#Webley air gun serial numbers series#
#Webley air gun serial numbers crack#

Hope this helps a little and it does confirm what has been said by other members.Thanks very much for doing that, it's a shame it looks unlikely I'll be able to narrow down exactly which date this particular rifle was assembled but the extra info is much appreciated anyway. Every collection, I submit, must have a Mk3 by virtue of the magnificent deep blueing and the tapered barrel, to say the least. The biggest drawback is the stiff trigger for the Mk3, which cannot be reduced too much, for fear of an accidental discharge. I have achieved 3/4in groups at 25yds with Domes (with the occasional flyer) and I find this most reasonable for open sights. I have not compared the hand-made version with the later 'button' version for the MK3, simply because I do not possess a hand-made rifled version of the Mk3 mine are 1970s models. The article mentions that 'button rifling' is highly accurate. However, for those who are interested, here is a most interesting explanation as to the three types of rifling, with pros and cons: Not sure exactly when and I suspect it would require an expert to tell the difference within the barrel. I discovered, from this forum sometime ago, that Webley made the transition from hand-made rifling (presumably known as 'cut-rifling') to 'button rifling' around the time of the late '60s. I guess you have never thought of publishing all this information? It would be a fascinating addition to Chris' book. Hope this helps a little and it does confirm what has been said by other members.Hi. Hope this helps a little and it does confirm what has been said by other members. I don't have the knowledge to say when this very distinctive stock finish was used on the MKIII. Sadly both guns would have been to the same specification, so we can't be any more specific there was a short spell when Webley put a black grain filler in the stocks, then used a polyurethane based high gloss varnish on them this also appeared on Hawk II Falcon Osprey, so this appeared over several time spans. Other section workers are listed, and the letter ''D'' sometimes appears for David. The section also had a ''Jim'', but I don't know if he ever marked the guns or not or if the ''J'' in the book refers to him specifically. Joe was the bench chargehand and usually put a tiny letter J inside the forks as an extra I/D mark. The earlier one is listed as having an extra I/D of 'J' as the production worker the second one is listed as ''Joe''.

The second option is week ending 8/4/72 this time the gun was in block 3 of 7. I have to agree Webley made things pretty much impossible in many cases to work out the date of MKIII's they did indeed use the prefix 'A' on two consecutive runs of this model, the workers said it was because they were too mean to buy another punch, but we'll never know.ДЄnyway as has been said first option is week ending 12/4/69 the gun was in block 6 of 10 blocks made that week, using ''piecework'' payment rates. Hi, I've done a check on my MKIII day book. To be honest I was just going to give it a clean and advertise it but the old thing has tugged at the heart strings and I quite like it. I'll do some photos of the whole thing at some point. It still has the little white disc in the side with WEBLEY in all capitals, and it is also definitely got the varnish/gloss finish. I'm taking it to my local gunsmith tomorrow who is very good, to see if it's repair worthy.

#Webley air gun serial numbers crack#

The stock is the worst part about this particular rifle, lots of dings and scratches (nothing too deep) along with a small crack to the right side, near where the rear of the action sits.

#Webley air gun serial numbers series#

The last series stocks were I believe mid-brown gloss varnished and the loading taps were flat plain rectangular sintered pieces.Д«rianThanks Brian. 22 calibre and would both have had the parallel sided scope mounting plate. As far as I'm aware, both series were all made in. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL FOR THE BEST REVIEWS MADE BY EXPERTS.Nobody seems to know why Webley decided to use the 'A' prefix for both these production series, but it certainly make things more difficult when trying to accurately date the these 'A' pre-fixed rifles. Please comment with all your feedback and we'll strive to make the most informative product reviews for you. Don't forget to subscribe to be the first to hear about our new videos. Thanks for watching and for supporting us at. Graham Allen has a look at a new ultra light bipod to hit the UK market. Mark Camoccio is at Pete's Airgun Farm talking about the Webley VMX OS Quantum Break Barrel Airgun