Today was a good day and after trying some new things I found, I moved on to something that did not require a rubber o ring.
Pure luck, but there was a metric size ( slightly small than 1/2" diameter ) freeze plug in the spare parts area of the shop. I took a look at it, eye balled my bolt and went to work filing and grinding, test fitting, messing around with breech plug seating pressure, then ended up enlarging the breech plugs flash channel to 5/32" to handle more volume.
The factory firing pin was huge and every shot primer would go into the face of the bolt and the primer itself would start to eject. That's not going to work for me.
That freeze plug ended up doing the trick perfectly after a ton of careful file fitting it for a slight compression on the primer. Im using cci 209 mags right now, but plan on buying a box of the winchester w209 primers and see if they will work or if the head space will be to tight for them.
Notice the factory firing pin diameter compared to the new turned down firing pin diameter of 7/64"
After getting everything sized, I fired 2 primers and they came out spotless. I'd imagine I will get a very small amount of leakage with an actual load, but I can make adjustments with a longer primer for the best fit possible. You can't run the head space to tight otherwise the rifle will not cock & fire.
Pure luck, but there was a metric size ( slightly small than 1/2" diameter ) freeze plug in the spare parts area of the shop. I took a look at it, eye balled my bolt and went to work filing and grinding, test fitting, messing around with breech plug seating pressure, then ended up enlarging the breech plugs flash channel to 5/32" to handle more volume.
The factory firing pin was huge and every shot primer would go into the face of the bolt and the primer itself would start to eject. That's not going to work for me.
That freeze plug ended up doing the trick perfectly after a ton of careful file fitting it for a slight compression on the primer. Im using cci 209 mags right now, but plan on buying a box of the winchester w209 primers and see if they will work or if the head space will be to tight for them.
Notice the factory firing pin diameter compared to the new turned down firing pin diameter of 7/64"
After getting everything sized, I fired 2 primers and they came out spotless. I'd imagine I will get a very small amount of leakage with an actual load, but I can make adjustments with a longer primer for the best fit possible. You can't run the head space to tight otherwise the rifle will not cock & fire.
