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Webley tempest
- Thread starter kirkysamos
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andrewc2855
Proactive member
Is that the Australian export version?
kirkysamos
Member
No its the BAT version. Lol
2506sendero
Member Extraordinaire
chris l
Member Extraordinaire
Got several upstairs; love 'em!
Gregothe1st
Well-known member
Bought a brummie one from the factory shop in Longbridge a while back, still an absolute minter as I'm a leftie and not too good to hold ( not politically you understand), annoyingly it's more accurate than my Mk1, Premier, Premier2 and Junior2 but the worst to grip for me, Luv it though
2506sendero
Member Extraordinaire
You need to have a word with @airgunner.177 who will make you a superb set of wooden grips that will solve your ussue, im sure he does them for left hookers as well.
Greencloud
Busy member
Fellow southpaw and tempest owner. I bought mine cheap from a mate for plinking and soon left it forgotten in the back of a cupboard for 10 years. Finding & taking it to the range is what got me hooked!
I seen another post here recently with some walnut grips on one & wondered about getting some lefty ones for mine. On taking another look though, I think even without the thumb swell bit the safety protrudes enough to get in the way (and I like it being original).
Is there a good source for identifying models etc? Mine says 'Made in England' underneath but that's as much as I know. A few fellas at the range noticed & remarked on it, one fella had a chrono and its apparently still running about 3.5.
Gregothe1st
Well-known member
The problem is with the safety, the way it sticks into your trigger finger, for my sins I have reduced the height of the safety and the shelf but it's still not ideal
Gregothe1st
Well-known member
Oddly I hold a pistol with my left but a rifle with my right
wilkinss77
Super member
These were ace pistols. For their time they were bloody powerful, second only to the Scorpion.
Troy.T.
Super member
I remember when they were launched I went into Trapshot of Lye when Ivan Hancock was working out of there. I asked him what he thought of the new Webley. He said ' made on the principle of lets see how quick we can throw them together, they won't last'
wilkinss77
Super member
WHAT? No way, Pedro! They're one of the most resilient pistols!
Troy.T.
Super member
The weak point of them mainly is the plastic trigger guard. The early ones were prone to splitting the forend as well.
airgunner.177
Busy member
Gregothe1st
Well-known member
Some nice looking grips you've made there, do you still make them?
airgunner.177
Busy member
spikey
Super member
I had a .22 one in the UK when I was a teenager; last year I picked up a Birmingham-made one here in NZ in .177 and given the lack of any wear to the finish and no play in the barrel pivot, I don't think it's really been used. They're great little plinking pistols: more compact and easier to cock than the Scorpion, and easier to shoot than the HW45 because of the lower centre of gravity.
