Fully with you on that one Nick.
To paraphrase Wolfy Smith "Power to the Pistol Shooters"
Paul
UBC Resident Cowboy
St Paul of 55
Been there, bought it, tried it, sold it
I think the Gamo Compact is about £170, so I don't object at all to a multi-stroke pneu being £169.
(I don't think the Gamo's are made in England, just for the record.)
There's not much made in UK these days, so I can't quite understand the "if it's made abroad it should be £30" point of view. Can't Abroad make quality stuff?
no such words as alot or ect, and do you really want to add a second 'o' in 'lose', unless you're talking about something that isn't very tight?
Hi NickpanDefine "abroad" because I think that you'll find that manufacturers like Beman, Umarex, Feinwerkbrau etc come under that definition for the location of their main factories. Also, many of these subcontract to various other countries.Can't Abroad make quality stuff?
Target Bunny.
Globus magnus volvere
trepidex mea non est!
If you fancy a "Hands On" experience with the Alecto then Webley have bravely agreed to do what no other pistol manufacturer has so far done and that is to turn up at a club meet and let the general shooting public see and try their latest product.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A CLUB MEET AND ENTRY WILL BE BY PRIOR INVITATION ONLY. FOR DETAILS CONTACT PAD E
Target Bunny
Globus magnus volvere
trepidex mea non est!
Gamo are Spanish
And yep most other countries do produce quality stuff
I have a Chinese Rifle thats a dream to shoot, looks awsome and is running at about 11.5ft/lbs and no I haven't tuned it
When I was a kid the 'foraigner's' were the Japanese and their products such as Cars and Mortorcycles were 'Jap Crap' now look at em, they are the envy of many countries with their innovations in technology and their top quality.
But the main argument of this thread is will the Alecto, help restore the reputation that the Webley brand name once had?
If it shoots as sweet as it looks then they ar onto a good thing
The shooters will decide
Tony
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Well done you guys for getting the Webley chaps along, I would like to give this new offering a try too - please
This might also attract a few more attendees to the meet, methinks.
p.s. could you ask them to bring a replacement breech seal for my 1957 New Model Webley Junior pistol?
Cheers, Mark
Proud to be a member ...
"...... I'm good with the science, but rubbish with the gun "
Just for the record, I do like the look of this Alecto, apart from the palm shelf, and the system it employs sounds interesting (I like the idea of two power levels), and as I said before, I will reserve judgement on the quality of it until it has reached the shops and been on sale for a while. It might be very good.
I only have two problems with Webleys, the first is that I would prefer them to be made in the UK, the second is that, being made in Turkey, it should be substantially cheaper than something vaguely similar made in Western Europe, even if the quality is high.
I know that other countries can turn out high quality goods, and I don't believe that anything made in the UK is automatically better than things made abroad, it's just that for reasons that I admit are partly sentimental and partly practical, I would like to see the UK retain a range of industries and skills, gunsmithing and airgun manufacturing being among many that I would like to preserve if possible.
I don't wish New Webley any ill-will, but I do hope they can consider making stuff in the UK again sometime.
Fancy shooting your air pistols & rifles a bit more, then guy's & gal's come visit us at theUBC for loads of fun competitions for all types of air pistols and rifles.
I went to the midland game fair with the old fella and he was very interested in this pistol. The beardy guy from Webley who was overseeing it was excellent. When we arrived in the morning of the first day he had 30 with him, these had gone by the time the old geezer decided to put his hand in his pocket at lunchtime!
That said he did let us all have a play with the display model. It's great in the hand, very pointable, completely recoilless and seemingly of a very good build quality.
I've got a significant birthday coming up and I live in hope that the 'bread knife' won't object to another gun in the house!