Knight breech plug?

[txhunter58]

I have a knight Long range Hunter (discontinued) that I want a spare breech plug for. 209 bare primer plug. Their website shows two such plugs but neither lists the LRH.

Anyone know which one fits?

 

[GM54-120]

Get the Lehigh plug. LRH is Elite/Extreme plug

Cheaper and shipping is cheaper too.
https://www.sskfirearms.com/breech-...reme-master-hunter-and-long-range-hunter.html

 

[rugerbh103]

I recently bought a Lehigh plug. It appears well made.

 

[txhunter58]

Thanks GM54. Years ago, I sent Lehigh this gun and he actually altered my bolt and gave me some adaptors that made the bolt into a bare primer adapter. I had forgotten that. But my breech plug is knight. In that link it doesn’t says “Lehigh breech plug”. Is that what they are and does it have a removable vent liner? If so, I assume the vent liners they sell are Lehigh as well?

 

[GM54-120]

Lehigh/SSK are the same company now. Yes the vent liner can be removed and replaced as needed so buy a pack of extra vent with the plug. They sell the adapters too for about $14.50.
https://www.sskfirearms.com/bare-primer-adapter-knight-disc-elite-extreme.html

 

[txhunter58]

Thought that was the case, thanks for clearing that up. I have 3 of the bare primer adapters. He used my gun to experiment with that model, so he sent me a couple of extras.

 

[brownisdown]

I have 3 of the bare primer breech plug for a mountaineer and am wondering about having vent liners in them.Could I get a hold of them for doing that?

 

[GM54-120]

OEM plugs might have a vent but its braised in. Both SSK and Badger Ridge Ind sell the Lehigh vent liners.
https://www.sskfirearms.com/vent-liner.htmlhttps://www.badgerridgeind.com/store/p11/LehighVentLiner.html

 

[brownisdown]

If braised in then how do I replace the vent liner?I thought some one could drill out and replace the liner.Thank you

 

[txhunter58]

Got my breech plug and vent Liners ordered! Thx.

Sure it will change my POI but that will be easy to fix

 

[WV Hunter]

If braised in then how do I replace the vent liner?I thought some one could drill out and replace the liner.Thank you

It can be done. Not an easy task is my understanding. If it was me, I'd buy a new Lehigh plug vs paying to have the OEM plug modified. Its a better plug.

 

[ronlaughlin]

brownisdown said:
If braised in then how do I replace the vent liner?I thought some one could drill out and replace the liner.Thank you

It can be done. Not an easy task is my understanding. If it was me, I'd buy a new Lehigh plug vs paying to have the OEM plug modified. Its a better plug.

Absolutely, for sure, no question. Myself have removed the brazed vent liner about four or five times, and it isn't worth doing if one can purchase a plug for $16.50 made of better material. One dulls one's tooling doing the job. The tap is dulled; the counter sink is dulled; the end mills, and the drills take a beating. Me, i can sharpen the drills, but not the other tools.

 

[GM54-120]

Correct, the OEM plug is 416SS and the Lehigh/SSK is 17-4 which in much better for breech plugs. Stronger and more corrosion resistant.

 

[brownisdown]

It says that their breech pug is not for the mountaineer or the ultra lite.

 

[sabotloader]

It says that their breech pug is not for the mountaineer or the ultra lite.

They make one plug for the older models of Knights and the new DISC's and a separate plug for the Mountaineer-ULite

This is the one you want for a Mountaineer series rifle

https://www.sskfirearms.com/breech-plug-body-bare-primer-knight-mountaineer-and-ultralight.html

 

[brownisdown]

Thank you.I appreciate that.May try to get that before I get the barrel.