N/A Webley Hurricane

[vintageairguncollector@gm]

The Hurricanes don't seem to come up for sale very often, It's been at least two years of looking to find a decent one.

Has anyone had difficult finding a Hurricance? w

hy these seem so hard to find?

Webley made 70,000 of these I only need one. Anybody else have the same experience?

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[beerthief]

The Hurricanes don't seem to come up for sale very often, It's been at least two years of looking to find a decent one.

Has anyone had difficult finding a Hurricance? wView attachment 528208hy these seem so hard to find?

Webley made 70,000 of these I only need one. Anybody else have the same experience?

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I usually see one or two at the Air Gun shows

 

[Struckat]

I stopped looking a while ago and pushed one further down my list. I would still like to find a nice one.

 

[jccams]

I've also been looking for a while and stumbled upon this in an obscure location on an auction sight. I had to source a rear sight for it.

 

[marflow 777]

8 Hurricanes have been sold on Ebay since the middle of October all in different condition

 

[vintageairguncollector@gm]

Jccams
Hope my Hurricane looks as good as your!

 

[Bandito]

Keeping my eye out for one as well. B.

 

[MDriskill]

The Hurricane is basically why the Tempest exists, LOL!

The Hurricane was introduced in 1977 and sales were so disappointing that they cut the frame and muzzle housing down to create the Tempest, which came to market in 1979! The Tempest was much more successful, no doubt helped by its stronger resemblance to the more compact, classic all-steel Webley pistols of yore.

A junior version of the Hurricane called the Typhoon, with a similar long frame but weaker spring and smaller grips, also came out in '77. It was dropped entirely fairly quickly.

Both guns stayed in the Webley catalog for many years, so keep at it - the Hurricane is a nice pistol, and fine examples are out there. But it's always been less common than the Tempest and will be harder to find.

(My favorite Webley trivia: these pistols are named after aircraft. During WW2, Webley suspended airgun production and made parts for the Hawker-designed fighters - the Hurricane, Typhoon, and Tempest.)