Turkish Tempests

[zooma]

One other thing I noted in my brief ownership of the .22 Turkish Tempest was it's tight bore which meant having to use a seater to push the pellets onto the rifling before the barrel could be replaced prior to firing.

This is not the case with the .177 version which requires no aid to seat the pellet whatever brand is used. As with my other Webley .177 pistols, I have found H&N Match seem to perform best with RWS Hobby providing a cheaper alternative.

Regards

Brian

Interestingly, I have noticed that when I put a pellet into the .177 Turkish Tempest it is difficult to get the pellet skirt fully down into the barrel so there is always the fear that some damage will be caused to the seal as time goes by if I don't find a suitable pellet pusher just to make sure it does not protrude past the barrel end before closing the barrel after loading.

The British made .177 Webley's that I have do not suffer from this as it is easy to insert the pellet fully into the barrel with the end of the thumb in the normal way.

** I should add that I have only used Eley Wasp and Hobby pellets so far - maybe others fit down into the barrel better?

[Fat stig]

its the same with the hw45 Bob, r10's & other short skirt pellets should sit fine.

[zooma]

its the same with the hw45 Bob, r10's & other short skirt pellets should sit fine.

Thanks for that - I will give the R10 a try - Hippo suggested the same on the Webley v Steyr shock thread.

[zooma]

I have bought one of the wider triggers as fitted to the Turkish Tempest and will fit it to my older British example and hope that and with a new seal fitted we can close the gap between the two results we have had so far.

The TT certainly has a tighter barrel than the BT - maybe more like the modern barrels, whereas the BT still seems to have the traditionally looser British size barrel, so maybe to be fairer to both of them once the wide trigger and new seals are fitted we should do a re-test using 4.49 pellets in the TT and 4.50 pellets in the BT.

Obviously the pellets have to be of the same type (?) but maybe we should just find what works best for each and then make the comparison test again.

The British made Tempest feels a lot nicer when opening the barrel locking catch - the Turkish one feels a lot rougher - as does the thumb lever itself, and likewise when cocking the pistols the difference in feel is obvious - the BT is much nicer.

.....but the BT is well run-in and the TT is still almost new so all these things have to be considered when making comparisons between the two - but the Turkish pistol was most definitely the more accurate of the two during our first test

[Abasmajor]

Interestingly, I have noticed that when I put a pellet into the .177 Turkish Tempest it is difficult to get the pellet skirt fully down into the barrel so there is always the fear that some damage will be caused to the seal as time goes by if I don't find a suitable pellet pusher just to make sure it does not protrude past the barrel end before closing the barrel after loading.

The British made .177 Webley's that I have do not suffer from this as it is easy to insert the pellet fully into the barrel with the end of the thumb in the normal way.

** I should add that I have only used Eley Wasp and Hobby pellets so far - maybe others fit down into the barrel better?

I have not experienced the seating problem when using H&N 'Match' with the .177 version but certainly did with the .22 pistol using various brands of pellet. What I recall from a brief look at a 'Brummie' Tempest is that the breech seal area was better recessed and would not have presented the risk of damaging the seal with a pellet skirt that protruded slightly. As a matter of interest, the Tempest breech seal sold by John Knibbs is too big for the 'Turkish' Tempest.

Regards

Brian

[zooma]

Our current 'top shot" with a Webley in the MPL series has suggested that I try R10 pellets so I will give then a try next week to see if they work as well in the Turkish made barrels as they do in his .177 Premier.

.......if they do I think IJ will be very disappointed