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  1. 10-12-2017, 08:14 PM #1
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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
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by RichardH View Post
    Do I see the hands of Sean and Don all over that?

    Lovely job,
    ISP Sean who brought it from the dead ..did the woodwork and manufactured the sides and replaced screws and blacked it for its first dip
    Don the engraver ..the pics are enough
    And V-mach Steve ..trued the cylinder which was oval.replaced spring .phosy bronze rings and gave it its seond blacking and put it together...

    the scrap pics




    If any one has an old webleys send it to them before they retire..
    I like to show off there work..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rocket launcher View Post
    ISP Sean who brought it from the dead ..did the woodwork and manufactured the sides and replaced screws and blacked it for its first dip
    Don the engraver ..the pics are enough
    And V-mach Steve ..trued the cylinder which was oval.replaced spring .phosy bronze rings and gave it its seond blacking and put it together...

    the scrap pics




    If any one has an old webleys send it to them before they retire..
    I like to show off there work..
    Never seen the "before" pictures before. Makes the end result even more impressive.
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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
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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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    Ok, here goes. Imho ...


    Best engineered: Service Mk.II

    Best finish and build quality: the Mk.III

    Best (personal choice) for nostalgia: the Vulcan

    Best classic shooter: the Omega, and ...

    Best over-all all-rounder: walnut Brum-built Longbow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gareth W-B View Post
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    Ok, here goes. Imho ...


    Best engineered, but worst designed: Service Mk.II

    Best finish and build quality: the Mk.III

    Best (personal choice) for nostalgia: the Vulcan

    Best classic shooter: the Omega, and ...

    Best over-all all-rounder: walnut Brum-built Longbow.

    Fixed that for you, Gareth. Lovely guns, the Services, but the whole design is flawed. A sort of 1920s Sterling HR81.
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