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    I have an Eclipse, Brum Raider 2 shot and Brumbow. The Brumbow is a lovely gun. Shame proper Webley went to the wall. Tracker for me is my favourite, had two in my time!!!!
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    The Tommy is my favourite followed very closely by the longbow,I still have my mk1 Vulcan that I bought 33 ish years ago.The Venomac influenced gun are very underrated in my opion, and can keep up with any thing out there and look better whilst doing it.
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    Longbow or Eclipse.
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    Webley.

    I do have a soft spot for the Vulcan MK1 having been my second rifle after my BSA Super meteor. Then I went to the sportsman in paignton in 1978 and the guy let me try a FWB Sport and a HW35E...evil man. Mach 1.5

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mach 1.5 View Post
    I do have a soft spot for the Vulcan MK1 having been my second rifle after my BSA Super meteor. Then I went to the sportsman in paignton in 1978 and the guy let me try a FWB Sport and a HW35E...evil man. Mach 1.5
    To be fair to Webley, the FWB Sport and HW35E (and from 1980/81 the HW80) cost a third to a half more than a Vulcan, so that comparison (which I remember doing and ending up with an FWB) was never completely fair. Though the base model HW35 was often priced right at Vulcan levels, and, objectively, a much better rifle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mach 1.5 View Post
    I do have a soft spot for the Vulcan MK1 having been my second rifle after my BSA Super meteor. Then I went to the sportsman in paignton in 1978 and the guy let me try a FWB Sport and a HW35E...evil man. Mach 1.5
    The Vulcan was the second rifle I bought after a super Meteor as well ,my Vulcan accounted for many rats, tin cans and glass bottles over the refuse dump that we used to shoot over.
    I also have a nice Omega that I haven't shot for a while.
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    The best webley ever made has to be the
    Mark 1 rifle without it the others would never have existed. It was the first and the best
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    I will use this thred as an excuse to show the pics of mine.......again :-)












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    Quote Originally Posted by Rocket launcher View Post
    The best webley ever made has to be the
    Mark 1 rifle without it the others would never have existed. It was the first and the best
    .

    I will use this thred as an excuse to show the pics of mine.......again :-)












    Do I see the hands of Sean and Don all over that?

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    only ever had one webley and it was an osprey . loved that rifle until the bits holding the trigger parts came away for the receiver.

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    IM on the longbow vibe , have had 5 and kept 2 which are sidewinders compacts as good as hw 80 glided but a lot lighter

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    Had Five Longbows ( including a Venom ) four Vulcan Deluxes ,Two tomahawks, three Mk 3s , two trackers , three omegas and three ospreys
    only got two now a Mk3 and an osprey both mint ( and I dont shoot either ) Nice to have though

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    Don't know about best Webley rifle made, but it was the Webley Jaguar that started my life long interest in airguns. It was .177 and took many avian pest from my dads orchard, three apple trees and a plum tree,at the end of the garden.

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    Quote Originally Posted by splosh! View Post
    IM on the longbow vibe , have had 5 and kept 2 which are sidewinders compacts as good as hw 80 glided but a lot lighter
    I assume you are talking about 0.22’s? I had a 0.177 Sidewinder Compact and it was soooo sharp. In fact it actually broke one scope. Never tried the Compact in 0.22 but in 0.177 it doesn’t even get close to my 0.177 VGlided 80

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan G View Post
    I assume you are talking about 0.22’s? I had a 0.177 Sidewinder Compact and it was soooo sharp. In fact it actually broke one scope. Never tried the Compact in 0.22 but in 0.177 it doesn’t even get close to my 0.177 VGlided 80

    Webley springers (and almost all springers) are usually better in .22" than .177".

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