"A" series webley premier

[Evostu]

The first of the Premiers made in 1965 and IMHO the best as its the only one to have a leather piston seal and one of the hardest to find (apart from the C series which I'm still sadly yet to find) but other than that I have the full series A-F including the transitional models (when webley decided to cut costs and do away with the lovely bluing before moving onto the alloy framed mk2 premier

[costalotpanther]

Very nice!
Box almost looks new?

[Evostu]

Very nice!
Box almost looks new?

Yes sadly the box is a new repo untill I can get a genuine box

[pjbingham]

What a very nice example 😎 I toyed with the idea of collecting A-F examples too but the chances of a ‘C’ are slim although I read somewhere that one did appear at Kempton a couple of years ago so there’s always a chance I guess 👍

[Evostu]

What a very nice example 😎 I toyed with the idea of collecting A-F examples too but the chances of a ‘C’ are slim although I read somewhere that one did appear at Kempton a couple of years ago so there’s always a chance I guess 👍

Yes the c series pop up ocasionally but as yet I've been to slow to snag one

[micky2]

What a very nice example 😎 I toyed with the idea of collecting A-F examples too but the chances of a ‘C’ are slim although I read somewhere that one did appear at Kempton a couple of years ago so there’s always a chance I guess 👍

Yes it did, it was mine boxed and in excellent condition, and it was on my table for about 4 hours.

[Evostu]

Yes it did, it was mine boxed and in excellent condition, and it was on my table for about 4 hours.

Out of interest how much was it up for if you can remember?

[pjbingham]

Yes it did, it was mine boxed and in excellent condition, and it was on my table for about 4 hours.

I do remember that when I read about it I had been to Kempton that day Micky and it wouldn’t have lasted 4 hours if I had spotted it that’s for sure but someone was on the ball and fair play to them 😎 That’ll teach me to pay proper attention and not assume that every Premier I see is automatically going to be D,E or F.

[Abasmajor]

[QUOTE=Evostu;8331248]The first of the Premiers made in 1965 and IMHO the best as its the only one to have a leather piston seal and one of the hardest to find (apart from the C series which I'm still sadly yet to find) but other than that I have the full series A-F including the transitional models (when webley decided to cut costs and do away with the lovely bluing before moving onto the alloy framed mk2 premier

I would agree that the A Series Premier is probably the best of the bunch neatly combining the best attributes of the Mk1 and the Senior for the first time.
Mine came with both .177 & .22 barrels and is probably the most accurate Webley pistol that I own in .177 anyway.




Brian