Hey cayugad, have you tried the Vari Flame yet. While I was shooting my TC Encore this weekend, I shot 15 shots with out pulling the breech plug and it performed flawlessly. After the session, the breech plug was nasty but I never experianced any problems with miss fires, clogged breach pug or anything. The firing pin never had a problem and there was just a liitle powder residue around the firing pin area on the frame. Used CCI 400 small rifle primers. I had some Kleenbore primers but didn't have a chance to use them. The primer cleaned real easy with some fast orange cleaner. Didn't have any simple green. Fast organge works great too. Cabelas sell them and so doues Precision Bullet.