Help needed- Webley Vulcan

[theoldcanuckguy]

I have this WebleyVulcan I want to sell. Its 50-60 years old, serial number 903849. I took it in exchange for some repair work thinking I would get back into shooting again. Long and short. I'm not! Fired it about 6 times at a target 35 yards away and all six grouped on a 3" circle. Might have been better if wasn't 30 years since I fired a gun!!!

Anyway will try to attach pics. Need advice on a reasonable price for the lot. Been told the leather case cost £100 but don't know. Case, cleaning kit and pellets included.

Can't seem to put pics on here. Need help.

Thanks

James

[Geezer]

Welcome to the BBS.

It won’t be quite as old as you think. Vulcans were made 1979-2000.

They typically go from £50-120 in condition varying from awful to very nice. More if they have special features like a walnut stock.

To be honest, if you haven’t fired a gun in 30 years, and you put your first six in 3” at that range from a light springer, that’s not bad - you might like to keep practicing.

[the logun-ator]

ive got 7 vulcans,going off that serial number its going to be around 1990
ive paid between 40 and 120 for them,a little more if its checkered walnut
ill send you a pm with my email address,send me some pics and ill post them for you

[Jesim1]

As above, we have all had a Vulcan

Bought mine in 1984 from a shop long since disappeared.

Prices as above, good ones are just over the ton, with an average one below it, and the tatty stuff costing about the same as a family meal from Domino's - but not as good

Pictures essential for these

[johnbaz]

If the gunslip is real hide then you would probably be best selling it seperately to the rifle as they are quite expensive..


John

[elewis411]

Don’t know if anyone else concurs but I had a mk1 Vulcan when I was 15 (which I could only use when accompanied by my brother in law) that was a cracker of a rifle which I shot really well, it was just one of those guns that I just very rarely missed what I shot at and also lovely to shoot, nice and smooth with no twang but some years later bought a mk2 which I could never get on with, question for you guys, was the mk1 a better rifle or was the mk2 a step up as it should be really being the newer rifle?.

[Jesim1]

Don’t know if anyone else concurs but I had a mk1 Vulcan when I was 15 (which I could only use when accompanied by my brother in law) that was a cracker of a rifle which I shot really well, it was just one of those guns that I just very rarely missed what I shot at and also lovely to shoot, nice and smooth with no twang but some years later bought a mk2 which I could never get on with, question for you guys, was the mk1 a better rifle or was the mk2 a step up as it should be really being the newer rifle?.

To me the MK2 was better, but thinking of it it's hard to say why Perhaps looks played a part or I'm just getting old

[evert]

Don’t know if anyone else concurs but I had a mk1 Vulcan when I was 15 (which I could only use when accompanied by my brother in law) that was a cracker of a rifle which I shot really well, it was just one of those guns that I just very rarely missed what I shot at and also lovely to shoot, nice and smooth with no twang but some years later bought a mk2 which I could never get on with, question for you guys, was the mk1 a better rifle or was the mk2 a step up as it should be really being the newer rifle?.

I've been playing around with the Vulcan/Victor/Excel platform for some years, and they seem to have some individual variations
which I dont think is directly related to which MK's you have. Stock fit, cylinder dimensions, trigger pull variation etc will give you varying results.
After som experimentation I prefer using the later purple PU seal, combined with a somewhat reduced spring, giving about 10.5-11.5 fpe depending on calibre.

One of my favorites is a MK3 Vulcan with this setup, which seems to be as accurate as any gun in its class (recoiling breakbarrel full power springer)

[vintage]

Don’t know if anyone else concurs but I had a mk1 Vulcan when I was 15 (which I could only use when accompanied by my brother in law) that was a cracker of a rifle which I shot really well, it was just one of those guns that I just very rarely missed what I shot at and also lovely to shoot, nice and smooth with no twang but some years later bought a mk2 which I could never get on with, question for you guys, was the mk1 a better rifle or was the mk2 a step up as it should be really being the newer rifle?.

I recently purchased a Vulcan MK1 in superb condition. It appears it was either tuned or was originally made that way. But it's one helluva smooth shooter. Smoother than my Theoben Fenman.

[benjipeg]

i have a vulcan serial 566559 how old would you say that is?
thanks