This is an AWESOME Deal right here!! In my opinion, The original White Breech Plugs are the “Weak Link” with the White Rifles. Flash holes wear out PLAIN N SIMPLE!! Does anyone really believe that the Material that was Used to Produce the Original White Plugs is better,
Or even as good as Today’s Ampco, And The Stainless that Lehigh is using for Nipples/Vent liners? There is NO WAY!!
I have seen a Number stated on Doc’s Plugs (Something like 5,000 and Stil going Strong?) What that means is STRIKES to the Nipple,
NOT FLASH HOLE WEAR!!
We know for a FACT that Flash Holes wear out, It is inevitable! For EVERY action there is a Reaction, When you push a Bullet down a Bore there is X amount of Blowback that escapes back through the Nipples Flash Hole, The LARGER the Bullet, and Powder Charge, the FASTER the Flash Hole will Erode/Wear out. Simply Put, Flash holes can only take so much, They continually erode allowing more n more Blowback, On a Sidelock the Hammer will Start to move to Halfcock, the more the Flash Hole wears it can go to Full Cock. When the Flash Hole gets to .034-.035 it SHOULD be thrown out, and Replaced! The problem with Doc’s Plugs is the Nipple/Flash Hole is Built in the Plug, Leaving you FORCED to Replace the Entire Breech Plug over a Worn/eroded Flash Hole, at 50 Bucks a Pop that is RIDICULOUS!! Why not make a Plug like Knight Rifles, where you Simply Replace a Cheap 5-6 Dollar Nipple when it’s Flash Hole erodes?
I have Worn BRAND New Treso/Ampco nipples out in as little as 12-15 Shots, Can you imagine Replacing those with new 50 Dollar Breech Plugs after just that few Shots? ME EITHER!!
Here is NO MORE than 12-15 Shots Through my .36 Cal with 340 Grain Bullet, This was a BRAND New out the Package nipple before i Started, it was FAR BEYOND TOASTED in ONLY 12-15 Shots. This is an EXTREME situation, But FACT is it Happens. I had to go to a Platinum Lined Nipple in this .36 Cal Rifle.
BADLY Wore Nipple/Flash Hole on Right after 12-15 Shots, beside a Brand new one
I know Doc Shows a Breech Plug with a Replaceable nipple, But look at that odd Flat Head it uses For Removing it, I believe he even Sells a Tool for a Removing it? Now think about Seized up Plugs? We all know that is Another INEVITABLE thing, If you Shoot Enough, Eventually you are Gonna Seize a Plug up! NOTHING beats getting on that Plug with a Hex Head, Socket/Ratchet Setup, Where you can Put some Leverage in it.
This is the Reason I didn’t Bother Shooting the Super 91 i had, I wanted to get this Breech Plug, Flash Hole Situation Corrected before i even Began to Develop a load for the Rifle, Why bother working up a load for it when i had ZERO control over Flash Hole Wear? And I wasn’t ABOUT to buy several 50 Dollar Doc White Breech Plugs!! I ended up Trading that Old Super 91 to 1874SharpsShooter, I had only Shot that Rifle 1 time.