Just before Christmas 2021, Ollie kindly sent me a couple of things to occupy my mind. One was a chromed Webley Senior and the other was an earlyish Webley Mk3.

I managed to sort out the Senior fairly quickly but the Mk3 looked like it would be a problem and costly to do.
The fluted stock was in 5 pieces and was also repaired on the pistol grip. It was missing the piston (although Ollie reckons he has it somewhere) , the foresight and various screws. The front stock bracket had the screw threads mullered as well. However it did have the rearsight and the loading tap, so I reckoned I'd give it a go if I could.
Recently bits have been bought or scrounged and I've had a look at it the last couple of days.

I got a piston and a stock and someone donated a piston washer . It seems a bit small and has a synthetic inner but I thought I'd try it as I didn't fancy making one last night. I stripped and lubed the trigger last night and fitted the piston washer to the piston. Today I found a spring that I thought might do and be better for plinking with. I cut it to the same length as a Webley spring. It was about 20.5mm OD and length was originally about 310mm. Wire thickness is about 2.75mm.

I tapped the foresight into the dovetail and then dropped the action into a later type stock. I borrowed some stock screws off another gun to try.

It is easy to cock, quite pleasant to shoot (and hopefully get a bit nicer) and accurate, although shooting a fraction high at my short plinking distance.

Anyhow--it's cost a fair few quid to do, but at least it is working again now.


So--"Thank you Mr Gilkes" . Hopefully you will log in soon and see this.