Casing Webley Air Pistols.

[Abasmajor]

I only have one original cased Webley air pistol which is a pre-war Senior canvas cased example complete with the correct pellet tin and oil can. I've been searching for a post-war case but these very rarely become available unless bought with the pistol. In the meantime, I have cased my Senior and Junior in cases just to present them nicely. The Senior is now housed in a Tempest Centenary case bought separately and the Junior lives in an old cutlery case converted to take the pistol and accessories.
I wondered if anybody else has made or adapted cases to house their air pistols.





Brian

[isobar]

those look really nice(new) in their cases.as you say a converted cutlery or cigar box suitably partitioned and lined would be a good way of displaying nice pistols like those.nothing looks quite as nice as a cased webley.

[DrGunn]

Air pistols do look good in a fitted case. I’ve scratch built a couple of wooden cases:
I built a case for an enamel finish Premier E, not as neat as your cases but it came out reasonably well:


I also built a fitted case to house my reproduction Haviland and Gunn Parlour pistol along with some darts and a copy of the Patent:


Lots more pistols that would benefit from a fitted cases but never enough time and too many other projects!

[archer24]

Made some from scratch, used some from collectors fairs, even tried to copy the Webley one...

[Evostu]

I just acquired several in wooden cases,would of preferred original boxes but still look good
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[Troubledshooter]

Here's a Nemesis in an adapted Tempest Centennial case. It didn't need a lot of adaption, mainly several extra pads to stop the protrusions on the Nemesis marking the interior. I was able to source some fabric a very close match to the original.



Here's a yellow nemesis in the same case; I no longer have this pistol in my collection.

[Troubledshooter]

Here's my engraved Senior in an adapted jewellery case, with extra barrel. Original grips fit in there too.
I could do with a slightly larger case to take an oil can as well.

[45flint]

Posted this far too many times but this curly walnut case was the nicest case I have ever seen.

[Josie & John]

Posted this far too many times but this curly walnut case was the nicest case I have ever seen.

I'm not really a fan of repro cases but this ones looks gorgeous and certainly enhances a lovely pistol.

John

[ccdjg]

It is interesting to see in all the above great cased examples that the favourite type of internal fitting is the 'English style', with individual compartments. I suppose that it is more appropriate for vintage British pistols. In the case of my repro' Webley Mercury I decided to go for the 'French style', as I like the extra protection it gives. It doesn't look too out of character if the pistol is more modern.

[Scorpio54]

Posted this far too many times but this curly walnut case was the nicest case I have ever seen.

Stunning example, sets it off beautifully. Would you have any idea where I could source 2 labels from please?

[45flint]

Stunning example, sets it off beautifully. Would you have any idea where I could source 2 labels from please?

Fellow on forum sells them, just post a request here and he will answer.

[Abasmajor]

those look really nice(new) in their cases.as you say a converted cutlery or cigar box suitably partitioned and lined would be a good way of displaying nice pistols like those.nothing looks quite as nice as a cased Webley.

As you say, cigar boxes make a nice home for small air pistols like this Tell 2.



I would prefer original boxes and cases, but would rather keep some pistols in reproduction cases rather than old pistol sleeves especially if they were never offered cased.

Brian

[Troubledshooter]

[QUOTE=45flint;8190328]Posted this far too many times but this curly walnut case was the nicest case I have ever seen. QUOTE]

That is a nicely figured case containing one of my favourite Webley air pistols, the same sort of case I am looking for, but instead of coins I think I would have created a space for a pellet tin and enlarged the other space to take a Webley oil tin of either type.

[Gamocfx]

I never get tired of looking at how people box or store their guns. Ingenious some of them... my favourite would have to be the walnut box with coins, if I live long enough I will get around to copying that idea.