It’s important to keep it well oiled because there’s no parachute piston seal to perfectly seal the compression chamber at firing. ![]() The pistol gets oiled frequently through a designated hole on top of the frame. Everything was made to endure, and that’s what it has done. Even the piston is sealed with a steel ring – like an automobile engine. The two Bakelite grip panels are the only synthetic parts on my gun. They’re heavy, usually all steel and blued as well as any Colt or Smith & Wesson. The British and European airguns made before the war were built just like firearms. A rifled barrel gives decent accuracy, though nobody would ever call a Webley springer a target pistol. 22 caliber, which was much more common in that time frame than. My gun was made before 1935, a fact I found in the Blue Book of Airguns. It cost me $75 then, but the same gun would probably go for $250-275 today. ![]() I bought this single-shot Webley Senior at a gun show back in the 1970s. ![]() Today, we’ll look at another oldie of mine. This old Webley Senior is still in good condition.
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