cayugad

Cayugad not to ever go against any of your advice - i have found if you are using teflon tape and you have the seal made at the face of the breech plug and the face of the flange in the barrel - if you back the breech plug off you destroythe seal and blowback will reach back into the threads. If you are using tape and you back off you might as well remove the plug and re-tape- now adding the grease would/could compensate for moving the plug.

When I remove the breech plug I really have no blow-back at all in the threads at all - using pink tape I could put the whole thing back in again - except for the face tape is gone.

As I reported the first time I shot the White (workout #1). I shot 10 rounds then worring about the plug - I did back it off - it was not tight at all and then I re-tightened it and continued to shoot - 20 rounds later and whne I got home - it was not froze but it did have blow-back about half way back on the plug... since then I have shot it a ton never checked and never had any problem getting the plug out.

Now here is the disclaimer - This works for me in 2 remingtons, 2 A&H's, an Omega, a Firebolt and now a White - BUT your experiances may be different - each gun is different.

Plus with tape only - no possible way to contaminate a load if left in the barrel for a long period of time (outside temp makes no difference)and no greese residue to hold any blow-back in the threads of either the breech plug or the female threads in the barrel.

mike