Webley museum auction catalogue question

[hwtyger]

Anyone happens to still have the auction catalogue of the auction of the Webley museum airguns?
Looking for the description of the airrifle lot 1065 (I believe its this nr its a bit blurry on the pic)
It looks like a tracker/viscount kinda rifle, with the black stock.
But it is said to be some kinda prototype??

[Troubledshooter]

Item No.1065 is described as a Webley Osprey '600' .22 P/Type, and doesn't look like the rifle in your photograph.

It looks more like item 1066, which is described as a Webley Stingray Sidelever .22 S/No. 21638 Concept P/Type.

[Benelli B76]

Anyone happens to still have the auction catalogue of the auction of the Webley museum airguns?
Looking for the description of the airrifle lot 1065 (I believe its this nr its a bit blurry on the pic)
It looks like a tracker/viscount kinda rifle, with the black stock.
But it is said to be some kinda prototype??

Actually looks like a Webley Osprey with experimental barrel weight.

Baz

[Josie & John]

Hi Yana,

The Stingray was featured on the cover of Airgunner or Airgun World several decades ago but never went into production. From memory, it was Viscount with a bipod.

Kind regards,

John

[hwtyger]

Thanks all for the help.
So it may be an Osprey '600' (whatever the 600 stands for??) p/type or a stingray p/type.
The SN of the stingray sidelever checks out.
John, or anyone, has a pic of that old Airgunner/AGW it was featured on?

[Troubledshooter]

Here's the catalogue pictures:

[Josie & John]

Thanks all for the help.
So it may be an Osprey '600' (whatever the 600 stands for??) p/type or a stingray p/type.
The SN of the stingray sidelever checks out.
John, or anyone, has a pic of that old Airgunner/AGW it was featured on?

I have it Yana but will need to find the correct issue among the hundreds in my library. My biggest problem is I do not have anything indexed and my memory has never been my strongest trait.

Kind regards,

John

[hwtyger]

Troubledshooter, thanks for the pic. Thats the one.
John, thats ok, its not a must

[Geezer]

OK, so now we know what it is, but what is the point of it, and what is that thing hanging under the barrel?

[Troubledshooter]

[QUOTE=Geezer;7463862]OK, so now we know what it is, but what is the point of it, and what is that thing hanging under the barrel?[/QUOTE]

Bipod.

[hwtyger]

I want to buy it. But I didnt understand how it could be advertised as prototype stingray as thats a breakbarrel.
So I wanted to check the information first.
But it seems to be correct after all.
Yes its a bipod attached to the frontsight block

[Troubledshooter]

I want to buy it. But I didnt understand how it could be advertised as prototype stingray as thats a breakbarrel.
So I wanted to check the information first.
But it seems to be correct after all.
Yes its a bipod attached to the frontsight block

The word 'Prototype' describes it perfectly, as it would probably have gone through several guises before the final break barrel version of the Stingray was decided upon.

[Geezer]

Found it!

Page 140 in Chris Thrales' book.

1987, prototype Viscount variant called "Stingray" exhibited at that year's IWA (gun trade show) in Nuremburg. Only "a few trial examples" made. As is apparent, it has an Eclipse Mk1 front sight and the little suppressor marketed with the Eclipse (oddly slightly before the Eclipse was revealed, in mid-1988).

Sold in 2006 for £160 plus commission.

No real connection to the later 2000-vintage Vulcan-derived Vulcan-replacement Stingray, beyond the Viscount/tracker/Vulcan sharing various parts.

[hwtyger]

Thanks! Ill look it up too!