Webley thoughts

[ptdunk]

Since the end of 2018 I’ve been gradually rotating pistols from my collection for Pistol HFT comps at Lee valley, in the open sight category. (I won the 2018 open sight summer league with a FWB90)

There was a Webley Premier I bought off here that was amazingly accurate for that type of pistol, I think mainly down to the trigger.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsVe4STh...=11lhjozkkx5er

Whoever had it before me had done a fantastic job fettling the trigger because it broke very lightly and crisply. Even a few ounces heavier and it would have opened the grouping up quite a bit.

As mentioned above consistent hold is obviously crucial. With a two handed standing hold I always locked my fingers together the same way every time and tried to hold it as loosely as possible. Even a little finger out of place could result in a flyer. Also concentrating on pulling the trigger straight back (imagine pulling the trigger through the rearsight notch) seems to help.

I think I came 4th with the premier, (up against pcp match pistols) and later came second with this Target gripped Hurricane with a wide trigger blade with a trigger I’d fettled:

https://www.instagram.com/p/ByK-LE4B...=1oot0qkrplyis

https://www.vintageairgunsgallery.co...be3b8a5fcd.jpg

I think that’s as accurate a setup as I’ll ever get with a webley.
I can measure the trigger pull weight on the premier if it would be useful.

So without doing anything drastic, if you secured your barrel lock up, polished the trigger sears (if needed) worked out a consistent relaxed hold and zeroed it for that it might tighten the grouping up.

You’ve made me want to try my LP53 on the next pistol hft Comp now!

Cheers,
Matt

[trajectory]

Thats a nice Hurricane Matt, great set of grips. Interesting about the Premier too. The trigger on mine is pretty good bearing in mind its design. The weights acceptable & probably more importantly its consistant with very little backlash. I appreciate the fact they are a bit sensitive regarding taking up a grip & consistent hold. I have a Junior that needs to be held quite firmly to get the best out of it. A loose hold & its all over the place. The Premier seems to shoot better with a more relaxed grip....funny how things can vary
The LP53 might well deserve an outing, not as clinical as a FWB but a great pistol.