webley and scott air rifle serial numbers

It’s difficult to pinpoint the dates of introduction of Webley’s post-war air rifles intended for young shots, but it’s obvious that the first one – the Webley Junior model air rifle (Figure 2) was a copy of the pre-war Mayer & Grammelspacher German Diana No. Maybe in the future, they will be sought after with as much zeal as the vintage Webley Mark I air rifle, also included in the group, is today, in order to complete a collection of Webley models. The Webley Junior air rifle is now scarce and the Ranger model is rare. They were an easy-to-handle, uncomplicated, juvenile fun rifle suitable for garden plinking or target shooting. 410 bolt-action shotguns, the ‘Junior’ air rifles seem to have been supplied during different periods, with either dark walnut stained woodwork or finished more naturally by being left unstained. It can be seen with its light colour stock in Figure 1 along with two later Webley Rangers. I had no idea what to offer, so suggested £6 on the grounds that it was more than when it was new, and the Webley changed hands. The seller had owned it since new, the price then being recalled at just under £5. Of course, Webley & Scott had rather confusingly, also given the ‘Junior’ title to their small, pressed steel juvenile rifle! I’d forgotten that at the time, but recalled it from the photograph on my old Webley catalogue page. One reply from a local reader offered me a Webley ‘Junior’ on the ‘phone – so I wrongly assumed it was another pistol and arranged a convenient time to call.Ī quick trip in my bulky VW 411LE with it’s useful petrol-fired heater ticking away like an unexploded bomb, took me snugly to the address, where I was slightly taken aback to be offered a small air rifle, rather than the expected air pistol.

Webley pistols: ‘Seniors’, ‘Mark Is’ and ‘Juniors’ were purchased with prices ranging from £3 - £14, depending on the condition and if boxed. On starting to collect airguns seriously in the early 1970s, many of my early ‘finds’ were thanks to my small advertisements in local newspapers, but sadly, these might not be accepted today. I looked at these in one of my ‘Post-War Plinkers’ articles I copied for him and will expand on the subject now.

Already seldom seen are the lightweight Webley ‘Junior’ and ‘Ranger’ models that may become as hard to find as a mid-1920s to early ‘30s Webley Mark I air rifle is today so they were one of my suggestions to him.

Webley and scott air rifle serial numbers