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| Webley Air Pistols: Their History and Development | 
 enlarge | Buy New: £97.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 110404
Category: Book
Author: Gordon Bruce
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Studio: Robert Hale Ltd
Manufacturer: Robert Hale Ltd
Label: Robert Hale Ltd
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 212
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0709066198
Dewey Decimal Number: 683.432
EAN: 9780709066194
ASIN: 0709066198
Publication Date: March 31, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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The reference for Webley air pistols November 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is not an inexpensive book but any serious Webley collector interested in the history of English innovation and manufactoring should have it. It is a large format book with heavy, low acid, sized and calendered pages. It is a book that I intend to pass on to my children and I suspect they will pass it on to theirs. It has many photographs of the various models, series, versions and variations produced during the long history of airgun manufacture. It also has parts lists with Webley part numbers, exploded drawings and cutaway drawings that show where the parts go and how they function.
Additionally the history of manufacturing with the cost cutting pressures ever present over the years that lead to substitution of cheaper cast and powder forged parts over machined ones. The original pistols which sold for 40 shillings would today have to sell for five hundred pounds or more. The factory workers of the time must have earned pitiful wages.
The Definitive Guide June 9, 2008
11 out of 16 found this review helpful
If, as a boy you owned an air pistol, there is a good chance that it was either a Diana or a Webley. Whereas the Diana was regarded by many as the poor relation and little more than a "pop" gun, the Webley Junior and Senior were much sought after, firstly because of the fine engineering that went into making the pistols and secondly they looked so much better than the Diana and other contemporaries.
This book tells the enthusiast everything they could wish to know about the history of the Birmingham firm of Webley & Scott, a firm that to many is only known for its manufacture of Airguns. Of course those with a more intimate knowledge of the company know that it also manufactured conventional firearms for a long period.
This book covers all the Airguns manufactured by the company and produced between the years 1924 to 1999 and there have been many of them. The book covers not only the airguns themselves but also sections relating to the various pellet styles and their suitability, plus the various shooting accessories that the company produced. Selecting the right style and weight of pellet for an air weapon, be it a pistol or rifle is paramount in getting the best from the gun. There are a large number of original photographs in the book and lots of illustrations. The book, for me at least was a real journey down memory lane to the time when the innovative lines of the Webley Junior and it's then unique way of loading were unique. There have been many more sophisticated pistols developed over the years by other companies but the Webley holds a special place in airgun history.
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