I was thinking Why are Juniors made the way they are (Tube brazed? into a frame ) and the Mk1,Senior and Premier made the way they are? I think a bigger pistol built like the junior would look pretty good and vice versa.
Hi Guy & All,
I too am into this Tempest thing , Having been presented with one at a very fair price for my HPA " Webley "
( Thanks mate )
I can see what the talk is about with the trigger , I do not know ! But it looks like it has to be cocked to work !
I mention this as its awkward to keep inserting & Removing the piston,
Guy,s kind words & Info have helped a great deal,
On to the Tempest, Its a small piston with a plastic seal, Its only going to make about 3-4 Fpe at the most, Even in .22 , ( As this one is )
It does have a long cocking stroke albeit with a small OD spring ,
I am quite impressed with the gun, The short length ( Aided by the overcocking design ) & a good barrel length ,
I do not know about the remainder of the Webley pistol range, guessing they are the same, Or very similiar,
This design is Ideal for a Hpa/Co2 conversion ? ( I am making the piston as we speak ) It will have a short cocking stroke, & Very light main spring & will look identical
( Almost Ha ha ) Power !!!!!! An easily limited 6 Fpe,
Ged.
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I was thinking Why are Juniors made the way they are (Tube brazed? into a frame ) and the Mk1,Senior and Premier made the way they are? I think a bigger pistol built like the junior would look pretty good and vice versa.
Cooler than Mace Windu with a FRO, walking into Members Only and saying "Bitches, be cool"
Why not? I guess as the Junior pistols were intended to be cheaper and within reach of saved pocket money, using a separate tube threaded into a machined body casting was an easier (and so cheaper) method of manufacture. If they machined a Junior in the same fashion as a Senior their costs would have been too similar and there wouldn't have been the required product differentiation...But that's a guess...
A slightly tipsy plink (bottle and half of 14.9% home made apple wine) tonight ,18-20 shots at 7 1/2 yards,shooting at bottle caps, with a Scorpion, Hurricane, Premier mk2, Tempest and Pre War Junior and only 2 misses ----and they were with the Premier that I have not lightnend the trigger on yet. Not bad some of these old guns eh?
Cooler than Mace Windu with a FRO, walking into Members Only and saying "Bitches, be cool"
My first Webley was a Hurricane bought 20 years ago. Good pistol but my favorite fun 22 has been a 1938 Colt Woodsman designed by John Browning, a classic. My goal in getting back into airguns has been to reproduce the feel of cartridge shooting in my backyard. Got a Webley Premier "E" last week and it gives that experience in the same blued steel. It has the same nice trigger, great grip, similar accuracy, feel and weight of my Colt. The rearward piston movement is a key I think. Similar dimensions see below;
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps9fibhcis.jpg
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What sometimes gets me is how some of the rough guns shoot really well. The really surprising thing is that I have sort of by accident, being given bits of guns and sourced missing bits and somehow they come together into really good pistols.
I still think it is something to do with them appreciating being given a new lease of life
Cooler than Mace Windu with a FRO, walking into Members Only and saying "Bitches, be cool"