webley mk 11 service training ?

[Huttles94]

was the mk 11 used to train solders in ww2 as im having a disagreement with someone who said it was ,and im saying its the mk1 ?

Wouldn't perhaps be with a bloke on free ads? I saw one recently that was listed as a military trainer rifle. But as stated, they were not (at least not officially).

army/air/navy Cadets might have used them back in the day.

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Wouldn't perhaps be with a bloke on free ads? I saw one recently that was listed as a military trainer rifle. But as stated, they were not (at least not officially).

army/air/navy Cadets might have used them back in the day.

That is correct, I sold him the service rifle he told he wanted it as he had one yrs ago ,then he stuck over £200 on top of the £400 I sold it for and added some blag.and the condishion went up so wen I saw the blag I told him its not the case ,he telling me that Thrales book disagree with me and Wikipedia I give up .he now selling pistols in repro boxes he think the box adds £100 ,I told him he needs to say they are repro as he gives the f ads a bad name .he reckons he can professionally re blue with cold blue .so that's the guy I will call him mr re pro from now on

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Thanks for all the in put guys, think I am wasting my time trying to educate this guy

[Huttles94]

Thanks for all the in put guys, think I am wasting my time trying to educate this guy

Think you might be right. He is obviously trying to make a huge profit off the rifle. Surely a shame since someone will believe him and bite.

Also I checked the wiki, the whole bit about the service rifle was obviously written by someone with poor grammar. There were mistakes everywhere. Too bad anyone can just go on and edit it.

[cinedux]

https://imgur.com/a/loRBpEA

For use as 'trainers' by the NZ Army,1942. We did much the same as the Brits, ;-)

[Garvin]

This Free Ads character sounds like a complete knob. Then again, if any buyer believes a word he says, it's their own fault. There's so much information out there these days, there's no excuse for ignorance.

https://imgur.com/a/loRBpEA

For use as 'trainers' by the NZ Army,1942. We did much the same as the Brits, ;-)

I was thinking of this ad, Trev, as the only actual proof of governments using airguns for war training purposes that I know of, apart from the gunnery trainers. There's also the Hakim in Egypt and this evidence of a BSA Military Pattern being in a battalion's armoury:

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Think you might be right. He is obviously trying to make a huge profit off the rifle. Surely a shame since someone will believe him and bite.

Also I checked the wiki, the whole bit about the service rifle was obviously written by someone with poor grammar. There were mistakes everywhere. Too bad anyone can just go on and edit it.

what got me is not how much profit he ernes it was the disruption the gun was ok so I sold it as good ,he sold it as having all original finish and a excellent example if this was true id have kept it but it was not collectable condishion for me any way ,and if the buyer yep it sold bought it with out seeing it in the flesh which is the case most time on internet sales they are going to be disappointed paying 600 for 400 gun .but saying that he stuck it in a repro box I don't know how much the box cost I have only seen the pistol boxes for sale and have never seen a webley service box repro

[micky2]

Thanks for all the in put guys, think I am wasting my time trying to educate this guy

Sounds like the guy l come across at a antiques fair recently, who tried to tell me a light pattern push button rifle he was selling for £400 was out the first batch of Lincoln/BSA rifles ever made. when l tried to tell him it was out the last type of rifles made. he said just look at the serial number. l said that you wrong. but he was adderment he was right.

[Huttles94]

Sounds like the guy l come across at a antiques fair recently, who tried to tell me a light pattern push button rifle he was selling for £400 was out the first batch of Lincoln/BSA rifles ever made. when l tried to tell him it was out the last type of rifles made. he said just look at the serial number. l said that you wrong. but he was adderment he was right.

I see that a lot with the L patterns. Someone has L129 and thinks its from 1905/6. While it is actually from 1919 onward's.