Webley mk1 100 year anniversary video

[ptdunk]

Would have loved to see a post war Hy-Score compete? The early 1950’s were I think the best and I think would give a good accounting of itself? Similar to the Webley over here so many were made it’s easy to under appreciate them?

To keep it simple I chose to test air pistols that were available when each generation of mk1 was first available, so one year too early for the first Hyscore.
If it had been every other pistol that was available for the overall manufacturing period of each mk1 I’d probably still be filming it for another year!

I do like the Hyscore though, I have the U.K. one.

For future pistol video’s I’ll try to do the same tests, Bisley is a great place to do the filming.

Cheers,
Matt

[ogilkes]

Fabulous! What a great piece of work, congratulations to all!

[45flint]

To keep it simple I chose to test air pistols that were available when each generation of mk1 was first available, so one year too early for the first Hyscore.
If it had been every other pistol that was available for the overall manufacturing period of each mk1 I’d probably still be filming it for another year!

I do like the Hyscore though, I have the U.K. one.

For future pistol video’s I’ll try to do the same tests, Bisley is a great place to do the filming.

Cheers,
Matt

I think that last 1946 group was a bit too English! lol. One year too late!!!! But the video was awesome for sure.

[Nikkormat]

A brilliant video. Well filmed, well presented, informative, and it holds the attention.

Matt

[pjbingham]

Look forward to these videos and they just getter better and better 😎 thanks for taking the time and effort to make these they are fantastic 👍

[isobar]

Another brilliant video,everything well explained.great pistol the mk1.

[micky2]

Not had a chance to watch this yet as it is a hour long, but looking forward to seeing it when l get time to fit it in.

[45flint]

Another pistol that would be interesting to compare would be the Haenel 28-R. Certainly a competitor and I think being a repeater would help its usability score?

[Brad3]

Another pistol that would be interesting to compare would be the Haenel 28-R. Certainly a competitor and I think being a repeater would help its usability score?

Not sure. It's a well made Luger look alike and the era would certainly be in-keeping but couldn't hit a barn door with the one that went though my hands. Not sure if pellets, or barrel too short but I'm not sure it could compete well enough. As you say the repeater could score it high for usability but then again a pig to get to sear.

[ptdunk]

Another pistol that would be interesting to compare would be the Haenel 28-R. Certainly a competitor and I think being a repeater would help its usability score?

It would still have that awful cocking mechanism, I must confess I sold my standard 28 because I disliked using it so much. Wasn’t that accurate either

[45flint]

On the video you wanted to know if anyone had a Wesley Richards Highest Possible to put over a chrony. I have a former Beeman HP I bought at auction a year ago which is in awesome condition. Doubt there could be a better one? Have not taken it apart just drops of oil to the piston. It was getting 345 FPS with 7 grain Hobbys.

[micky2]

Hi Matt, l have just finished watching your new video, and it was a pleasure to see, another great one again.
ATB
Mick

[ptdunk]

Hi Matt, l have just finished watching your new video, and it was a pleasure to see, another great one again.
ATB
Mick

Thanks Mick

[ptdunk]

On the video you wanted to know if anyone had a Wesley Richards Highest Possible to put over a chrony. I have a former Beeman HP I bought at auction a year ago which is in awesome condition. Doubt there could be a better one? Have not taken it apart just drops of oil to the piston. It was getting 345 FPS with 7 grain Hobbys.

Hi Steve,
thanks for checking that, much appreciated.
When I first serviced mine it also did 345fps, (8.4gr AA fields) so for now I'll assume this is the average of one in good working order. A bit less than the Mk1 and surprising considering the size of the WRHP.
Mine's dropped down to 257fps so I'm guessing something's amiss. Another collector also tested his WRHP and it was only doing 135fps, but he thinks the breech seal needs packing out. I suspect the breech seal may be a weak point in the design and may flatten out beyond the point at which it's being compressed. I might have a look at mine over winter.

I was very surprised how accurate it was though.

Cheers,
Matt

[45flint]

Hi Steve,
thanks for checking that, much appreciated.
When I first serviced mine it also did 345fps, (8.4gr AA fields) so for now I'll assume this is the average of one in good working order. A bit less than the Mk1 and surprising considering the size of the WRHP.
Mine's dropped down to 257fps so I'm guessing something's amiss. Another collector also tested his WRHP and it was only doing 135fps, but he thinks the breech seal needs packing out. I suspect the breech seal may be a weak point in the design and may flatten out beyond the point at which it's being compressed. I might have a look at mine over winter.

I was very surprised how accurate it was though.

Cheers,
Matt

You are such a great shooter you really value all the characteristics that add to the pistol’s accuracy etc. To me the HP being a 1907 and so well built is a treat just to hold and look at! Same appreciation I have for 1800’s black powder pistols.