Rws 24

[jonnyone]

Picked up a lovely little 24 last night and have looked it over and put some shots through it.
Its a nice simple basic design but one which oozes quality. Its lock up is reassuringly positive n solid. Its breech jaws are mated well. Its external finish is good. The trigger is not the best but is certainly more than equal to any gun in this price bracket (or the bracket it used to be in).
This being a 1985 model the compression tube diameter is 25mm. This equates to a firing cycle that is very sweet n soft. Hardly recoiless but very soft indeed and refreshingly different to full power springers. Haven't chrono checked it yet but power seems in region of expected 6 ft llbs.
All in all a very pleasant 80s throwback.
Dave

[I. J.]

Didn't Webley import them under their badge? I cant remember what they called them.



ATB
Ian

[Drew451]

I agree that these are great wee guns. I cut my teeth on one and was spoiled by it's accuracy. Went on to bigger more powerful guns but none (recoiling springers) more accurate. They seem very thin on the ground these days but I eventually got my hands on an Original version from the first year of production not long ago. It's as good as I remembered. To be honest, the trigger isn't up to the same standards as the rest of the gun but I'm getting on fine with it now. The 24D with the ball sear trigger must be superb.
If I'm doing a wee bit of plinking, the 24 is the gun I reach for first. Open sights usually. It's just one of those guns that's great to shoot and hard to put down. Not many people realise how good there are.

The version made for Webley was the Airwolf.

[jonnyone]

I agree that these are great wee guns. I cut my teeth on one and was spoiled by it's accuracy. Went on to bigger more powerful guns but none (recoiling springers) more accurate. They seem very thin on the ground these days but I eventually got my hands on an Original version from the first year of production not long ago. It's as good as I remembered. To be honest, the trigger isn't up to the same standards as the rest of the gun but I'm getting on fine with it now. The 24D with the ball sear trigger must be superb.
If I'm doing a wee bit of plinking, the 24 is the gun I reach for first. Open sights usually. It's just one of those guns that's great to shoot and hard to put down. Not many people realise how good there are.

The version made for Webley was the Airwolf.

I think Webley kept everything except the metal open sights and replaced them with their plastic bits

I'm using it indoors due to its low power. That said about the power it does seem all there and I'm curios to get it checked. I'm not expecting nor do I want a powerhouse but judging by the dent it put in the kitchen plinth after my rolled lead flashing backstop had slid down- it appears to be of good output.

Nice and light and dare I use the term "fun" to use...

Dave

[Drew451]

Aye, Webley used their own sights on the Airwolf. My own 24 has a plastic rearsight as used on the Model 5 pistol. I think my older 34 has this as well. I quite like it.
So your RWS is posh, Dave. Don't tell me its got two wee screws in front of the trigger blade as well...

[jonnyone]

Aye, Webley used their own sights on the Airwolf. My own 24 has a plastic rearsight as used on the Model 5 pistol. I think my older 34 has this as well. I quite like it.
So your RWS is posh, Dave. Don't tell me its got two wee screws in front of the trigger blade as well...

Well if its posh its landed in bandit country lol. I'm not sure the implications of finding those two screws there but would guess its a more refined trigger that is more adjustable. If that's the case I'm going to disappoint us both as there are no screws there. Despite that the trigger is growing on.me and I've deffo put up with worse.
I'll need to.dig out some old mags to track down this particular model on sale back in the day to get a feel for where the gun sat in.the hierarchy of the Diana range back then.Its clearly a youth/ starter gun, but its a little cracker I must say.