Pre-WW2 air pistol competitions?

[Garvin]

Interesting question, Brian. I wonder if the Webley Mk2 Target was so called more for marketing reasons than because it was designed for formal competition? It's not as if it has especially adjustable sights, or anything else that really shows it was designed for target shooters. (Or at least I can't think of any).

[Abasmajor]

Interesting question, Brian. I wonder if the Webley Mk2 Target was so called more for marketing reasons than because it was designed for formal competition? It's not as if it has especially adjustable sights, or anything else that really shows it was designed for target shooters. (Or at least I can't think of any).

Hello Danny,
I think the Mk2 Target was just as you say, a name given to a deluxe version of the Mk1 until it was eventually superceded by the superior Senior model.
Brian

[Garvin]

Hello Danny,
I think the Mk2 Target was just as you say, a name given to a deluxe version of the Mk1 until it was eventually superceded by the superior Senior model.
Brian

I can just imagine the conversation in the Webley marketing department when they learned the boffins in the engineering dept had developed the bronze rings piston seal. "How can we present this as a 'target special' and sell a load more air pistols?", they asked (yes, I'm that cynical!).

I suppose the question is, did the Mk2 plus Mk1 sales represent an increase on the number of Mk1s that would have sold anyway? Hard to untangle.