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Sent BESTILL CREATIONS money; then breech plug came to house.
No vent liner. Tungsten Carbide Bushing with 0.032" flash hole plenty long. Jeff say the bushing will be good for one thousand and more shots. Bushing is held in place by the hollow set nut. The flame channel is 0.153" diameter, the chamber to hold the bushing is necessarily larger.
The first step for me, was to determine how much to shorten the breech plug to fit the rifle. One needs to know what primers one will use. Turned out there is two common primers that are now about the same length. The newer boxes of Winchester W209 primers appear to be mostly shorter than the older lots. These newer lots of W209 primers are about the same length as the Federal 209A primers.
Using a small lathe, about 0.003" was cut off the end of the breech plug. This resulted in a plug that makes a goodly amount of 'crush' to both primer brands.
Photo shows the plug with the bushing in place; then the set nut in place.
Next photos shows the plug installed in the sleeve. It is my understanding Jeff intends for the sleeve to be glued into the barrel of the rifle. Me, i was unable to glue the sleeve into the rifle yet. Too nervous. Wouldn't know how to remove it. Note the plug has a rear seal that marries the sleeve.
Note the assembled plug looks nearly the same as a Knight or Lehigh plug. So what happened next is the plug was installed in the rifle, and a little trip was made to a place where one can shoot guns. Once the plug was ready to shoot, it had to be shot.
Six quick shots were taken; the plug worked good. Short W209 primers were burned. The primers fell right out of the plug. The primers were blow by free. The primers had plenty of 'crush'.
Back at the house, the plug was easily removed from the rifle, and cleaned, and reinstalled for more shooting. This shooter is still too 'nervous' to glue the sleeve into the rifle...........
No vent liner. Tungsten Carbide Bushing with 0.032" flash hole plenty long. Jeff say the bushing will be good for one thousand and more shots. Bushing is held in place by the hollow set nut. The flame channel is 0.153" diameter, the chamber to hold the bushing is necessarily larger.
The first step for me, was to determine how much to shorten the breech plug to fit the rifle. One needs to know what primers one will use. Turned out there is two common primers that are now about the same length. The newer boxes of Winchester W209 primers appear to be mostly shorter than the older lots. These newer lots of W209 primers are about the same length as the Federal 209A primers.
Using a small lathe, about 0.003" was cut off the end of the breech plug. This resulted in a plug that makes a goodly amount of 'crush' to both primer brands.
Photo shows the plug with the bushing in place; then the set nut in place.
Next photos shows the plug installed in the sleeve. It is my understanding Jeff intends for the sleeve to be glued into the barrel of the rifle. Me, i was unable to glue the sleeve into the rifle yet. Too nervous. Wouldn't know how to remove it. Note the plug has a rear seal that marries the sleeve.
Note the assembled plug looks nearly the same as a Knight or Lehigh plug. So what happened next is the plug was installed in the rifle, and a little trip was made to a place where one can shoot guns. Once the plug was ready to shoot, it had to be shot.
Six quick shots were taken; the plug worked good. Short W209 primers were burned. The primers fell right out of the plug. The primers were blow by free. The primers had plenty of 'crush'.
Back at the house, the plug was easily removed from the rifle, and cleaned, and reinstalled for more shooting. This shooter is still too 'nervous' to glue the sleeve into the rifle...........