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For years the factory Omega plug worked good using the W209 primers. One could measure the primers, and take out them that were 0.302" or longer. These primers were long enough to 'crush' a bit, and made a tight seal when the trigger was pulled. Ignition was clean, and no soot found it's way into the innards of the rifle.
This left the shorter primers behind, and kinda without value. Those shorter primers were used up at the range by using o-rings to help make a good seal. Nowadays the W209 primers come without the longer primers; they average shorter so one no longer can manage a good seal with the factory breech plug. This requires one use o-rings for to make a good seal. This can be frustrating, but does work, and one just shoots up the shorter W209 primers.
One solution is to quit the W209 primers, and use primers that average shorter, in a longer custom breech plug. The CCI primers, and the 209A primers are fairly uniform in length, and average around 0.297" long.
Bestill Creations sells a custom breech plug that can be milled to make a perfect seal using the CCI, and 209A primers. One can also have a plug made to seal with the STS primers, which are the most uniform primer, and the shortest primer. The STS primers average around 0.294", and are very consistent.
The Bestill Creations breech plug is sweet! All primers are held deeper in the socket for better support. The plug has a tungsten carbide bushing that provides the flash hole. The flash hole will not wear out any time soon.
The Bestill Creations breech plug is more costly than the OEM plug on sale.
Currently three breech plugs are being used in Omega rifles. The OEM breech plug is used to shoot the longer W209 primers with a tight seal. A Bestill Creations breech plug is used to shoot the CCI, and the 209A primers with a tight seal. A second Bestill Creations breech plug is used to shoot the STS primers with a tight seal.
The OEM breech plug will be tossed when the flash hole wears out, and replaced with another purchased on sale as long as the longer W209 primers last.
The Bestill Creations breech plugs will not wear out anytime soon.
This left the shorter primers behind, and kinda without value. Those shorter primers were used up at the range by using o-rings to help make a good seal. Nowadays the W209 primers come without the longer primers; they average shorter so one no longer can manage a good seal with the factory breech plug. This requires one use o-rings for to make a good seal. This can be frustrating, but does work, and one just shoots up the shorter W209 primers.
One solution is to quit the W209 primers, and use primers that average shorter, in a longer custom breech plug. The CCI primers, and the 209A primers are fairly uniform in length, and average around 0.297" long.
Bestill Creations sells a custom breech plug that can be milled to make a perfect seal using the CCI, and 209A primers. One can also have a plug made to seal with the STS primers, which are the most uniform primer, and the shortest primer. The STS primers average around 0.294", and are very consistent.
The Bestill Creations breech plug is sweet! All primers are held deeper in the socket for better support. The plug has a tungsten carbide bushing that provides the flash hole. The flash hole will not wear out any time soon.
The Bestill Creations breech plug is more costly than the OEM plug on sale.
Currently three breech plugs are being used in Omega rifles. The OEM breech plug is used to shoot the longer W209 primers with a tight seal. A Bestill Creations breech plug is used to shoot the CCI, and the 209A primers with a tight seal. A second Bestill Creations breech plug is used to shoot the STS primers with a tight seal.
The OEM breech plug will be tossed when the flash hole wears out, and replaced with another purchased on sale as long as the longer W209 primers last.
The Bestill Creations breech plugs will not wear out anytime soon.