An oldie

[Phill-W68 547]

My brother-in-law picked this up this morning, webley mk1 think he said 1926, looks like it needs a bit of tlc

[Jonjon79 13,340]

I've always liked the look of those old Webleys - some of them fetch good money.

 

That'll be a nice project

[Phill-W68 547]

3 minutes ago, Jonjon79 said:

I've always liked the look of those old Webleys - some of them fetch good money.

 

That'll be a nice project

That's what hes hoping to do, restore it or get it restored then he said it might even go up on the wall

[j j m 6,480]

nice the old guns

[philpot 4,925]

Johnbaz on here is the man to talk to as he has a large collection of old air rifles.

[Phill-W68 547]

21 minutes ago, philpot said:

Johnbaz on here is the man to talk to as he has a large collection of old air rifles.

Cheers, will let the in-law know

[The one 8,396]

Alway nice to see something that reminds you of your childhood 

[johnbaz 363]

On 29/05/2020 at 15:11, Phill-W68 said:

My brother-in-law picked this up this morning, webley mk1 think he said 1926, looks like it needs a bit of tlc

Hi Phill

Around the first 500 of the total 1,500 produced of these were etched but webley soon found out that the etching wore off!, The text (Patent's etc) were impressed in to the metal after that, There's not many of the etched ones left that have legible etching, I was lucky enough to drop on one local to me!

Here's mine, Along with a mk2 service rifle and a mk3 underlever 

 

The etching that's still on mine (It's starting to fade now so i'm not cleaning it too often!!)

 

I think production was from 1926 to 1929 (The mk2 Service rifle was introduced in 1929  )

They realise good prices these days, I can recall two tatty ones selling some years ago for £600 each! 

 

John 

Edited June 23, 2020 by johnbaz

[philpot 4,925]

How many rifles have you got John .................................................................... I will have a bet there are quite a few.

Phil

[johnbaz 363]

40 minutes ago, philpot said:

How many rifles have you got John .................................................................... I will have a bet there are quite a few.

Phil

I think around 120 and around 50 pistols 

 

John 

[philpot 4,925]

Just now, johnbaz said:

I think around 120 and around 50 pistols 

 

John 

I nearly said, over a hundred but thought that might seem silly .................................................... WOW John, that is some collection.

Phil

[Dervburner 2,548]

On 23/06/2020 at 21:50, johnbaz said:

I think around 120 and around 50 pistols 

 

John 

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