Turkish Tempests

[Abasmajor]

You really need a "proper" Brummie Tempest Brian Apparently the Turkish version was reverse engineered as the tooling didn't leave these shores. The version was a great little pocket pistol, hence its popularity for a quarter of a century. Trouble is if you get one, you may get an itching for other variants.

Kind regards,

John

Hello John,

I did have a close look at a 'Brummie' Tempest for sale at the Imperial to see if it was that much better made than the current Turkish model. To be honest, the bits that could be seen didn't look to be made that much better to me apart from the area around the breech seal which was a far better arrangement on the original than on the Turkish version.

Still, I must speak as I find and although it will never have the place in my affections that the all steel Webley pistols do, the Turkish Tempest is not all that bad and as I said I can't say I don't enjoy shooting it.

Regards

Brian

[zooma]

I have just bought an almost new .177 Turkish Tempest from an ad. on the BBS and when it arrives I will look forward to comparing it against my older Birmingham built .177 Tempest.

My old Tempest was probably built after 1981 as it has the WEBLEY TEMPEST stamp on the front cover rather than the early types that were only stamped TEMPEST. It is also stamped "Webley & Scott" and "Made in England" and has the the "F" mark repeated twice underneath this front cover.

The pistol also has the later square shaped long link that appeared after 1980 and the red paint filled safety mark that replaced the thin plastic insert type after 1979.

Other than the above clues I have no idea just how old the pistol is but when the "new to me" one arrives it will be interesting to shoot them both in a back to back test against each other as well as inspecting them visually to see how one compares with the other.

[Abasmajor]

I have just bought an almost new .177 Turkish Tempest from an ad. on the BBS and when it arrives I will look forward to comparing it against my older Birmingham built .177 Tempest.

My old Tempest was probably built after 1981 as it has the WEBLEY TEMPEST stamp on the front cover rather than the early types that were only stamped TEMPEST. It is also stamped "Webley & Scott" and "Made in England" and has the the "F" mark repeated twice underneath this front cover.

The pistol also has the later square shaped long link that appeared after 1980 and the red paint filled safety mark that replaced the thin plastic insert type after 1979.

Other than the above clues I have no idea just how old the pistol is but when the "new to me" one arrives it will be interesting to shoot them both in a back to back test against each other as well as inspecting them visually to see how one compares with the other.

Having never shot an original Tempest I would be very interested in the results of your head to head with it's Turkish cousin. One thing I would be especially interested in is the so called trigger adjustment mechanism which seems to have no affect at all on the Turkish pistols but may do something on the Brummie version. Having said that, the trigger weight is not excessive and breaks at about the same weight as my Premiers and Seniors. The Turkish Tempest also retains the wider trigger shoe which I believe was only present on the later Brummie pistols and helps with the impression of a lighter pull.

Regards

Brian