100 year Anniversary Webley Mark 1 air pistol, how does it work, a vintage airgun Celebration review 

Probably one of the best videos of seen on stripping down a WEBLEY pistol,the rest of the content is fascinating to watch,thanks this has renewed my interest in pistols 👍

Excellent. Thank you.

As an avid collector of Wembley pistols and especially the MK1, it was great to watch all three up against the competition and do so well. 😊

Great collection. Thanks for showing!

I had a Diana model 5 hand me down when I was a kid, 45 years ago. I can still remember the sights and handgrip, I have exactly the same views as yours, which makes me feel better, I was not just me being an awful shot.

Best video ever of airpistol strip down and history you voice is very calming too thanks for sharing it pal.

A great celebration of these classics. Bravo.

I'm 53 and crazed my parents to buy me an air rifle when I was like 12 or so and in the end they bought me a brand new Webley Tempest from Andy Cochranes in Wisbech. I must have put thousands of pellets through it at the bottom of the garden. It's only ever been serviced the once back in like 1994 but still seems to work just like it always has over 40 years later. To be honest it was better my parents bought me such a quality pistol rather than a cheaper rifle. It still lives at my parents in the orginal box as I moved to the City as an adult. I fired a few shots with it just last year. Good times.

"WOW = super interesting! Thanks." I dunno what else to say... ... except, even the cake impressed me! :)

In my opinion, having owned the Webley of 1980s vintage (gave it to my brother), the HW45 is indeed superior in many ways, especially the trigger. Mine is match light, and ridiculously competent in these days when it’s impossible to fire a real pistol in the UK - unless your job is guarding the powers that shouldn’t be, and your hobbies are rewarded with prison sentences. The build quality is also very robust, it feels serious in the hand, behaves sufficiently like the real thing, and it can dispatch rats. And although the HW45 is modelled on the 1911, it’s my service HP-9 that it’s a stand-in for. Very well done and interesting video though. You’ve inspired me to get my Sterling HR out. I seem to recall it needs some work.

I had one in the 1970,s , brilliant way to learn to shoot safely , under adult supervision , 👍 .

The section that covered the Abas Major took me back to the John Atkins stories regarding these air pistols. One such story was quite funny, recalling the time he had won an informal shoot out using a discarded medicine bottle as the target against a friend and his revered vintage Webley pistol.

What a brilliant professional video. I subscribed a few years ago and have enjoyed all your videos. I have over 30 pistols in my collection, including three Webleys, an early Hurricane, a Junior, and a Premium Mk2 B series which I only acquired last month. I've been after a good one for years because in the mid 1960's when I was a boy I saved up and had the choice of a Webley Premium or an American Hyscore, both about the same price. I chose the Hyscore because it resembled a Luger P08, which all boys my age lusted after. I still have the Hyscore, and I'm looking forward to comparing it with the Premium to see if I made the right choice all those years ago.

Amazing to see a side by side especially sinds most are rare these days, well done and thank you 👍

My father had one which I used when I grew up, and I agree it's a classic. But! I then purchased a Hi Score .22 pistol and never looked back as this is a beautiful ultimate design as some pcp's are now using this cylinder over barrel idea -40 years on I now wish I had never sold it.

Superb video and expertly researched and presented. Ptdunk. Many thanks.

Very Excellent! Thanks

Good job. How about a review of the MK.2 Service Air-Rifle which i believe was an upscaled version of the Mark 1 pistol?

Lovely summary video! I own Hurricane and HW45- nice pistols.

I still have an early Webley Premier that is still in fair condition. My only wish is that they had kept the grip shape of the Mk1. Even with my smaller hands i find the grip slightly too small for comfort. The amount of imitators proved that Webley had a wiñing design. They were so well engineered that they are extremely durable.

Very nice - I still have a Tempest in .177

Thank you, great clip very informative.

thanks for that great video.

Excellent video.

I first became familiar with the Webley Pistols in the early 1980's while in my early 20's. I never owned one but had a friend that sold them so I shot them a lot back then. This was the second video I have watched of yours so I am a new sub really enjoying your content thanks 😊

I like the older, steel Webley models; my favorite being the Mark 1 slant grip. I prefer the shorter barrel stroke of the Mark 1, over the reduced effort, but longer stroke, Senior.

