The Webley Senior - Adventures with Birmingham's finest air pistol

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• FA

  @Falco45able · 2 years ago

  You can tell it’s a premium pistol the moment you pick it up, I had one in 1968 I was 15 , happy days 😉🇬🇧

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• KE

  @KeithPrince-cp3me · 2 years ago

  My father bought me  Webley Senior in .22 for my 13th birthday, I still have it, I'm 65 now.

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• AN

  @andrewreeds1558 · 5 days ago

  I still have mine, in the box with a pair of barrels .177 and .22 inch. Beautiful air pistol made with true craftsmanship.

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• BR

  @brianluinge1585 · 10 months ago

  I had the Seniors with .177 barrel and a interchangeable .22 barrel. <br>I still have my Hurricane I found in a pawn shop in Mission, &nbsp;British Columbia Canada in the early 90&apos;s. Still shoots perfect around 440fps

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• GM

  @GMT439 · 2 years ago

  Built to last. A Rare thing these days.

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• WI

  @williampringle2307 · 3 days ago

  Nostalgia, I had a junior (177) and later a senior(22) in the mid sixties , &nbsp;every lad had air pistols and rifles, BSA air rifles were popular, had a Slavia pistol that was quite bulky, like a rifle with a shorter barrel and body but cocked the same way as a rifle. What with catapults, crossbows and sheaf knives we were well into weapons and it was all normal in them days. We never killed or injured each other for all that, it was a great childhood, allowed to take risks and do dangerous stuff, good to get it out of your system when your young😊

• CH

  @ChrisvanKoppen · 2 years ago (edited)

  For more than 37 years I own a Webley Tempest, I guess it must be the younger version of the Senior (or Junior?).. Very nice gun, still shoots straight and well.. :)

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• AL

  @algobr · 2 years ago

  Very enjoyable and nostalgic video. Webley&apos;s original premises were in Weaman Street in Birmingham 4, the &apos;4&apos; referring to the postal district. In 1958 they relocated to premises that were mainly located just over the city boundary in West Bromwich, very near to the Albion&apos;s football ground. To preserve the myth that they were &apos;Birmingham Made&apos; (this being a sign of quality at the time; sadly no more) they used a purpose-built entrance gate that was just within the city limits.

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• PA

  @pastyman001 · 7 days ago

  The Senior exudes quality. I&apos;ve had one since the 70&apos;s. They have several including one boxed now in Perkins Guns, Northamptonshire UK.

• FL

  @flashgordon99999 · 2 years ago

  Nice Webley. I have the Hurricane. Had it since the 70&apos;s as well. Still works perfectly.

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• AI

  @aintright · 2 years ago

  My dad died a year ago and I&apos;ve just discovered a Webley Senior in his loft, wrapped in an oily rag. It&apos;s a Birmingham 4 model with the 177 barrel. Batch no. 285. With it was an original Webley tin full of what look like the original pellets and three green darts too. I&apos;ve not cleaned it or fired a pellet through it yet but it seems to work well enough. Condition-wise, it&apos;s very like your dad&apos;s. I also found a BSA 177 Standard Light which I think was made in the 1920s or 30s. I&apos;d no idea it was up there so it was a pleasant surprise. Last but not least, a chrome Gat Gun in excellent condition. Again, I had no idea it was there. My dad was a teacher through the 60s, 70s and 80s and it wouldn&apos;t surprise me if he had confiscated it off some kid. So, I went from having no air weapons to having three. I&apos;m not planning to keep all of them but as I do remember the Webley from my youth, I&apos;ll be keeping it. Great video. I&apos;m sure it&apos;ll help when I take the Webley to bits. Thanks.

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• JO

  @jonathanmulderpopetruthsee5296 · 5 days ago

  At 13 I had a .177 Junior then the Premier, followed &nbsp;by a .22 Hurricane with scope. Am 64 now!