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Steyr LP10, Steyr LP5,
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Founder & ex secretary of Rivington Riflemen.
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Seniors, in particular, make great paperweights, not just doorstops.
They are all, to varying degrees, also quite good as things to shoot with at stuff.
Just not quite as good as post-war Diana 5s.
Except Juniors. What is the point of them?
I.J---"How much?" You see it is an illness that creeps up on you. I am not a collector, but I seem to have a lot of Webley pistols, despite the fact one of the better condition ones seems to go to a family member in a lined box every Christmas and I end up getting a rougher one to replace it. So far a Hurricane, Tempest, Typhoon, Senior (yes a bloody Senior!) and Premier have all been put into green baize lined wooden boxes (not for burial) and given as presents. I somehow seem to have acquired 6 or so Juniors although 2 of these were sort of by accident/ default. I bought a really abused Mk2 Premier off here to stop it being broken, also a Pre War Mk1 that was on it's last legs. Garvin sent me a lump of a Pre War Mk1 last year and it is now working, although fitted with a Post War barrel and I am debating whether to strip off the matt black paint and give it a bit of a wash over with Plum Brown or leave it as it is? I have found that some of the most abused guns seem to shoot the best---------almost as though they appreciate a bit of Tlc after all the abuse.
Maybe one day, a rough Typhoon frame or pistol will turn up and it will be converted into a Typest. Maybe I might get a cheap, rough Straight gripped Senior? Who knows? Do I need another Webley pistol? No. Would I buy, accept a freebie, take in an abused one etc? Yes.
It is a bit of a problem. Some people even like them so much (I.J) that they make them a cup of tea
Cooler than Mace Windu with a FRO, walking into Members Only and saying "Bitches, be cool"
I'm cured after a short episode.
I got myself a boxed Typhoon (1979) and a stunning Premier (1974).
I'm done.
The Mayor: Intent? How did you establish that?
Harry Callahan: When a man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher’s knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn’t out collecting for the Red Cross.
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I.J. I AM serious if that lovely looking pistol is still in your possesion!
I've bought boxes off evil bay and charity shops. I used one of those big chess and backgammon boxes (the set was missing pieces) for the Typhoon, I cannot remember if it was one of those paint set boxes I used for a Hurricane and the Tempest and the Senior/Premier set were off the bay. I line them with green baize then line the dividing bits of wood and glue/ use moulding pins to secure them. I am not arty or crafyt at all but they are not too bad.
Cooler than Mace Windu with a FRO, walking into Members Only and saying "Bitches, be cool"
My missus loves the Webley overlevers (Dunno why as she hates all my other guns!), I did a trade, I sent a straight gripped mk1 and a slant gripped Senior in a trade for a HyScore mk2 sporter that's in amzing condition, Cased and with both barrels + removal tool!
The wife went barmy at the fact some Wobbleys were leaving the house! Wimmin eh?, Can't live with 'em- Can't murder 'em!!
John
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