Webley Air Pistol Batch Numbers

[Josie & John]

Hi John

3 pics here as requested. With regard to stampings, the 093 at muzzle, I assumed was a batch no. Could the 10 93 refer to batch no.93 of October of that year? as per scratched date, 25/10/49....a long shot!

VBR

Andy

Thanks Andy,
1093 is the batch or assembly number. I couldn't make out the scratched date in your pics. It is unclear if the batch/assembly numbers were a code or (more likely) ran consecutively until the batch was completed before starting from the beginning once again. I am hoping that as many collectors as possible supply letter codes and dates of Premiers, as that may provide a pattern. There have already been a couple of anomalies with the Premiers, so deciphering some kind of order is not all that easy.

Kind regards,

John

[Snodgrass]

Hi John,

Mk1 814 on front plug 1814 under left grip,early post war B'ham 4 no warning on breech plug.

Junior 1292 on front plug and under left grip.

Senior 86 on front plug and under left grip,post war B'ham 4.

Senior 486 on front plug,4486 under left grip,early post war B'ham 4,no warning on breech plug,extended barrel knurling.

Premier 877 on front plug and under left grip,B series 4 pin blued.

Regards,

Chris.

[Josie & John]

Hi John,

Mk1 814 on front plug 1814 under left grip,early post war B'ham 4 no warning on breech plug.

Junior 1292 on front plug and under left grip.

Senior 86 on front plug and under left grip,post war B'ham 4.

Senior 486 on front plug,4486 under left grip,early post war B'ham 4,no warning on breech plug,extended barrel knurling.

Premier 877 on front plug and under left grip,B series 4 pin blued.

Regards,

Chris.

Thank you Chris,

Do you happen to know the date code of the Premier?

Kind regards,

John

[Snodgrass]

Hi John,

the only other number under the left grip is a very faint small 5 stamped 12mm to the right of the grip screw hole.

Kind regards,

Chris.

[Josie & John]

Hi John,

the only other number under the left grip is a very faint small 5 stamped 12mm to the right of the grip screw hole.

Kind regards,

Chris.

Thanks Chris,
5 for 1965 sounds correct for a B Series model.

Kind regards,

John

[Snodgrass]

Hi John,just remembered my first Webley Senior was given to me in the early sixties so would have been B'ham 4 and was No.504,now probably history as after many years of service we used to fill the cylinder with Swan Vesta match heads which produced fairly spectacular results including shearing all the barrel linkage pins when the piston blew back!!
Happy youthful days which is now why minty boxed examples are worth so much.
Still sold ir for a fiver though in 1965.
Also had 227 B'ham 4 which was given to my son some some years ago.
I will also look at the numbers on the cutaway model I showed a while ago.
Kind regards,
Chris.

[Josie & John]

Hi John,just remembered my first Webley Senior was given to me in the early sixties so would have been B'ham 4 and was No.504,now probably history as after many years of service we used to fill the cylinder with Swan Vesta match heads which produced fairly spectacular results including shearing all the barrel linkage pins when the piston blew back!!
Happy youthful days which is now why minty boxed examples are worth so much.
Still sold ir for a fiver though in 1965.
Also had 227 B'ham 4 which was given to my son some some years ago.
I will also look at the numbers on the cutaway model I showed a while ago.
Kind regards,
Chris.

Thanks Chris,
I used to shoot those plastic caps that were intended for key ring pistols in a smoothbore Junior. Very spectacular in the dark but not to be recommended as it probably corroded the barrel!

Kind regards,

John