A question or two on a Webley Premier air pistol

[pjbingham]

Hi, all of the 'slant' grips will swop between the Mk1,Senior and Premier. The earlier straight grips found on the Pre war Mk1,Senior and Mk2 Target will also interchange out of interest.
The catch from a Senior will fit aslong as your Premier isn't the alloy framed Mk2 as this is wider and so has a wider catch. Yes for a period there was a sintered catch that was more breakable.
Grips do come up for sale but they do seem to command strong prices. Have yours suffered breaks in the usual place? Atb Phil

[slow_runner]

Hi, all of the 'slant' grips will swop between the Mk1,Senior and Premier. The earlier straight grips found on the Pre war Mk1,Senior and Mk2 Target will also interchange out of interest.
The catch from a Senior will fit aslong as your Premier isn't the alloy framed Mk2 as this is wider and so has a wider catch. Yes for a period there was a sintered catch that was more breakable.
Grips do come up for sale but they do seem to command strong prices. Have yours suffered breaks in the usual place? Atb Phil

Yes Phil, the grips have break outs at the locating pin.
I better check that Premier again to see if it is the alloy unit; memory and recollection are not working too well this morning- again

[pjbingham]

Yes Phil, the grips have break outs at the locating pin.
I better check that Premier again to see if it is the alloy unit; memory and recollection are not working too well this morning- again

Threw me when you said it's morning but then saw you are in Auckland,sorry I hadn't noticed before. What is it like there for Webley spares,are they hard to get hold of?

[slow_runner]

Threw me when you said it's morning but then saw you are in Auckland,sorry I hadn't noticed before. What is it like there for Webley spares,are they hard to get hold of?

They are about although not in the quantity that I imagine you have access to over your way Phil.
Otherwise it is Knibbs or Chambers....

Thank you for the images distant.
On the Premier, the latch seems bulky at the pivot point. Would that Premier latch be the sintered version?

[pjbingham]

[QUOTE=slow_runner;7340937]They are about although not in the quantity that I imagine you have access to over your way Phil.
Otherwise it is Knibbs or Chambers

They do crop up over here but always at a price. I ended up casting my own,I wouldn't know how to do a link but there's a thread on here somewhere of some that I've made. Saves hunting around and having to wait.

[distantcamera]

On the Premier, the latch seems bulky at the pivot point. Would that Premier latch be the sintered version?

That I have no idea. The catch on the older Premier has the end broken off though; you can see in the picture.

[slow_runner]

I expect to have the Senior bits in my hands early/late next week.
The other day I spoke with the owner and there is a chance that there could be more than I had been promised, perhaps a near complete but non functioning Senior pistol.
That will be nice, although I would be in a quandary as to which pistol to finish.
I am looking forward to having the Premier up and running once again

[distantcamera]

Full sized jpegs...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/44hbunuygs...04492.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ee4sad7i01...04489.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/14hgqwuvfh...04490.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ioq03vvqks...04488.JPG?dl=0

[distantcamera]

The Premier I gave away. Sorry I don't have great pictures of it:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rwxotywe8e...237_o.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dkihojiwmr...81%29.jpg?dl=0