How to get £300 for a Webley MK3

[Binners]

Just totally dismantle it and put all the bits on E bay....

[distantcamera]

Are people really crazy enough to pay £150 for a Webley Mk3 stock?

[WebleyWombler]

Just totally dismantle it and put all the bits on E bay....

Amateurs probably. They could get far more for it by turning it into a standard lamp and sticking it in the window of a London Antique shop!

[piggy589]

How did you arrive at that figure?.

[Binners]

How did you arrive at that figure?.

I was just sniffing through the Webley items on there and and came across a stock with a 'buy it now' price of £110 and a loading tap at £60ish, rear sight at £35, and so on......

[Binners]

Amateurs probably. They could get far more for it by turning it into a standard lamp and sticking it in the window of a London Antique shop!

Now there's an idea

[Geezer]

Sadly true.

And not just Mk3s.

[Troubledshooter]

Just totally dismantle it and put all the bits on E bay....

Yes, I'd noticed that as well Peter and also considered it as I have one or two to dispose of, as the complete rifles don't seem to make the same sort of money.

[WebleyWombler]

I was just sniffing through the Webley items on there and and came across a stock with a 'buy it now' price of £110 and a loading tap at £60ish, rear sight at £35, and so on......

Sights can fetch £25-35 but doing an advanced search on completed items shows Stocks selling for up to £40 and barrels/aircylinder units going for £10-20. I think the adverts you stumbled upon are a Chancing dealer

[Hsing-ee]

I was just sniffing through the Webley items on there and and came across a stock with a 'buy it now' price of £110 and a loading tap at £60ish, rear sight at £35, and so on......

The prices are high, but it doesnt mean they will get sell. There's a Hammerli 4** series rearsight thats been on the bay for about a year or longer, because its overpriced. The prices are way too high. The only person who would buy a loading tap for a Webley Mk III is one who would be on the BBS already and no way would they pay £60 for one.

[Binners]

Sights can fetch £25-35 but doing an advanced search on completed items shows Stocks selling for up to £40 and barrels/aircylinder units going for £10-20. I think the adverts you stumbled upon are a Chancing dealer

Pleased to hear that. Such a shame to break old classics.

[rapidresponse1]

id not pay 150 for one of those stocks

[cinedux]

a new Crosman Model 451 Hammer? ;-)

[WebleyWombler]

Pleased to hear that. Such a shame to break old classics.

Just looked into it again and think it poses an interesting question. the seller of the parts you found appears to be a 'general dealer' doing house clearances etc. As their business is buying and selling, would they fall foul of the firearms act if they sold a complete rifle found in a clearance. Maybe stripping and selling parts is a way round this?

[WebleyWombler]

a new Crosman Model 451 Hammer? ;-)

I'd buy an Estwing or a Stanley, probably do a better job.