Why does the Webley Vulcan behave so well?

[gsxrman]

Never had a Vulcan, but I did own a Webley Omega.
Very sweet and underated in my opinion.
swapped it for a BSA Goldstar, Big mistake!!!!!!

[Brano]

A .22 Mk1 Walnut stocked Vulcan should be landing with me in the next few days. I'll be giving it a service and have serviced a Hawk and Stingray in the past and expect it will be very much like the Hawk to strip.

Am I right in thinking the PTFE piston seal can be swapped out for the later
Webley seal? I'll be looking to have a set of delrin guides made too. Is the Webley factory spring replaceable with a HW95 spring? I'm sure I've read somewhere that you can and that the 95 spring is softer than the Webley spring.

[T 20]

A .22 Mk1 Walnut stocked Vulcan should be landing with me in the next few days. I'll be giving it a service and have serviced a Hawk and Stingray in the past and expect it will be very much like the Hawk to strip.

Am I right in thinking the PTFE piston seal can be swapped out for the later
Webley seal? I'll be looking to have a set of delrin guides made too. Is the Webley factory spring replaceable with a HW95 spring? I'm sure I've read somewhere that you can and that the 95 spring is softer than the Webley spring.

Yes, the Vulcan is near enough the same as the Hawk, even down to having the same trigger and breech arrangement.

Yes the PTFE piston seal can be replaced by the later 27mm parachute seal, it's been that long since I played with my Vulcans I can't remember what Spring I used in them --- sorry.



All the best Mick

[Brano]

Thanks Mick,
I'll give one a try.

[Muskett]

The walnut Vulcans are really nice.
The MK1 were the right size for boys. MKIIs getting bigger but handle and point nicely. Omegas have the best stock of nearly any air rifle with a spring in.
Webley metal quality was as far off as HW was to Theoben.

And then the Webley Vulcan's trigger It can be mastered but not easy. The Omega's was at least useful.
Theoben binned Webley barrels quite quickly. The Webley macjinery was dated and just not up to what was being demanded, as people wanted to shoot beyond the farmyard.

One day I might get another walnut MK1, that has been tuned up a bit. For 12ft/lbs the action is the right scale; well plenty enough. In .22 and keep it to shooting within the farmyard.

Lastly, a word on the Telescan Scout system. The Vulcan makes a good Scout Rifle, but get a quality pistol scope not the poor one that was provided at the time. Doing a scout rifle is a fun set up and just different.

[robs5230]

Here's a smart little .177 Stingray that I've just finished working on.
Very pleased with it.

https://youtu.be/h3vel62PXYs

[evert]

What kind of spring are you using?