The old seal looks like a replacement cut from a flat piece of leather belting or similar & looks too thin, I would replace it.
The old seal looks like a replacement cut from a flat piece of leather belting or similar & looks too thin, I would replace it.
Unusually, I disagree with Tony and like Keith I think you should change the seal for a parachute-type one based on the original pattern although that new seal you have looks a bit cracked.
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Cupped seal or parachute seal is better for the gun. Usually the leather breaks down over time and you end up with a flat washer.
Couldn’t get the washer screw to break free easily so I kept the old for now. Fear of a screw that couldn’t be used again and not sure I can get a replacement? Getting about 9.5 fp. Agree the cupped seal would be better, will change out if I really want to shoot it regularly. But for now it’s a collectable that works.
Currently looking for Baikal Makarov pistols with the following prefixes to the serial number: 98, T01, T09, T21, T22
Prefer boxed or cased but will consider loose examples too.
The leather seal is still intact but the screw that holds it on has been beaten by slamming into the rifle barrel.
You mean transfer port of corse
It seems to be a common thing the screw slamming into the port hole, normal abuse over its life time, no pellet in tap, quite common. I think the counter sunk washer screw is near 5mm thread but can be re threaded to correct size. I normally do away with the brass washer and use a derilin or nylon washer and counter sink the new one a bit deeper that sinks the screw head a bit deeper, so if someone shoots the gun with no pellet then the plastic washer hits first rather than the screw, but this will be averted anyway if you use a cupped washer.