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ENCORE50A said:This morning turned out really nice, so I hung a piece of cardboard that I shoot after removing a scope. The bench wasn't bad, just covered it with a couple towels.
I used the Permatex Nickel on clean threads and installed the plug to 65 inch pounds before shooting.
Instead of shooting the maximum charges I normally shoot, I dropped it back to 120grs and used 275gr Parker BE's.
I fired 19 rounds and the breech plug will not remove. I would have to put it in a barrel vice and heat it, then it would most likely break free. In hind site, I should have taped those threads before this trial. I have another plan in the works.....
For those who may say....... "OMG, that's not right"............ well understand that with this rifle, the plug wasn't designed to be removed.
OK this is going to sound really dumb... but when you get it out - see if you can tell WHERE on the plug it might have seized? And another dumb so do not hit me - when you say you cleaned the thread on the BP what about the threads in the breech?
"Not designed to be removed" or maybe "designed not to need to be removed" because obviously you can remove it.
Another dumb question... is the plug in the RU basically the same plug only hardened to a different factor? Would they possible interchange?