Stop in as we shoot one of the smoothest springers that I've ever had the pleasure of shooting. Such an elegant rifle and it shoots as good as it looks.
Absolutely superb rifle - It's almost certainly one of Steve Popes (RIP) who ran V Mach. Steve was a master gunsmith, who's work is very sought after. Prior to the demise of Webley, Steve, along with his father Dave Pope (RIP) and Ivan Handcock, ran the Webley Venom Custom Shop. If you get a chance, have a look on line at the history of Venom along with V Mach, companies (3 men) that took spring piston air rifles to a different level.
Just seconding Steve`s post, I have a Air Arms TX200 Mk1 (1992) that was Venom tuned way back in the early 90`s, what a rifle shoots as well now as it did back in the day...the only fly in the ointment is my lack of ability 🙂
According to Tyler Hull it's actually Jan Kraner's work. Jan's a stickler for details and a fine checkerer so I have no doubt he did a full Venom reproduction. 😃👍
That is pretty much the end of the golden era of Birmingham made airguns you have there. Production of those, at least the made in Brum ones ended when Webley was bought out.
It's truly a shame that the high-quality springer Era has passed its prime. That's why my focus is mainly on quality springers. Thanks for watching, Jimmy.
@razor1962 They're making a couple of BSA springers in Birmingham now but I doubt they're the same as before & I think Webley always had better build quality than BSA with the Venom tuned rifles being the absolute pinnacle. The Webley Osprey is meant to be very good as well.
It's sad but fitting that both Webley and BSA Perfected a few of their better formats before shutting down ! 😔 Those particular rifles are the one's to hunt down... 😉
I have a Webley Stingray and it happens to be the most accurate air rifle I have. Its not the most powerful but it has an extremely smooth shot cycle and it's a joy to shoulder. Very comfortable.
I had one I gave to my dad. Unfortunately the one I had was butchered a bit by a previous owner, metal work had been painted black, barrel weight had been removed for a silencer, must've been owned by a pest controller. I said to my dad he should get it all re-blued but so far he hasn't.
Hi Kev, All your video's get my thumbs up. You have there another beautiful, beautiful air rifle in my humble opinion. The action blueing, the stock design, and wood quality, the cocking cycle smoothness, all just fabulous. I think if we were all allowed, just one air rifle, one of those would be definately on my list. Eventhough my father was a shooter and air rifle enthusiast, air rifles were a taboo subject and not talked about in our household. It was his land. I gained what knowledge I could from reading dad's Airgun World magazine while he was at work, replacing it exactly as I found it! To me, it all seemed to be Weihrauch and BSA, (Birmingham Small Arms). I had heard of Webley, I just didn't know much about them. That's a great regret because your Webley you have there is every bit as good, if not better than any Weihrauch or BSA, with great respect. Of course, Webley are not in that capacity now as they were sold to Turkey and are of different quality now. Through people like you, Kevin, posting your video's, is how people like me get to see them. It's a gorgeous air rifle, Kevin. Thank you for your passion and enthusiasm in showing us this gorgeous example. Also, thank you for highlighting the very importance of hold in shooting a spring piston air rifle. For viewers, this is called artillary hold and absolutely essential that the air rifle is held exactly the same way every time if consistant success and accuracy is the intention. As the trigger is pulled, the force of the piston is released, causing the barrel to move before the pellet exits the barrel. Hold has to be identical every time. Thats the issue. Thank you, Kevin.
Thanks for sharing that Kevin, good to see how that Webley shot, It's great how lovely, accurate springers still make you work hard for it's best results, I have guns similar, a slight deviation on the bag and it's an inch in the other direction. Frustrating but rewarding when you get it right.
Very nice accuracy .. Real Webley with good shooter performs great ! And as always, the Gentleman in Pellets and Piston, gives a brilliant presentation of the weapon. Very good. But maybe I can allow to mention a tip ..; it may be a good idea to do as when you are going to take your blood pressure at the doctor and want the best possible result; don't talk very much at the same time .. 😉
Ah, the joys of springer shooting! "didn't have my eye position right", "had the stock held a bit to firmly into my shoulder", "didn't squeeze the trigger toward me", "didn't follow through"... "I knew that one was going to hit from the moment I cocked the rifle".
This is the Curse of shooting multiple Springers ! 😉 The man with one gun, knows that gun like it's a part of him... 😊 I like to keep a Very Short list of what I'm actively shooting. The Shorter... The Better ! ☝️🤨
I've only got one, an HW 97. I can still manage to go from pellet on pellet at thirty yards in a five shot group to a 3/4" group in the next string, without any trouble, at all. With the same rifle and the same pellets, I'll beat my friend convincingly one day, and lose the next.@@marcmyers1465
I have a .22 Longbow in an SE Walnut thumbhole stock. Totally factory internals & it's by far the best springer I've shot. Running at 11.05ft lbs & using Dead centre 16.08 grain pellets it will put 5 shots in a one hole group well under a 5p at 25yds (5p coin is about 18 mm). Great Walther barrel & amazingly good trigger. The Tomahawk was developed first by Webley & Venom with the Longbow being the sub 12ft lbs version, smaller compression tube, Walther barrel & more compact, lighter weight. The .22 has a nicer shot cycle than the .177, I would not be surprised if the hold sensitivity went down if you went 11.05 to 11.08 ftlbs with yours, as the Longbow was designed to run Sub 12. Good shooting by the way.
I have a webley paitriot in 22 the finish is beautiful i think mabe the fist of the Turkish ones its very accurate only grpe is the trigger is a bit on the heavy side thanks for the great videos from the land of Oz
I forgot just how pretty that gun was since the last time you showed it. I've looked at pics and without the checkering, they look very plain compared to yours. Hand checkering, what a skill to have 💪
Thanks for the video Kevin. It is a nice gun...Webley is missing in my collection. But got hold of two Air Arms rifles the other day so I can manage without Webleys for a while😂 TX200 H/C and a Pro Sport both in .177 and walnut. But I would like to have a Webley...enjoy your nice rifle Kevin!
@razor1962 Yes , know what you mean . If it's not broke leave it be , just to let you know , V-mach piston seals are excellent but are on the tight side in the cylinder , which is good for swept volume of air produced, and the springs are on the more power side , I believe to balance out the tighter fitting seal , I have found them to be first class in operation a more snappy shot produced and extremely accurate . Cheers nice video. 👍
Excellent rifle. Thanks for this enjoying video Kevin. I want to ask you a question // If we have some rust inside the air-rifle's barrel - (in this case ,i can't see the rusty area when i am looking inside the barrel and everything looks good But when I use cleaning cloth pads , I can see some rust on them.) does it have bad effects on the aquracy? I used wd40 spray , for cleaning rust , from barrel , but i couldn't , clean it completely. What's your opinion about it?
Usually as simple as a some Ballistol or Rem-oil and a few pull through patches, but some more stubborn or sever cases might call for a bit of J-B Bore compound. 😉
@@Steve-Crossyou might not be supposed to , but I find it works quite well, particularly if you hang them upside down like a broody hen. They dont usually have too much to say afterward they either learn to keep quite or pack their bags and leave either way its a win.
