Hnpd tempest

[Evostu]

Thought this would be a nice addition to my cased senior,ok not on the same league being Turkish but quite cool none the less

[rapidresponse1]

that looks very nice

[Hsing-ee]

Are the Turkish ones very inferior? Is it the build quality, the finish or do they just ‘feel different’ ? I understand they put out more power.

[jorkie]

I haven't handled one of them but from the pictures Ive seen they look more crudely finished than the uk made ones. also read reports from owners that they feel rougher to cock and shoot than the uk ones.

[ashf9999]

Having seen the price Broadway had that up for, I’m glad I got mine when they came out…

People have differing opinions on Turkish Tempests. I have 3 Turkish (Centennial cased ones, one of which was bought off here), and am happy with all of mine.

Maybe they were a bit more hit and miss in terms of QC? Don’t know that for certain as I’ve never shot anyone else’s Turkish one. External finish is on par with the UK ones on mine.

[Evostu]

Its my first Turkish tempest although I have plenty of original tempests,to be fair the quality of it is better than i expected after reading other reviews of them, the biggest difference is the effort needed to cock it which is more on par with a mk1 webley pistol so I'm guessing it has a stronger spring,haven't run it over the chrono yet to compare with an original but will do at some point

[jorkie]

it would be interesting to see how it chrono'd against the uk made one or ones

[Abasmajor]

I have examples of both the Turkish and the Birmingham made pistols in both calibres and agree that the main difference is the much increased effort needed to cock the Turkish pistols.
I will have dig my Chronograph out and do some testing to see if this equates to increased muzzle velocities.

Brian

[ALBERT 66]

i have a Turkish 177 tempest in the for sale adds, it shoots between 430fps and 480fps with a 7,6 grain pellet.

[jorkie]

i have a Turkish 177 tempest in the for sale adds, it shoots between 430fps and 480fps with a 7,6 grain pellet.

thats quite impressive.

[lodmoor]

Sorry but whichever way you look at it the Turkish 'Webleys' ain't Webleys, they are s*** copies.

Give me an original anytime. The centennial box is quite pretty though, bought one at the time sans pistol now told it would be worth more if it had the cr**** pistol in it(?).

Ah, just an old time traditionalist.

[Abasmajor]

Sorry but whichever way you look at it the Turkish 'Webleys' ain't Webleys, they are s*** copies.

Give me an original anytime. The centennial box is quite pretty though, bought one at the time sans pistol now told it would be worth more if it had the cr**** pistol in it(?).

Ah, just an old time traditionalist.

I would generally agree that the quality and finish of the Turkish Tempests falls well below that of their Birmingham equivalents and they are literally a real pain to cock. I have examples of both and have begrudgingly found the Turkish Tempests to probably be as accurate and powerful as the original, but neither can get anywhere near close to the earlier machined steel pistols.

Brian

[Evostu]

Well had to add a .177 version to the collection to complete the set of crap tempests 🤣

[junglie]

Sorry but whichever way you look at it the Turkish 'Webleys' ain't Webleys, they are s*** copies.

Give me an original anytime. The centennial box is quite pretty though, bought one at the time sans pistol now told it would be worth more if it had the cr**** pistol in it(?).

Ah, just an old time traditionalist.

Well I had a new .177 I bought in 1990 that was horrible to shoot, even after a fettle & trigger polish it was hard to shoot accurately, a few years back I sold an old brum .22 for a mate on here, that one was a totally different animal, lovely to shoot & easy to hit what i aimed at unlike the .177, both made in brum. Nearly bought it myself it was so good tbh.

[laverdabru]

Well I had a new .177 I bought in 1990 that was horrible to shoot, even after a fettle & trigger polish it was hard to shoot accurately, a few years back I sold an old brum .22 for a mate on here, that one was a totally different animal, lovely to shoot & easy to hit what i aimed at unlike the .177, both made in brum. Nearly bought it myself it was so good tbh.

Bought a near mint boxed late .177 Brum Tempest a few years back, & I echo your comments. To use, it is probably my last favourite Webley pistol to shoot of the ones I've owned. Since a pre war steel grip Junior back in the day (70's )I've loved Webley pistols. Fave is an early Hurricane in .22.

Bru