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Anyone use one in their rifle/pistol? What's your impressions? Just ordered two for my Ux Ruger BH and AH...

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The "Aussie" seals? Didn't remember too clear... Maybe I bought one for my HW45 and one for my HW35 before?! Not really impressed me to be honest...

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~Plinkers~
FX-M3-22 Compact#PP700-Carbine#Diana48-177#XS28M-25@26fpe#HW45 Beast#AW-Custom Z-Killer DE
~Competitors~
FWB300SU#Tau-7#IZH-46M#FWB-65#CP88-C
~Target~
HW 30s/35e/97k/40+Extender/P3+Scope/70#CZ200s Laminated@10fpe#AA ProSport-177@12fpe

Thanks Ken!

I'm impatient to see how they'll do in my rifles. I was getting velocities under 400 fps with both due to cut-from-factory seals... We'll see!

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If everything's so lovely yeah, then why don't I, why don't I, why don't I, why don't I feel lovely?

Yep~ Let's us know too!

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~Plinkers~
FX-M3-22 Compact#PP700-Carbine#Diana48-177#XS28M-25@26fpe#HW45 Beast#AW-Custom Z-Killer DE
~Competitors~
FWB300SU#Tau-7#IZH-46M#FWB-65#CP88-C
~Target~
HW 30s/35e/97k/40+Extender/P3+Scope/70#CZ200s Laminated@10fpe#AA ProSport-177@12fpe

Will do .

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Finally got my seals today by snail mail!

At first they look to be a tad softer than the OEM AH and BH seals, and a bit bigger in diameter. Will be updating the thread this week-end after CAREFUL DEBURRING OF BOTH COMPRESSION TUBE . Stay tuned .

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Just had the seals installed on the pistons, both are 28.55 mm installed, as advertised. When off the pistons they were 28.25 mm.

While having the pistons out of the guns I also nickel/silver soldered the heads to the piston body, as they were slightly loose. More to come.

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OK so the rifle is back together, and I'm very pleased to say that it shoots much better than it did. Now it averages 453 fps on a 5 shots string with the same 7.33 grains pellets, far from the 390 fps I was seeing before, roughly a 34% improvement.

While the gun was apart I did the second screw mod, and also added a trigger stop screw. Really nice, clean break with minimal travel now .

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Glad it's a good buy~

As I replaced mine which should be still working good I didn't see big improvement and that's why it didn't impress me~ However bottom line is it worked as good as what I had before.

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~Plinkers~
FX-M3-22 Compact#PP700-Carbine#Diana48-177#XS28M-25@26fpe#HW45 Beast#AW-Custom Z-Killer DE
~Competitors~
FWB300SU#Tau-7#IZH-46M#FWB-65#CP88-C
~Target~
HW 30s/35e/97k/40+Extender/P3+Scope/70#CZ200s Laminated@10fpe#AA ProSport-177@12fpe

Thanks again!

Have you tried adding a couple drops of silicon oil in the comp chamber? I noticed my new seals were somewhat ''sticky'', so I burnished them with tungsten disulphide dry powder and added 2 drops of silicon oil, that made a noticeable difference.

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I think I did... I replaced the main seal long time ago, 3 years more I think... I dug out an old photo and the new seal had been put on it when I took the photo...



and for a "regular" service at that old time I used the needle comes with the UX chamber oil and put a drop or two through the tiny valve hole after your open the barrel...

However I didn't keep a good memory about the changes before and after... And at the same time I thought I also done some other major changes like changing the 495 spring into a Maccari full power then changed back but added a few washers on the old 495 spring instead.... Then in a later time, I switched again back to the Maccari kit... [emoji38]

However the main seal is still that one on my HW35 and the gun shoots consistent and well currently...

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~Plinkers~
FX-M3-22 Compact#PP700-Carbine#Diana48-177#XS28M-25@26fpe#HW45 Beast#AW-Custom Z-Killer DE
~Competitors~
FWB300SU#Tau-7#IZH-46M#FWB-65#CP88-C
~Target~
HW 30s/35e/97k/40+Extender/P3+Scope/70#CZ200s Laminated@10fpe#AA ProSport-177@12fpe

LOL! I guess the most important thing is that your gun is consistent and accurate. I see you used the red seal though, which is made of a different material than the green one that I have. On the GTA I was told these red seals are supposed to be sized to the cylinder, which may explain why it's not performing better:

Quote by Toxylon: ''The CAS seal I bought was of the red type, which means that it is supposed to be sized (or oversized as is, in other words) for exact fit.''

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Yeah... To be honest I don't really know how to "resize" the seal and I remember the red seal does softer than the factory white one.

Maybe it says it's a bit over sized and I didn't remember it's hard to put it (maybe it's softer)... I think over size also means no worries about air leaks?!

So I picked the red one up and just put it in and keep on using it in these years (not shooting too many tho)...

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~Plinkers~
FX-M3-22 Compact#PP700-Carbine#Diana48-177#XS28M-25@26fpe#HW45 Beast#AW-Custom Z-Killer DE
~Competitors~
FWB300SU#Tau-7#IZH-46M#FWB-65#CP88-C
~Target~
HW 30s/35e/97k/40+Extender/P3+Scope/70#CZ200s Laminated@10fpe#AA ProSport-177@12fpe

That's for sure! If ever you want to get back into it, there are resources on the net (videos, tutorials on forums, etc). Cheers!


Yesterday I didn't have time to do the maths for the AirHawk, but later I tested my trusty ol' BlackHawk, which I also re-sealed. Here are the numbers:

5 shots string using JSB RS Exact 7.33 grains pellets:

1- 451 fps
2- 443 fps
3- 444 fps
4- 450 fps
5- 447 fps

AVG: 447 fps
ES: 8 fps
SD: 3.53 fps

I'm very happy with these numbers, which are pretty similar to what I get with the AirHawk, and also with my Umarex Surge, which is another Diana 34 clone.

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If everything's so lovely yeah, then why don't I, why don't I, why don't I, why don't I feel lovely?