Reply With QuoteTry rubbing a small chamfer on the leading edge using sandpaper (i think it should then be soaked in oil)Originally Posted by sabre
then if it's still stubborn, try tapping it home using a piece od (approx) 8mm dowel...
john
Registered User
Has anyone got tips on fitting a leather breech seal to a Webley pistol.
The seal came from Mr Knibbs and appears to be to large on the overall diameter ?
The Chrono Slayer
Try rubbing a small chamfer on the leading edge using sandpaper (i think it should then be soaked in oil)
then if it's still stubborn, try tapping it home using a piece od (approx) 8mm dowel...
john
for my gunz guitarz and bonzai, see here
www.flickr.com/photos/8163995@N07/
Registered User
Ok thanks for that John.
Sabre
Politically Incorrect
Does the replacement leather breech seal have a brass insert in the center ?
Registered User
Yes it does.
Politically Incorrect
This insert is in place to stop the air passage in the seal from closing up. Some 'replacement' leather seals didn't have this.
Webley sold a small punch, the same diameter as the breech opening, with a projection in the middle that located into the insert to centralise the punch, and prevent damage to the breech when the seal was tapped into place, as even the originals were a tight fit.
If you apply oil to the seal before it is fitted, it will expand and make it even more difficult to fit.
Once in place, a few drops of, preferably, Neats Foot Oil were applied to the seal to stop it drying out and shrinking, but in practice any oil was used. Watch out for dieseling after the oil is applied, as it tends to get into the air chamber.
The later 'composite' seals from the Tempest/Hurricane era also fit the earlier pistols.
Registered User
Ok thanks Troubleshooter.
Sabre
Posting Permissions