Originally Posted by
RobinC
l also have an 888 Premier, its a blued E series, the letter stamp under the trigger frame is Z, it has the 888 repeated under the top of the left hand grip, but definately no date stamp (I've checked very carefully with a glass). I bought it s/h in 1972 and the seller who I knew had bought it new in 1971.
Its in very good original condition in the original box, I used it for NARPA 6 yd target shooting, until I saw sense and bought a FWB65 shortly after, but I have kept it as its what started my target shooting career.
Good shooting
Robin
Interesting provenance Robin. We have identified quite a few 'duplicate' Premiers with different letter codes on this thread.
NOTICE TO ALL
PLEASE ONLY INCLUDE DETAILS OF PREMIER AIR PISTOLS IF YOU ARE HAPPY TO SHARE THEM.
Ideally state the Series Code Letter, Date stamp from under left grip and Batch Number
THERE IS NO NEED TO INCLUDE DETAILS OF OTHER WEBLEY MODELS as unlike date coded Premiers, it is impossible to accurately glean sufficient information from post war Juniors, Seniors and Mark Is.
Thank you to all who have contributed to this thread.
Kind regards,
John
Currently looking for Baikal Makarov pistols with the following prefixes to the serial number: 98, T01, T09, T21, T22
Prefer boxed or cased but will consider loose examples too.