Webley longbow question

[charley]

oh forgot does anyone have one of the original muzzle protectors they would sell me so I can take the fat silencer off please

[Gareth W-B]

oh forgot does anyone have one of the original muzzle protectors they would sell me so I can take the fat silencer off please

The British Brum-built silencers that Webley & Scott marketed for the Longbow were the sleek slimtech style as designed by Ivan Hancock of Venom fame -- notwithstanding the earlier BBMF mods which Webley also made (predominantly for their PCP range), the big ugly fat mods were/are Turkish, so maybe yours is a post real Webley Turkish/Brum built hybrid as highlighted by Geezer, after all?

For further ref, the genuine Brum Longbows were not sold with a mod, just a fluted tapered muzzle break (infinitely superior to the pepper pot the Tomahawk sported), as the slimtech mods were sold as an official after-market extra. Hope this helps?

[andrewM]

I have checked mine. It has a vented reddish brown rubber butt pad and a black spacer within. I dare say it would be easy to replace the black spacer albeit a bit of a nuisance to do so. The silencer you have could have been added at any time, presumably, so might or might not be original.

I was fortunate enough to find a virtually mint Birmingham Longbow, two months ago and, given what I had read here, bought it. It is pellet fussy. It likes the old H&N Pointed (as does my Omega, also bought this year, thanks to helpful comments here) - very tight groups but with reduced velocity. S.domes are not bad. I have just discovered from H&N themselves that the old Pointed are now H&N Spike but marketed under their 'Excite' label, ie Excite Spike, weighing in at 15.74g for .22.

I have discovered that the velocity is quite variable, depending upon the pellet. I have bought some more varieties of pellet to try out. Air Arms are not bad on the ft/lbs measure but this is a heavy pellet.

I should be interested to discover what you (and others) find works in terms of accuracy and velocity.

Rgds
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[Gareth W-B]

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My pre 2005 British Brum-built walnut stocked Sandwell Field Sports ((SFS) tuned Webley & Scott Longbow is in .177 and simply loves Air Arms 4.52 pellets.

[les allam]

I have checked mine. It has a vented reddish brown rubber butt pad and a black spacer within. I dare say it would be easy to replace the black spacer albeit a bit of a nuisance to do so. The silencer you have could have been added at any time, presumably, so might or might not be original.

I was fortunate enough to find a virtually mint Birmingham Longbow, two months ago and, given what I had read here, bought it. It is pellet fussy. It likes the old H&N Pointed (as does my Omega, also bought this year, thanks to helpful comments here) - very tight groups but with reduced velocity. S.domes are not bad. I have just discovered from H&N themselves that the old Pointed are now H&N Spike but marketed under their 'Excite' label, ie Excite Spike, weighing in at 15.74g for .22.

I have discovered that the velocity is quite variable, depending upon the pellet. I have bought some more varieties of pellet to try out. Air Arms are not bad on the ft/lbs measure but this is a heavy pellet.

I should be interested to discover what you (and others) find works in terms of accuracy and velocity.

Rgds
A

Feed it some Falcon accuracy plus pellets, my longbow loves them.
Les.