Reply With QuoteOooh, that was a mangled piston!
Value, probably £60.00 plus postage.
I am one of those sad b*****ds that quite like them, not counted recently but have got 5 or 6, all different of course.
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I am not a great fan of this design, but when I saw this boxed one that looked like it just came from the shop, I was tempted. The new looks belied the performance as it was only doing 117 fps with 7 grn pellets. Went to strip it and found the thread locked with a stamped dimple. Thinking about it realised this was done to stop the back nut slightly unscrewing which would stop the cocking lever resetting in position. Drilled out the dimple and stripped to find a mangled piston seal which I replaced, the spring still having a fair bit of ooomph. Now doing 350 fps which is fairly acceptable. What sort of value would this pistol have today ?
Thanks, Baz
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Oooh, that was a mangled piston!
Value, probably £60.00 plus postage.
I am one of those sad b*****ds that quite like them, not counted recently but have got 5 or 6, all different of course.
lodmoor
Always ready to buy another Webley pistol and another and . . . .
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I must say they feel comfortable in the hand and the trigger is quite good. Not sure what power they were supposed to produce.Originally Posted by lodmoor
Oooh, that was a mangled piston!
Value, probably £60.00 plus postage.
I am one of those sad b*****ds that quite like them, not counted recently but have got 5 or 6, all different of course.
Baz
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Do you think lack of use made the seal stick to the cylinder then get mashed on cocking?????
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That is a mystery as it looks like the leather seal had gone all mushy from some kind of oil but the pistol was bone dry inside and looked like it had hardly been fired.
No-one mentioned my misspelling they are so polite, you sometimes get more people reading when you spell the name wrong.
Baz
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Most odd indeed?That is a mystery as it looks like the leather seal had gone all mushy from some kind of oil but the pistol was bone dry inside and looked like it had hardly been fired.
No-one mentioned my misspelling they are so polite, you sometimes get more people reading when you spell the name wrong.
Baz
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