Great viewing.Thank you.

Excellent vid, thnx boss!

Brought one 1985 old enough then happy birthday 🎉🎉🎉

Brilliant video. A great job done. Thoroughly enjoyed watching this as a fan of Webley.

yep ive had the same one since the sixtys it was grandads before

That was epic

My brother and I used to plink away down the side of the family home with his Webley Junior air pistol that our grandfather had given him. One time we were taking turns shooting at a match box when one of our shots ricocheted off the paving slab and hit dad who was walking up the garden on his ankle! He didn't 'arf curse at us while we fell out in hysterics😁

What a great video, thank you very much.

👏🏼🧐 капитальный труд, час пролетел незаметно. Настоящая видеоэнциклопедия 😁👍

Thank you for the video, I have 4 webley air pistols. A brand new tempest still in the box with the tags on it, A used tempest, A used hurricane that has this long plastic piece on the rear i think is for a scope ? And my original webley premier that my uncle gave me in the 70's. The premier needs a sear i think because it has a groove worn in it at the top. Do you where or who would have this part?

Mine had 'tin' grips and believe it was pre WW1. Sold it - wish I hadn't?

Great video. Thanks

What kind of pellets are you using?

A really excellent review of the Mk1 Webley ! And a very enjoyable comparison test, I have always wanted a Westly Richards Highest Possible", but I can see it is less than efficient of a design, the "Concentric " looks very similar to the Accles & Shelvock, was that built under licence? Chris B.

My dad gave me one of these when I was 6 or 7. I had a job to cock it. I also had a similar WW1 rat pistol for use in the trenches. It looked like the Webey but the cocking lever was in a groove in the butt and you had to fold it out straight and push it in to cock it. The spring was too strong for me at that age.

I had a new Webley in the early 90s, whatever mark that was. Couldn’t hit the side of a barn with it. 😢

Webley really ought to produce a centenary tempest.

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

I love my Webley 'Premier' They just don't make Air Pistols to this standard anymore Unfortunately

Great video, very informative thanks! You noticed that it would be hard to purchase an air pistol this nice today, however this isn't really true. Weihrauch still makes a couple of pistols with very similar design even if the aesthetic is different. The HW40 is a single stroke pneumatic of a similar design and is less than 200€. Beeman makes a cheaper version too.

I had a Webley & Scott Tempest as a 10 year old 1980, i wish i had kept it bloody idiot.

Disappointed to see that the Lincoln Jeffries was not included in the first group

I had a similar one i think it was the hurricaNe cocking lever barrel

the BSA magnum 240 also works this way.

To bad you did not test the IZH46m

I have designed a blued steel airpistol based on the tell 3 and am currently making the 2nd one, I have found however that the trigger mechanism, which I based of one of the tell 3 mechanisms, is somewhat heavy. Do you know if the tell 3 had this problem too? Cheers.

Does any company have any spare parts as I have a webly that looks alot like the WR but the thumb catch does not work and needs to be replaced.

i have a mk1 No 7150 which i know has been in the snowball family since new does anybody know when it would have been made and any idea of worth although i wont be selling it Ron Snowball

knurling not fluting

If you're shooting a pistol for maximum accuracy you should be using one hand. Kinda like the Turkish guy.

I’m less than 2 minutes in but wonder, did this “ fantastic design” suffer from bent barrel due to cocking?

I have similar Webley & Scott I bought for a few quid about forty years ago. There is no blueing on it and the metal is pocket marked from rust etc, but it still works like new, not many new airguns will ever beat that in my opinion. Very well used over its history as most of the metal etched grip lines between the front of the grips has been worn off with use. Production of the first airguns by Webley & Scott were from 1924 with the MK 1 having a straight grip and then 1935-1964 with a slanted grip which is the grip mine has. I put a quick vid on my youtube channel if anyone is curious. It is a bit of an ugly duckling though. Details of my gun:- I believe it is a MK 1 pre war model with a dubious history from the way the serial number has been deliberately scored out. Barrel end has 089 stamped into it. GB PATENT NO 219872 USA PATENT NO 7-7-25 CANADA PATENT NO 1925