Last week I bought a new KP1 and since then I've had the chance to do some shooting with it using BH209. Earlier, I had started using BH209 in my Encore PH and after getting the breechplug cleaned out I started having great results.
The KP1 comes with two breechplugs, the one installed at the factory being for their FPJ system that uses the plastic collars and the other a non-FPJ standard breechplug. It took me about two minutes of fiddling with the former to see that was a headache I don't need so I removed it before ever firing a shot through the rifle.
Using various bullets and charge weights, I've had perfect ignition each and every shot while using the regular breechplug and WW209 primers. So far, the most accurate load has been 110gr by volume of BH209 along with a Parker 275gr BE with HPH12 sabot.
The KP1 has really impressed me a lot with it's overall fit and finish. It feels great in the hands and points very naturally. Workmanship seems excellent and the action opens and closes like a vault door, very solid. It has none of the silly features the Encore is endowed with like the QLA muzzle and speed breechplug...that costs at least twice as much to replace as any standard plug. For the cost difference I would say the buyer is definitely getting a lot more for his dollars with the KP1.
The KP1 comes with two breechplugs, the one installed at the factory being for their FPJ system that uses the plastic collars and the other a non-FPJ standard breechplug. It took me about two minutes of fiddling with the former to see that was a headache I don't need so I removed it before ever firing a shot through the rifle.
Using various bullets and charge weights, I've had perfect ignition each and every shot while using the regular breechplug and WW209 primers. So far, the most accurate load has been 110gr by volume of BH209 along with a Parker 275gr BE with HPH12 sabot.
The KP1 has really impressed me a lot with it's overall fit and finish. It feels great in the hands and points very naturally. Workmanship seems excellent and the action opens and closes like a vault door, very solid. It has none of the silly features the Encore is endowed with like the QLA muzzle and speed breechplug...that costs at least twice as much to replace as any standard plug. For the cost difference I would say the buyer is definitely getting a lot more for his dollars with the KP1.
