The pellet tin you describe was the post war variant and was available up to the mid 1960s. If it helps, tell the Mrs its an investment, money in the bank This is in fact what it amounts to and not a lame excuse ATB Chris. Made in England for Air Pistols and Air rifles, Webley Scott ltd Birmingham, oh and its full of pellets.and in case anyone asks - its not for sale Thanks guys notlob. Says I have contracted GAS from Gareth - Gun Aquistion Syndrome Incidentally the tin of pellets is approx 2 x 1 12 x 12, light green in colour Webley.177 Special Pellets No. Under severe earache from the Mrsnot to buy it I bought the gun, gonna have to buy her something really nice now to make up for it. Other pre-war pellet packages and tins can also fetch quite high prices so try to establish the manufacturer of the pellets if you can. You can tell if this is the case if it has the full Webley Weaman St address and states for use with Webley Air Pistols and Air Rifle (singular) as Webley only had the Mk2 Service rifle on sale before the war. If the accompanying pellet tin is Webley and also pre-war these can fetch between 60 -80 on its own. Given the relatively low Ser No, I would guess your pistol dates from 1929 -1931. The numbers at the front of the cylinder would be 066 which are the last three digits of the Ser No on the side of the frame ie J6066. Pistols Ser No J3000 and below were also fitted with wooden grips which were then replaced with the common tin grips you have on your example. Very early examples were fitted with fixed rear sights although these were superseded by a simple horizontally device, which was fitted to pistols bearing Ser Nos between approximately J1000 - J6000.
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