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I tried the stock spring/ COP seal combo. about six months ago. The
difference was very small. The cop seal added about 30 fps  with premier
lights. At this time I also lubed the seal with some special moly lube Paul
Watts sold me, so this may have made the difference with the seal.
-----Original Message-----
From: Eb Mueller 
To: Multiple recipients of list AIRGUN.LIST 
Date: Wednesday, February 18, 1998 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: R1
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>> From: Roland 
>> Eb, the Maccari seal is about 50-70fps faster than the stock Hw seal in
>> my R1. I shoot at a fairly high altitude (4800ft). Maybe this has
>> something to do with it. The stock seal with the Maccari spring was good
>> for @940-950fps with lights. With only the COP seal changed, velosity
>> increased to 1000-1010fps.
>
>Roland, that is interesting!  The seal makes the big difference and, more
>likely, not the spring.  Now, how about trying the COP seal with the
>factory spring?  :-)    That is a lot to ask!   But, I'll ask an easier
>question about the COP seal.  What is it?
>
>About the altitude, I'm at sea level.  Doesn't the higher altitude actually
>reduce the velocity you would expect?
>Eb
>
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