Webley Mk II Service Air Rifle | Air Armoury
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Air Armoury - Episode 77 - Webley Mk II Service Air Rifle | Air Armoury
This month the Air Armoury's JRH tests and reviews a vintage Webley Mk II Service air rifle.
Sources:
- Webley Air Rifles 1925-2005 - Christopher Thrale (Hale Books - ISBN: 978-0-7090-8910-0) - p.16 / p.29-53.
- Blue Book of Airguns (Tenth Edition) - Dr. Robert D. Beeman & John B. Allen - p.635.
- A Collector's Guide to Air Rifles (Second Edition) - Dennis E Hiller - p.144-150.
- The Airgun Book (Fourth Edition) - John Walter - p.99-100
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the most beautiful rifle I've ever seen
that mechanism is a thing of pure satisfaction
Excellent presentation, nice one, JRH. Farmer I worked for in the early '70's had one in .25, and he reckoned he'd bought it for 17 quid. I never got to get a shot of it, he was in love with it, and his son said that the farmer had shot rats and pigeons with it. It was a thing of beauty.
Top video, well done mate.
This "pcp design" is very unique for a break barrel. Not to mention the barrel can be easily changed. Truly underrated. Only downside is the low fps.
What a lovely airgun from our British engineering past.
English engineering…….!
Hello my friend,
Thank you for providing us with such an in-depth review of this beautiful Webley and Scott air rifle. Your review was packed with information that you've gone out of your way to source and locate for us. Very, very kind.
I think the workmanship, ideas, and design is just fantastic. I like how the barrel locks into place with the wrap around lever, the flip up sights, just beautiful, beautiful engineering.
It just shows back then what they were capable of producing, as I wouldn't expect them to have access to the cnc machinery capabilities or anything of the like that we enjoy today.
Holding something like that makes my fingers tingle as I imagine all the thought, time, and energy that has gone into making/producing something of this obvious, beautiful quality.
I thank you again for caring enough to bring us your fantastic, information packed review that you've given your valuable time to produce.
Thank you very much, my friend.
During the initial removal of the barrel you could tell the quality of the rifle by the ring of the metal. Nice solid ring. Really like this rifle, would like to run across one
Very clever system and well made air rifle I never heard of. Regards from CZ
Fantastic vid , and a really nice rifle, made at a time Britain WAS great ..
I just got one today. Rather good condition only missing the rear sight. I've seen new replacements available and can likely have one made also. I just paid £250 a few hours ago. Seemed fair. The seller wanted fifty to a hundred more but took my offer. It's a georgious work of art as far as I'm concerned. I got an early MKII model. I saw it last night and made my offer and it was accepted this morning. Couldn't wait to finish work this avo to collect.
.22 barrel.
Greetings .......I have one which was gifted to me in the 80's, in a barely working condition with some missing parts.Its defunct now as repairs are not available here (India).
Now I have just preserved it out of respect and chanced upon this lovely video which opened my eyes to the great history of this beautiful and unique rifle.
Thanks !
Very interesting and well presented thanks
I have one of these i got for a fiver in about 1998. The barrel has been braised onto the body. As i recall it has a dovetail that shoukd be wedged into place? The cocking lever has also been braised back on and it has zero blueing left .
It shoots great with its original spring and piston. Quite fun to use.
From your description of the sights mine is a first pattern with tge two flip up rear sights and side mounted peep sight
Nice gun DIY
My grandfather had one of these air rifles leaning in a corner of his conservatory. When visiting my grand parents in the early fifties l looked at it longingly but was told never to touch ...Later, in the sixties l bought a Mk3 which was the air rifle to own back then, Like the Mk2 not a bit of plastic anywhere...
Great video on a firm favourite vintage airgun. Thanks!
Very nice rifle... made forever. I didn´t know it . greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina
A very nice review. I actually own one (.177) that my late father prevented being scrapped by the army in the 60's.
That's cool. I got one today. An attic find.
British engineering. Brilliant
OK, OUTSTANDING work, thank you! The accuracy demonstrated is partly the gun -- partly the 'you' that shows up that day. Bench shooting would take most of the human error out.
Splendid 👌💯
Excellent evaluation and historical video on this model 😎👍🏻
hi have a mark 2 3 ser with no blueing on it were all the rifles blued
Another well researched and presented video. Very interesting, thanks.
I remember seeing these in Air Gun world magazine back in the 1980s and even back then these guns were still in use for pest control
that is an amazing air rifle
That was awsome.
Beautiful rifle
Beautiful gun! From a glorious past. Webley are really not producing any more guns. They are all made in Turkey by Zoraki, could be worse perhaps but it´s a fact. Webley is just a brand name nowadays.
Is there an available of that model as of today..?
I would love to buy it but I don't know if it can be shipped to my country
Such a cool design!
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Hi, JRH. I have owned my 0.22 Webley Mark 2 Service Air Rifle for over 50 years, and I learnt more in 5 minutes from watching your video than I ever knew previously!! Well done, - this is a very clear and succinct summary of the rifle and all its features. Can I ask if it is possible to obtain a photocopy (for personal study) of that particular section in Thrale's book "Webley Air Rifles" . I am happy to pay for this and I live in Perth, Western Australia.
Did you get it
Great video. I'm missing the peep aperture sight disc from my MkII. Anywhere one can be sourced one or, where details of dimensions can be found (peep hole size, thread used etc..) that I could use to knock one up on the lathe. Thanks
Amazing I love it 👍👍👍👍👍👍
I saw your video and love this air gun! How much is it, please?
Sama dg yg saya miliki. Webley Mark 2
think internals need cleaning and bit of light oil
Mk2 it like Enfield delish sniper rifle
why do you not do the accuray testing from a benchrest ?
Probably because most people shoot from the shoulder. Using a bench rest removes about 85% of the skill of shooting and doesn't really replicate real world use. That and an incredibly short range.
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I thought that they also made good quality shotguns.
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Barrel of laughs aint he?
I've got one anywon want to by it good condition
That barrel does not match the action one bit ,points to note that font style is after 1960 that the serial number is stamled in a cradle,was also,usedmfor,themstamls somthey would all be in a line
UK gun laws are sad
6ftlbs yet the Austrians in the 17th century were making air rifles @ 70ftlbs .Terrible
Happy Insurrection Weekend...
Webley and Scott were an English arms company….. not British!
England is British. We're on the Isle of great Britain, formerly the Greater Isle of Britainy. The Isle of Britainy at the time is now the Isle of Ireland.
Greater refering only to in size.
@@Jayhhardy England is not British how dare you try to subvert a nations identity, who do you think you are?
Travel to Scotland and strut around calling them British… see what happens!
The English have a right to be recognised as a sovereign nation under international law, the British were formed in 1706 as the political union between England and Scotland, the unification of the crowns happened a century earlier, this does not mean England loses its identity as a country, and if you truly believe this then you are the enemy of England!
@@noelwallace5257 I have. I lived there. Its a lovely British nation.
@@Jayhhardy The British Establishment are finished and so are you if you continue to cling to them like some kind of leech!
Please please lose the intro, its too bloody loud and obnoxious!
Nice historical air rifle !!
I do love airguns and please be good friends with me.
From t2bkk ch in Bangkok Thailand