Finally I got the Webley Tomahawk.
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"Sorta" looks like a cross between the UK trigger and a Quattro so maybe Hatsan's first try at cloning that AGR mentioned ?? I know they were making airguns before Webley's new owners came along, made whatever deal they did to build guns for them and about when Hatsan started copying the Webleys with enough changes to skirt the copyright laws and make their own gun lines
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Agree with KWK. All except using a wire brush on the checkering. Let the stripper work and cut the bristles off a brush to about 3/8” long. Use this and an air compressor to remove old finish and keep the checkering sharp. The stripper will soften the wood to much for the use of a wire brush. Choice of a finish is to one‘s liking.
Very nice job. That’s a pretty piece of Turkish Walnut. Enjoy.
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The wire brush works fine if you're not a butcher with it. A small stainless brush. Follow the lines. Then I chase out the checks to get the brand new look. Cleans the grooves out like new wood. Doesn't take me long. It's not that hard but you need to concentrate. These were wire brushed too but the resolution isn't great.
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I am certain you did it gingerly and perfect. It shows. There are “very fine” wire brushes out there but hard to find when needed. I just worry about a course wire brush and a newbie. Trying to avoid a disaster. Sharp checkering is very easy to destroy. Especially “hand cut” checkering. Nice job.
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I've always used small brass bristle brushes for checkering on my rifles. Let the stripper soak in well, then slowly gently brush with the softer brass bristles. Everyone's mileage obvious varies but it's what's worked for me.
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Well, well - the 15 year old lady came out well, and is looking brand new now. I made a Wildcat stock from Turkish walnut some time back, and have to say that the wood structure looks very similar. So I take it for granted that this tomahawk is a Turkish product. But it shoots well, and for me that is most important in the end.
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Might have been assembled in turkey by the serial number but looks to be all Webley parts! That definitely isn't a Quarto trigger! Nice find and great work on the wood!
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+1 since I really was hoping when he showed it all together, it didn't have some form of Quattro trigger. Very nice job on the stock and getting hands on the rifle. Definitely not easy to find.
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It’s a transition gun. Early on they made some with the Uk trigger design. They were hit or miss as sears and such were not always Uk made. Some were actually Uk trigger units as time went on they were running out and that tooling was probably not Webley owned.. The Quattro trigger was then implemented.
If the barrel is good then you got a decent shooter.
Nice stock work
If the barrel is good then you got a decent shooter.
Nice stock work
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This is a different trigger used on early Turkey Toms.
I have a Stingray II with the same trigger (below). Internal parts in this Stingray look like standard Webley. Same safety. The trigger in mine is crap. Is this a preQuatro Hatsan trigger? I got it cheap.
I have a Stingray II with the same trigger (below). Internal parts in this Stingray look like standard Webley. Same safety. The trigger in mine is crap. Is this a preQuatro Hatsan trigger? I got it cheap.
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Random guess would be yes an early stage of what ended up as the Hatsan Quattro. Gunner's rifle was built in 07 07. I have 4 Turkish built Tommies all with build dates of 03 12 from when AoA was dumping the stock they had left for $100 each, so somewhere in the 5 years between his and mine, Hatsan got what they decided on as the final version settled on and all 4 of mine have them. Pics of one of my 4 and the trigger are below.
Yeah yeah, I can hear Turkish junk and waste of money but building rifles for Webley is where a lot of the Hatsan models came from. The Turk built Tommy is a way prettier version of the Model 95 with enough cosmetic changes to slide by the copyright stuff and the only part on a Turkish Tommy that will not interchange with the Model 95 is the ported muzzle break.
By all means No, they don't compare in build quality to the UK Tommies, but Hatsan still did a pretty good job copying them, even to the red rubber butt pads they have.
Yeah yeah, I can hear Turkish junk and waste of money but building rifles for Webley is where a lot of the Hatsan models came from. The Turk built Tommy is a way prettier version of the Model 95 with enough cosmetic changes to slide by the copyright stuff and the only part on a Turkish Tommy that will not interchange with the Model 95 is the ported muzzle break.
By all means No, they don't compare in build quality to the UK Tommies, but Hatsan still did a pretty good job copying them, even to the red rubber butt pads they have.
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I wish I could find a Uk Tommy trigger unit. I have a complete action and stock sitting here with no trigger unit.. Chambers has none. Knibbs ,none, ….
don’t ask how this happened.
don’t ask how this happened.
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