Webley Mk3

**Jimlad** · 04-10-2021, 10:06 PM

**Kevmcc** · 05-10-2021, 12:16 AM

Looks like a super target in .177 they are worth the most out the mk3’s I would say but it does look like it needs the bluing doing. It looks to have a rear diopter on it as well but as you have said might not be the original front. Someone will be along with a price for you but make sure you get a few different prices off people first to make sure you get the right amount for it.

**rockdrill** · 05-10-2021, 04:55 AM

I don't think it is a Supertarget version as it has the original rear sight on it as well.

I seem to recall that Webley offered an upgrade with Parker Hale sights, which is what this appears to be.

As to value, not sure.

**micky2** · 05-10-2021, 09:14 AM

Hi l would say that the rear peep sight would be the biggest value of it. it also looks like the checkering by the trigger guard as been added at some time. the metal work is not in the best of condition. having said all that it is in .177 so l would say at least around £170-200.

**Farsight** · 05-10-2021, 10:10 AM

Just my take on it : Aperture sight has been added with non gun screws and it is newer than the gun. The foresight appears to be a tunnel attached to the base of the original sight.
It has a rear open sight base - without leaf or screw - so is not a "Supertarget".
Metalwork a bit rusty.
Assuming it is all working then £140 max

Atb,
Mark

**AC99** · 05-10-2021, 11:47 AM

It is an early mk3 with a ribbed stock and grip chequering added. The PH16 aperture sight was probably fitted by Webley (I had an identical one back in the 60's) The tube foresight has been added at some stage attached to the dovetail block. The metalwork is not too good but assuming it shoots ok then I guess it is worth about £140-£170.

**Farsight** · 05-10-2021, 12:24 PM

The chequering looks to me like the optional Webley style. Surely the sight is a PH17 ? If it was fitted at the factory they didn't make much of a job of it

**AC99** · 05-10-2021, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by Farsight

The chequering looks to me like the optional Webley style. Surely the sight is a PH17 ? If it was fitted at the factory they didn't make much of a job of it

Yes I think the sight is a PH17 (mine was a PH16) and from the quality of the chequering it doesn't look like a DIY job! Webley always fitted these sights to the trigger block by drilling and tapping two holes but the screw heads do not look like mine so I guess they are replacements.
It seems as though an earlier owner has attempted to make a Supertarget-style mk3 from a series2/3 gun maybe already fitted with the aperture r/sight and adding a ring foresight. The original design Super-target came with the later type bulbous stock and heavier target barrel.

**Geezer** · 05-10-2021, 05:06 PM

Stock looks factory special order and, if so, is of collector interest. The metal isn’t great and the sights do look like a bodge.

I won’t hazard a guess on value.

**Jimlad** · 06-10-2021, 07:39 AM

thanks for the reply, the old gent done a lot of bell target back in the 60s that's why the tunnel sight was altered.

Jim

**Kevmcc** · 06-10-2021, 11:30 AM

If I was to put it up for sale I wouldn’t take less than £200 as a .177 is the rarer caliber to find

**abellringer** · 21-10-2021, 06:22 PM

This is definitely a conversion to supertarget. It has a normal rear sight and tapered barrel; neither of which are genuine supertarget. Someone has managed to fit an aperture front sight on to a std blade base, not a bad effort but not original. The rear sight is a 17B that is genuine for a supertarget.
The checkering is similar to the Svce MKII and looks to be factory done. Serial number would be usefll, but the gun is too old for me to date accurately. Interesting conversion though.

**MDriskill** · 22-10-2021, 12:07 PM

The PH 17B match sight, and smaller PH 16M sporting peep, used identical mounting screws and hole locations. Webley and Parker-Hale offered the PH 16M as an option on new sporter Mk 3's, and of course they could be fit by a gunsmith, so a sporter can end up with a PH 17B easily enough. Based on one I used to have, this works fine even though the sporter's front sight is lower than a Supertarget's.

**Binners** · 05-11-2021, 06:01 PM

This came my way recently.

**Kevmcc** · 05-11-2021, 10:56 PM

Very nice and look an early one by the side loading tap on it

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