knackers.
they are all Spartacus, because they had to take on the Legions of 77s.
The aluminium was their grace and their downfall. The trapdoor loading with the long port, saved fingers (one chopped off the hand of every owner of 'the other rifle') but was inefficient. Light but expandable in hot summer weather (the weather in Britain in the late 80s was like that in Ukraine), it didn't stand a chance in the face of the 77.
So it became a pie filling, and people picked out pieces of the pie to make them so-called collectables.
The underlever one, similar to the ProSport would have been nice. But it stayed in the Pattern Room until it was flogged off.
As far as I know Webley rifles were never printed off an original 'last' like Napoleon's ruler, they were made up using the normal engineering techniques from tubes and split pins and bits of jelly.
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Originally Posted by Hsing-ee
I was tempted but I dont like the Eclipse so ... I bought the prototype Omega instead. 
