Webley Raider 10-shot

[paddyeds]

Arjimlad’s review of the Webley Raider 10-shot - Part 1

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There is a small black and white pressure gauge in the base of the stock 5” forward of the front of the trigger guard.

Mine Doesn't have a pressure gauge at all, does anyone know why this is???
Also it is a .177 but has .22 5.5 Cal stamped into the barrel shroud ?? is this strange ??

I love the rifle and have no intention of parting with it but find these two points a little niggly.

Thanks

Paddy

[Punchsteve]

Mine Doesn't have a pressure gauge at all, does anyone know why this is???
Also it is a .177 but has .22 5.5 Cal stamped into the barrel shroud ?? is this strange ??

I love the rifle and have no intention of parting with it but find these two points a little niggly.

Thanks

Paddy

Is it a raider 10 or just a raider 1 or 2 shot? As far as I know, neither of these had a pressure gauge, only the Raider 10.

Could be one or two reasons why yours is a .177 when it says .22 on it. Someone might have decided to change calibre and had it professionally converted (I think there was a time up to when Webley went bust that the .177 was in very short supply, so the above might have been an easier option for someone).

Or the shop itself when selling from new might have converted it to .177 for a customer as they couldn't get hold of one new.

[paddyeds]

it is a raider 10 or so the plague on the side says, i thought it might have been modded to .177 if it was originally a .22 would this affect the power?? maybe I should get it chrono'd, don't think it is underpowered shot a rabbit head shot 40yds last night, maybe it is over powered. would be nice to have a gauge, could this be retro fitted do you think?? if so who would do it?

Thanks

paddy

[Punchsteve]

it is a raider 10 or so the plague on the side says, i thought it might have been modded to .177 if it was originally a .22 would this affect the power?? maybe I should get it chrono'd, don't think it is underpowered shot a rabbit head shot 40yds last night, maybe it is over powered. would be nice to have a gauge, could this be retro fitted do you think?? if so who would do it?

Thanks

paddy

Always a good idea to get it chronoed mate. Especially if it's been converted or tinkered about with. If done professionally, the power will have been adjusted and some other work done internally for the change of calibre. But I would still chrono it, just in case.

I'm pretty sure that you can retrofit a gauge, but I'm not sure who could fit one for you. I'm sure a helpful BBS member will be along shortly with a suggestion.

EDIT: Didn't notice this question was in the reviews section as it's an old post that came up in my list of subscribed threads. Apologies mods.