Oh dear i think ive caught the webley disease

[urx]

Picked up an old senior as a kid decades back which i eventually let go...
Recently aquired a mk1 and now a boxed junior and boxed mk1...both pretty nice tight condition
Then what makes me think ive caught the colecting disease
I picked up a boxed unusued centenial edition tempest ...this could get expensive

[micky2]

Picked up an old senior as a kid decades back which i eventually let go...
Recently aquired a mk1 and now a boxed junior and boxed mk1...both pretty nice tight condition
Then what makes me think ive caught the colecting disease
I picked up a boxed unusued centenial edition tempest ...this could get expensive

Yes but very enjoyable.

[laverdabru]

Unfortunately, after initial 'Webley (pistol) Disease' you may find you start exhibiting symptoms of a sub class involving their rifles, & then a similar 'Airsporteritus' or 'Meteor Madness' infection involving BSA's..
You may find yourself - if you have a partner not interested - buying identical guns in both .177/.22 calibre as 'they all look the same'. I am speaking for a friend, of course...

[evert]

Unfortunately, after initial 'Webley (pistol) Disease' you may find you start exhibiting symptoms of a sub class involving their rifles, & then a similar 'Airsporteritus' or 'Meteor Madness' infection involving BSA's..
You may find yourself - if you have a partner not interested - buying identical guns in both .177/.22 calibre as 'they all look the same'. I am speaking for a friend, of course...

Be careful, it can start with Meteors too..
It may seem innocent and unproblematic to bring an abused mk3 Meteor into the house to have something to tinker with,
but over time that can lead to a serious condition of British Springer Disease.

[scooter48]

Picked up an old senior as a kid decades back which i eventually let go...
Recently aquired a mk1 and now a boxed junior and boxed mk1...both pretty nice tight condition
Then what makes me think ive caught the colecting disease
I picked up a boxed unusued centenial edition tempest ...this could get expensive

Be careful,i just wanted a Junior and a Senior.I now have ten pistols some which i payed a lot of dough for.Its infectous.

[Garvin]

Thing about collecting vintage Webleys IME is that they are such quality items that you never regret spending the money.

[pjbingham]

As a teenager I wanted a Tempest almost as much as I wanted a Fizzy and a willing Girlfriend but such is life and I ended up with a (El) Gamo Center a Mountain bike and a girlfriend who only wanted to hold hands.
The result of that has been overindulgence in later life which has cost me dearly. When I bought a Tempest back in about 2002 I swore that would be my only Webley pistol....who needs more than one after all? I was wrong.....very wrong and there are still examples that I’d love to find and so far can’t like the early wooden gripped Junior and a spring clip Mk1. Maybe one day

[Mr Pusk]

Then of course there are those who like to sniff them, according to an earlier thread.

http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....ghlight=webley

[Geezer]

My first airgun was a Webley Typhoon in the early 80s. Loved the paperwork/poster that came with it.

Swapped it as a kid for a Gamo Paratrooper repeater. Which I thought then was a good deal. 😢

(And, tbh, got a lot of fun out of.)

Fast-forward 35ish years: Mk1 pistol, Senior, Hurricane, Tempest, Mk3 x 2, Falcon, C1, Tracker DL, Air Wolf, Xocet, Omega, Tomahawk, Longbow.

It’s a sickness. But not a bad one.

[guitardan]

I resemble this disease.. I wanted one to tinker with, got a mk2 junior, then the offer of a tempest came up, then last week a hurricane, now I hanker after a senior... Oh and BSA.. I got an airsporter with the tempest, and have just bought a mj1 meteor... Hankering after a mercury, and a scorpion pistol... Gun Aquisition Syndrome... GAS... I have GAS...

[urx]

Its worse than i thought
I aquired a boxed mint scorpion last year...id forgotten..oh dear this is bad

[45flint]

Thing about collecting vintage Webleys IME is that they are such quality items that you never regret spending the money.

So true and because of this they tend to hold their value. So your not spending money you are parking money in something you can enjoy and later it can be passed on with little if any monetary regret?

[I. J.]

I think I would rather catch galloping diarrhea.

[WebleyWombler]

Picked up an old senior as a kid decades back which i eventually let go...
Recently aquired a mk1 and now a boxed junior and boxed mk1...both pretty nice tight condition
Then what makes me think ive caught the colecting disease
I picked up a boxed unusued centenial edition tempest ...this could get expensive

i think ive caught the webley disease

Congratulations in joining a very elite club. Whilst Webleyitis can be a chronic affliction it can also be an enjoyable one but beware, it often leads to BSA ( Buying Superior Arms) syndrome which can be classed as incurable.

Beware though, there is a much more wicked and debilitating illness going around some very limited circles which causes the afflicted to decry other peoples illnesses and be scathing about their purchases .
This foul and soul destroying disease is called HW (Horrible Weapons) syndrome and and also appears to be incurable

[I. J.]

This foul and soul destroying disease is called HW (Horrible Weapons) syndrome and and also appears to be incurable

THANK GOD there is no vaccine for that one.