webley exorcet piston seal size?

[dayglowfroggy]

The original Xocet had a 27mm cylinder. The purple factory seals usually measured about 27.25mm. I've bought an aftermarket seal which measured 27.6mm and was a bit of a sod to get in at that size. The nicks on the seals are damage from being fitted carelessly.

Cheers
Greg

So I was right to be suspicious thanks for the reply .

So I could have a early Exocet size cylinder made in turkey.

I put the nicked seal back in and sparingly lubed things using bumslide on the piston and not much moly on the spring, it has a good piston liner.

It deisled for the first 20 shots and started to calm down but then by 30ish shoots decided to not cock .

I have bought an aussie red seal in 25mm before and it took about 30 minutes to resize it I didn't measure it before i started but it wasn't 25mm.
Its putting me off getting one for the exorcet even though that's the cheapest option.

I fitted an orange seal from knibbs to my vulcan and it was very good fit and I am impressed with it .