Quote Originally Posted by look no hands View Post
To be honest Alistair I've not done any measuring as I knew from reading lots of guff that they are a sod to get up to power so just wanted to see if I could get good power out of it before getting to involved, if it had made decent power then I was thinking of getting a lighter piston made up with a OZ piston seal (apparently they do a 27mm parachute seal) but to be honest now I can't be arsed, the strange thing is it even twanged with a tight fitting delrin guide, I just think it's one of those rifles that has just got to be left alone in its original form, I'll get my summer holiday over with and think about getting another new piston seal (I know how to fit them now so hopefully won't bugger it up like the one I just bought) and a pump and return it to it's former glory.

Pete
I admire your courage in having a go at that conversion but by Jupiter it sounds like the vexatious conundrum from Hell, and the only sane thing to do it as you say, return it to its gas-ramminess. I'd be wanting to take an angle grinder to it by now.

Now, how about converting your Brocock Independent to a gas-strut?