassis. Apparently, one of the factory engineers knocked up a prototype in his spare time as they realised that the new look models of the time were not selling as well as they might.

I am sure that I will shortly be corrected if I have omitted anything, and before you get tempted to comment Herr IJ Steyr, please leave this thread alone for those of us not inclined to air pistol cruelty.

Andy

[ggggr]

It makes you think about why they didn,t do the same with the Typhoon. sure Ij would do the mod
I wouldn,t mind getting hold of a cheap Typhoon to go with my nieces Hurricane and Tempest.

Some more Webley musings.
I think it would have been a good idea if the lug/barrel pivot was separate to the barrel and then the barrels could be threaded in like on the Hawk mk 2. That would have made it easier to swap barrels and probably some would have sold as accessories?
How about an after market metal trigger guard? Maybe a better rearsight that would fit the Tempest?
Going down the Crosman route you could have had a Tempest with options

Choice of wooden grips including ambi ones.
A shoulder stock that screwed on like the Crosman rather than that silly arm brace.
Threaded barrel pivot with option to change barrels easily
Couple of barrel lengths and cocking links so they would not foul the trigger guard.
A better adjustable rearsight that would screw on in place of the Tempest one.
How about a piston with a thread in the end to hold the piston washer,rather than that mushroom thing? Two or Three different washer thicknesses could be supplied to change the stroke for a "Target Tempest"

Imagine laying out for that lot in one go in a nice presentation box