Webley Tempest springs?

[Scotty1980]

I was looking on you tube at one thing and another and I spotted an American chap doing a review on a Tempest.

I had one of these as a kid and absolutely loved it! (As a side not, I just Googled one, and I cannot believe the price of them now!)

So the chap in the review said that the spring in the .22 is more powerful than the one in the .177

So just as a thought, would the .22 spring fit in the .177 Tempest?

Would it make a more powerful gun? Distance? Power?

“Jeremy Clarkson” POWER!!!!

 

[bluesako]

no don't put a 22 spring in a 177, it will wreck it and push it over the ft pounds limit, and yes I still use mine great for the rats

 

[Cottis]

Blimey I remember these 30odd yrs back. We used to hang a dogs bowl on a nail on the fence and take turns trying to knock it off.

 

[Scotty1980]

Blimey I remember these 30odd yrs back. We used to hang a dogs bowl on a nail on the fence and take turns trying to knock it off.

As kids we tied dartboard darts onto the line of a fishing rod, cast out from my mates balcony and pop balloons on his washing line.

Arrr those were the days.

 

[Ranger22]

no don't put a 22 spring in a 177, it will wreck it and push it over the ft pounds limit, and yes I still use mine great for the rats

is this correct? I’m sure I read it somewhere that it’s the other way about. If you put a 177 spring in a 22 it ups the power. Takes more effort to push the 177 pellet up to speed than it does a 22

 

[CCB]

is this correct? I’m sure I read it somewhere that it’s the other way about. If you put a 177 spring in a 22 it ups the power. Takes more effort to push the 177 pellet up to speed than it does a 22

Thats what i thought to! im sure it happens with air rifles to?

 

[Harry mac]

Unless it's different on the new, Turkish Tempests, or something peculiar to the export models, the .177 and .22 Tempests (and Hurricane, Premier, Senior) use the same spring.
Many moons ago, Feinwerkbau made an air rifle called the "Sport", this did use different springs depending on the calibre, and fitting the spring from a .177 Sport in a .22 Sport would/could result in the rifle exceeding the 12ft/lb limit (but not by much). As soon as this was printed in Airgun World all the lads at school had suddenly fitted .177 springs to their Meteors and Dianas, hoping to boost their meagre power.
As far as other guns go, it seems the myth has persisted.
P.S. The BSA Mercury S and Airsporter S, used different piston heads between calibres, and fitting one calibre's piston head to the other could also breach the 12ft/lb limit; again, not by much.

 

[bluesako]

yes sorry guys got it the wrong way round about the springs

 

[Squirrelbasher]

You’d be hard pressed to get a Webley tempest over 4 ft lbs, never mind 6 ft lbs. they’re usually around 3.5 ft lbs in either calibre. The compression cylinder is too small in volume to achieve much power regardless of what spring is fitted.