New Webley Nemesis

[Brimfire]

Agree with paul55, this was a poor review with what looks like fixed sights praised highly and no mention of shot count.

Seems to me that the cheaper the gun, the less time and effort spent reviewing it.

And does anyone else think that there may be the guts of a CP1 hiding under all that plastic?

[averageplinker]

God we do like a whinge don't we. It's a cheap plinker so let's lower our expectations of the pistol and it's a quick review offering a taste of what is to come which I am sure will be more fully reviewed in due course.

[Geezer]

God we do like a whinge don't we. It's a cheap plinker so let's lower our expectations of the pistol and it's a quick review offering a taste of what is to come which I am sure will be more fully reviewed in due course.

Yes, of course we do like a whinge. But it looks ghastly, is sold under the Webley brand, the post-2005 defilement of which some of us care about, and is marketed with “alternative facts” suggesting it has some lineage to the 1920s Webley pistols. Which it doesn’t.

It may well turn out to be a perfectly decent cheap plinky thing. Good for it. Frankly, I do not care. I do care (a lot, actually) that Highland Outdoors not only sell this tat under the Webley brand, but pretend that it is part of the historic Webley heritage. Which it is not.

[thisisdonald]

Yes, of course we do like a whinge. But it looks ghastly, is sold under the Webley brand, the post-2005 defilement of which some of us care about, and is marketed with “alternative facts” suggesting it has some lineage to the 1920s Webley pistols. Which it doesn’t.

It may well turn out to be a perfectly decent cheap plinky thing. Good for it. Frankly, I do not care. I do care (a lot, actually) that Highland Outdoors not only sell this tat under the Webley brand, but pretend that it is part of the historic Webley heritage. Which it is not.

Exactly!
I can't see where this pistol has it's place in any of webley range of pistols... I understand the need for companies to try and stay abreast and grab market shares, but introducing crap that is so far removed from the rest of the range in terms of design and quality is a dumb move.

[Gareth W-B]

I can't see where this pistol has it's place in any of webley range of pistols... I understand the need for companies to try and stay abreast and grab market shares, but introducing crap that is so far removed from the rest of the range in terms of design and quality is a dumb move.

Ah-haa ... nail, head, hammer and hitting.

[averageplinker]

Hasn't hit the nail on the head at all. The Webley of 30+ years ago is no more. Let it go and cherish the quality Webley products of ye old days whilst accepting that the current incarnation of Webley caters to a different market with different products. However if you want to keep raising your collective blood pressures over such an issue please do so.

[harvey_s]

I think some of you may have selective memories....

Anyone recall the abortion that was made under the original Webley umbrella called the Stinger....

[thisisdonald]

Hasn't hit the nail on the head at all. The Webley of 30+ years ago is no more. Let it go and cherish the quality Webley products of ye old days whilst accepting that the current incarnation of Webley caters to a different market with different products. However if you want to keep raising your collective blood pressures over such an issue please do so.

I think the original nemesis and the alecto were steps in a new direction, whereas the stinger and this new nemesis are not. As for the traditional webley pistol design being out of date I don't think so.. They could easily revamp the overbarrel design, just look at the baikal mp514k for a recent incarnation of such a setup.