Webley Mk3 Air Rifle Serial Numbers
For Christmas I treated myself to a lovely Webley Service Rifle MkII.22. I first saw the gun a few weeks ago when I was visiting my former landlord in Okehampton; he used it to hunt when he was a farmer in Derbyshire. Unfortunately it wasn't for sale. So I went and looked on the internet.
Soon I found one back in the Netherlands, in pretty good condition seen its age; S6313, which makes it a series 3. According to the Mr Thrales Webley book, it was manufactured in Webley's factory in Birmingham in 1935 or 1936. Unfortunately the barrel serial no. Does not match, but that's ok. The barrel is in fantastic condition and very accurate.
Surprisingly, it shoots very well with JSB Exact's 5.52. The fit is loose, as the barrels is actually 5.6mm. They fly out at 440-450 ft/s, giving about 7fpe.
Webley Mk3 Air Rifle Serial Numbers. 4/29/2017 0 Comments. There is no reason why an HW9. III would be any less accurate than an HW7. To summarize. Either the HW9. 7 are wonderful spring- air rifles that most shooters would be delighted to own. The stock on the 9. 7 Mk II sold under the Beeman name is more compact, though not.
Enough to go straight through old bean cans at 30m. And when using my gun rest, I can hit them easily. There's lots of info to be found on this beautiful piece of engineering. The main features are: interchangeable barrels (in a few seconds you could change to a.177 or.25 barrel - that is, if you have one.
MkII with 3 barrels are very rare and very expensive. They often come in a case, but not many cases are original ones). In.25, it was called the Rook and Rabbit Rifle. Open sights, with also a flip-up aperture sight for longer shots. Bolt to close the barrel and push it against the leather breech seal (the seal on my gun has been replaced and is not made from leather). The Service Rifle was used for military training, as airgun pellets are so much cheaper than bullets.
It was also a loved poacher's gun, as it would fit under a jacket when the barrel is off. For me it's a lot of fun to own and shoot one, and to find out more about the history of the gun. In the next years (or longer) I will try to find extra barrels, a box, original instruction manuals. Happy new year.A few more pictures. The 2nd and 3rd are of my gun. Now that brings back a few memories, as a young lad i remember my dad taking me to see his friend, Pat. Well Pat was an old soldier who used to take us fishing and i loved going to see him because he would tell you about his time in the war and all sorts of tall story's but the best thing of going to see Pat was that he had a webley service air rifle, well i fell in love with that rifle so much that the fishing was put on the back burner and my dad bought me a BSA meteor and my life in shooting began.
Thanks for that. That’s a great post, thanks for sharing. I have a couple of mk3’s, but they’re fairly common. Last time I was in C.H.Westons, they had a couple of Webley service air rifles in. One was mint. Might be worth giving Ivan a call if you want barrels etc?thank you for the tip.
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I will contact C.H. Westons to find out if they have any spare barrels for sale for the gun. I know that John Knibbs makes new barrels, but they are a bit expensive at 250 GBP.What are the MK3's like? I'm thinking of buying one in.22. They look nice. Are they accurate and nice to shoot? Many thanks for the replies,.It's nice to read that there are so many stories/memories that feature the Service Rifle.thank you for the tip. I will contact C.H.
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Westons to find out if they have any spare barrels for sale for the gun. I know that John Knibbs makes new barrels, but they are a bit expensive at 250 GBP.What are the MK3's like?
I'm thinking of buying one in.22. They look nice. Are they accurate and nice to shoot?The mk3’s are nicely made and work well with the right pellets.
In.22 they prefer the original eley wasps as they’re a tighter fit in the barrel. You can expect around 9.5 - 10.5 ft lbs from a.22 mk3 in good order. Some lovely walnut on some of them. I dont have a mark 2 or 3.But i like the look of then.well made and good solid rifles. I dont have a mark 2 or 3.But i like the look of then.well made and good solid rifles. Bought some Defiant Vintage 22, 5.6mm off ebay.Very well made pellets.By far the most accurate in my Mk3 and Airsporter.I’m going to have a look at them.
I’ve been meaning to try some in my old webleys. My old senior.22 works so much better with the old original eley wasps than any other pellets I’ve tried. Most are such a loose fit. It produces an astonishing (for a Webley air pistol) 5.1 ish ft lbs with the wasps, and around 3.8 - 4 ft lbs with most others. Trouble is, my stock of old wasps are running down now. Similar with the old Webley rifles, don’t work so well with modern pellets for 5.5mm barrels. Also my airsporters only really liked the old tight fitting pellets like eley wasp and champions that you can’t really source easily these days. I’m going to have a look at them.
I’ve been meaning to try some in my old webleys. My old senior.22 works so much better with the old original eley wasps than any other pellets I’ve tried. Most are such a loose fit. It produces an astonishing (for a Webley air pistol) 5.1 ish ft lbs with th8e wasps, and around 3.8 - 4 ft lbs with most others. Trouble is, my stock of old wasps are running down now. Similar with the old Webley rifles, don’t work so well with modern pellets for 5.5mm barrels. Also my airsporters only really liked the old tight fitting pellets like eley wasp and champions that you can’t really source easily these days.Get onto eBay and search defiant vintage 5.6Edited January 4, 2018 by theshootist. I dont have a mark 2 or 3.But i like the look of then.well made and good solid rifles.
I dont have a mark 2 or 3.But i like the look of then.well made and good solid rifles.