OHsmokepole
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Howdy Folks,
I'm new to the forum so forgive me if I'm not breaking new ground. I've got Knights, CVA's, and Traditions, guns so I'm not particularly biased about brands. I've got a cheap, but very accurate Traditions Evolution with a very sweet trigger pull that I bought for nearly nothing. The problem is that it's a filthy nightmare and I hate it. It's my belief that a new BH209 breech plug would solve my problem, as well as every other person with this particular firearm. I searched but didn't see a close match for my thoughts. I'm in search of a willing machinist to bless or condemn my idea, so here it is... I happened to figure out just by goofing with it that if you turn a red Knight primer disk upside down and load the primer in the back instead of the front of the disk it would be loadable and easily removable on a Traditions musket cap breech plug. Fits like a glove... The issue is that with the added length of the disk, it's a good bit too long for the bolt to close. The only way I see to make it functional is by altering an existing or making a new breech plug to allow the disk utilization (shortened in the area closest to the bolt). I'm not sure Traditions or Knight would like my idea, but I do know that I've got a $100 dollar gun that shoots like a much more expensive counterpart. If a skilled machinist could come up with a decent breech plug for this rifle and make it BH209 capable, I'd be inclined to use it a lot more. If anybody has thoughts or comments, or recommendations, let me know and thanks for your time!
I'm new to the forum so forgive me if I'm not breaking new ground. I've got Knights, CVA's, and Traditions, guns so I'm not particularly biased about brands. I've got a cheap, but very accurate Traditions Evolution with a very sweet trigger pull that I bought for nearly nothing. The problem is that it's a filthy nightmare and I hate it. It's my belief that a new BH209 breech plug would solve my problem, as well as every other person with this particular firearm. I searched but didn't see a close match for my thoughts. I'm in search of a willing machinist to bless or condemn my idea, so here it is... I happened to figure out just by goofing with it that if you turn a red Knight primer disk upside down and load the primer in the back instead of the front of the disk it would be loadable and easily removable on a Traditions musket cap breech plug. Fits like a glove... The issue is that with the added length of the disk, it's a good bit too long for the bolt to close. The only way I see to make it functional is by altering an existing or making a new breech plug to allow the disk utilization (shortened in the area closest to the bolt). I'm not sure Traditions or Knight would like my idea, but I do know that I've got a $100 dollar gun that shoots like a much more expensive counterpart. If a skilled machinist could come up with a decent breech plug for this rifle and make it BH209 capable, I'd be inclined to use it a lot more. If anybody has thoughts or comments, or recommendations, let me know and thanks for your time!