webley nimbus review

Picture courtesy of paul.

Average Ratings

Accuracy	6.6/10
Handling	7.6/10
Value for Money	6.8/10
Reviewer Rating	6.1/10
Overall Rating	6.6/10

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By thobern on 29th Jul 2004

thobern's Ratings

Accuracy	8/10
Handling	9/10
Value for money	1/10
Overall value	1/10
thobern's recommendation

Good Points

When it first arrives it is in good working order. Good stock, and low recoil which is cushioned by a nice rubber pad. Very powerful and doesn't diesel much.

Bad Points

Made in china because of the cheapness (no one tells you this when you buy it) but therefore like other Chinese made rifles lacks quality components. The screws that hold the barrel to the stock are weak and snap leaving a lump of screw irreversibly stuck. They also need to be retightened every couple of hundred shoots. Pellets curve after 15 or so metres. It shoots lower than the sites accommodate for.

General Comments

I bought my Webley Nimbus from Pellpax and received it the day after I ordered it (pretty good seeing as I played 7pounds p&p). I had been saving up cans for weeks in preparation for its arrival. Here is what happened.

1. I'm opening the rifle. It looks good and has a nice stock.
2. I load it (the instructions are not clear on how to do this).
3. I shoot the rifle and find it belches smoke
(this only lasts for three shoots thereafter it is only a small amount of smoke that is great fun when you blow down the barrel because it makes smoke rings come out of the barrel) and doesn't here remotely near where I aimed.
4. I take a wooden and board I zero the sites but find that it still shoots to low.
5. I test its power and find that it will shoot straight through five tin cans lined up and then the pellet still lodges in a wooden fence behind.
6. After about 700 pellets I suddenly notice something fly into the grass. I bend down and find it is a screw that holds the barrel to the stock. I get a screw driver to fix this but I find that only half the screw came out and that the other half is irreversibly stuck in. I call pellpax and they tell me it was the 4th one in that batch to do that. I send it back to pellpax who then send me a SMK. I sent that back because I had not paid 70pounds to have a cheap Chinese rifle.

I'm not sure on which rifle to get now and would be grateful for advice so if you have any mail me at thobern@hotmail.com.

Total Respect: +1