Webley tomahawk ss value ?

[rapidshot]

I’ve noticed a couple of Webley Tomahawk’s in the for sale section sell for £500. To be honest I didn’t think that they were that sought after, collectable yes, but £500 is a really good price for anybody selling a none Venom Webley.

Anyway, to be honest I am now curious as I have an immaculate Tomahawk SS (short stroked piston, walnut stock, gold plated trigger.... and I have been told that they were also fitted with a Lothar Walther barrel, please correct me if I am wrong)

The original Webley spring guide has been replaced with one that Paul Short made for me, complete with a top hat.

I have left everything else as standard. Shoots spot on just under the legal limit.

The blue is deep and has a lovely mirror finish, not a mark on it, and the stock is A1 as well.

I really am not looking to sell it but I would like to know it’s current value please. Also, does anybody know how many of SS Tomahawks were made ?

Any ideas and comments welcomed.

Thanks David.

[Geezer]

I’ve noticed a couple of Webley Tomahawk’s in the for sale section sell for £500. To be honest I didn’t think that they were that sought after, collectable yes, but £500 is a really good price for anybody selling a none Venom Webley.

Anyway, to be honest I am now curious as I have an immaculate Tomahawk SS (short stroked piston, walnut stock, gold plated trigger.... and I have been told that they were also fitted with a Lothar Walther barrel, please correct me if I am wrong)

The original Webley spring guide has been replaced with one that Paul Short made for me, complete with a top hat.

I have left everything else as standard. Shoots spot on just under the legal limit.

The blue is deep and has a lovely mirror finish, not a mark on it, and the stock is A1 as well.

I really am not looking to sell it but I would like to know it’s current value please. Also, does anybody know how many of SS Tomahawks were made ?

Any ideas and comments welcomed.

Thanks David.

Today’s one in sales was a proper Steve Pope custom.

Early Tomahawks had 15” Webley barrels. Later ones had 13” LW ones. I believe all the factory short-strokes were of the later kind.

I would usually say that Tomahawks in decent condition range from £220-240 for an early beech one, to around £350-375 for a later factory short-stroke walnut one.

[Mach 1.5]

They are now getting very collectable. In the last 14 months I have only seen 3 for sale and all gone in minutes. Now a very desirable rifle. Impossible to say how many were made but webley closed it's door on 23/12/05 and the SS Tommy was done to move stock in the UK but from when only Mr Pope or Mr Hancock might know? Mach 1.5

[Geezer]

They are now getting very collectable. In the last 14 months I have only seen 3 for sale and all gone in minutes. Now a very desirable rifle. Impossible to say how many were made but webley closed it's door on 23/12/05 and the SS Tommy was done to move stock in the UK but from when only Mr Pope or Mr Hancock might know? Mach 1.5

They do sell quickly, don’t they? Maybe values have gone up in the last few years.

My beech early one was about £200 5-6 years ago. And my walnut Longbow £310 in a similar timeframe.

[WILBA]

They do sell quickly, don’t they? Maybe values have gone up in the last few years.

My beech early one was about £200 5-6 years ago. And my walnut Longbow £310 in a similar timeframe.

Try finding one for those prices. More near the £400-£500 mark now. And thats if you can find one for sale. Seem rarer than the longbow up for sale these days.

[Geezer]

Wow. Guess I’m behind the times.

I suppose it’s supply and demand. Ten or so years ago they were a recently-discontinued rifle, not too hard to find used or even NOS.

By now, given how comparatively few were made, almost everyone who wants one has found one, and it’s a seller’s market. Helped by the very positive light in which they are rightly viewed on places like this.