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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

    The Best ( almost forgot the question ) The Tomahawks !

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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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    Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post

    Fixed that for you, Gareth. Lovely guns, the Services, but the whole design is flawed. A sort of 1920s Sterling HR81.
    LOL.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
    Fixed that for you, Gareth. Lovely guns, the Services, but the whole design is flawed. A sort of 1920s Sterling HR81.
    Ok, so what's 'flawed' about the whole design, apart from it being a tad underpowered in it's standard form ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Troubledshooter View Post
    Ok, so what's 'flawed' about the whole design, apart from it being a tad underpowered in it's standard form ?
    Is it because the piston travels the wrong way?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gareth W-B View Post
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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.

    Would wholly agree on the "BrumBow" Gareth !
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    The best looking gun I've ever owned?.......an Omega.

    It's a crying shame the performance fell short of the German offerings.

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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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    Absolutely. Have both and it is a fact. Just surprised about the statement that a Sidewinder Compact is better than a vglided HW80. I had one of each in 0.177 and the Compact didn’t come close. I can only assume the same in 0.22 the Compact wouldn’t come close in that case either!

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    Mk.III...

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    For me Longbows I have five ! three .177 two .22 all tuned Venom V-mach and SFS

    Closely followed by two Tomahawks one in each flavour .22 is V-mach kit and the .177 is very special Wonkey Donkey tuned

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