Apollo Breech plug help?

bowbender6 · 02-10-2008, 04:30 PM

I think I got this in 1990. I am not sure this breech plug comes out. I don"™t remember ever taking it out. I can"™t get it out right now. Let it soak, heated with a torch, no luck , twisted the ears of a breech plug tool trying. I think I"™ll call CVA Monday.

mcawful · 02-10-2008, 04:40 PM

Looks to me like the plug is out. Of course I never messed with an Apollo. That's some pretty bad pitting you've got there. Are you sure you wouldn't rather purchase anew?

bowbender6 · 02-10-2008, 04:53 PM

Just got it out the other day, bedded the stock ( for practice) and it shot the three types of bullets I tried under 1" @ 80 yards. Don"™t know if I"™ll hunt with it but I got sevral person in my family to equip with ML"™s.

frontier gander · 02-10-2008, 07:56 PM

thats a breech plug with a #11 nipple that screws in. By the look of all of that rust, i would recommend that you buy a new rifle. That i would not feel safe with.

Cut the barrel in half and throw it out.

cherokee75 · 02-11-2008, 12:10 PM

I am not sure, but I think there was some kind of recall on Apollos wasn't there?

bowbender6 · 02-11-2008, 02:18 PM

I called them a couple of years ago- this was not one. Thanks

flounder33 · 02-11-2008, 04:01 PM

I would agree with frontier gander. It is obviously a bad case of neglect. If that breech plug hasn't been out of there for 18 years, I doubt like heck if anyone could get it out. You can find some quality used inlines at a bargain. I would scrap it.
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