New Webley Service

[T 20]

Just remind me, what were Whiscombe's a copy of ?

They weren't really a copy as such, but were loosely based on a 1960 design patented by Kurt Giss :-

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[Phil B]

I’ve sent an email with a link to here, to Sterling Armaments to make them aware of what might be useful feedback from this thread.

If you google Sterling Armaments, 5 or 6 down the list is their site, contact is a form from there (drop down menu, top right on home page) if you want to be more personal.

[T 20]

I’ve sent an email with a link to here, to Sterling Armaments to make them aware of what might be useful feedback from this thread.

If you google Sterling Armaments, 5 or 6 down the list is their site, contact is a form from there (drop down menu, top right on home page) if you want to be more personal.

I think they may already be aware of this thread, Phil :-

Hi guys!

Sterling are back!

There are a couple of new guns, no April fools jokes here!

These guns are all prototypes,

We are currently gathering public feedback on the rifles, any changes that need to be made will be made prior to going into production, which all being well with no modifications will be imminent!!

We have a mid priced electronic rifle
survivalist take down rifle
the mk2
twin piston gas ram recoiless rifle

all rifles are designed, constructed and manufactured in Britain!

we think there are some great innovative products! I just hope you guys do too!!

all the best Adam

Tony Belas, who I gather is working for Stirling now, is also a member of the BBS.

[woodmister]

don't worry guys its all getting fed back

kind regards

[Phil B]

Nice one, cheers chaps.

[Mark D]

Tony Belas, who I gather is working for Sterling now, is also a member of the BBS.[/QUOTE]


In that case we can expect a lot of 'limited editions'

I can't help thinking that a re engineered Webley Mk2 Service will have a very limited market

[harvey_s]

I’ve sent an email with a link to here, to Sterling Armaments to make them aware of what might be useful feedback from this thread.

If you google Sterling Armaments, 5 or 6 down the list is their site, contact is a form from there (drop down menu, top right on home page) if you want to be more personal.

Nothing on google that I can see, was going to have a look at their site...do you have a link?

[woodmister]

http://sterlingarmaments.com/

there you go buddy

[Binners]

Holding this rifle at the show, I also had a short chat to the man responsible for the revival and offered a free table at Kempton in March, so more sad people like me could get a feel of it.

I would buy a three barrel version even if the power was set to compensate for the .25, but only if had proper 'Paul O'Donnell'' type replacements sights and blued metalwork...

Well done Sterling team and hope you take up my offer

[Phil B]

If they sold the rifle with just 2 barrels, say a set with .22 and .177, then another set with .25 and .22, it would get round the power issue by setting the power to the larger cal and allowing the smaller to be less.

They could then serial number each barrel to the gun. Anyone would then have to break 12 ft/lbs by changing to a bigger cal to get more power by changing the barrel.

If you’ve gone that far, then you deserve what’s coming, and it would be the equivalent of putting in an Ox spring in the old days. You’ll know what you’ve done wasn’t accidental.

I would buy one with .22/.177 combo set up like this. With open sights anyway.

Also Sterling would control the barrels availability by serial number, and therefore the power on rifles in circulation.

[Garvin]

I'm still not clear who would want one running at full power, without a scope - which would look a bit ridiculous, surely? To be used for what, hunting, FT?

For the same money, wouldn't almost everyone prefer an original 1930s Mk2 Service running at the sort of power they were designed to make, and with one of the beautiful peep sights that came with the original?

With a fixed barrel and no peep sight, it kind of kills the whole point of using the Webley as the source design, doesn't it?

Now the opposed gas ram recoilless rifle... that's genius.

[Troubledshooter]

They weren't really a copy as such, but were loosely based on a 1960 design patented by Kurt Giss

Thanks for that, but my comment was aimed at the poster suggesting a similarity in valuation between finely engineered original Whiscombe's, and a partial copy of the Mk.2 Service rifle.