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At this point I will not return to BH-209 in the White. I really would have liked it to be an alternative, an alternative because of price only, but there a couple of things that I am not happy with. The possibility of the the primer flying apart in an open breech is not to exciting and the fact that the powder seems to be so sensitive to the pressure that the bullet is loaded with. Progressive powders like BH require a constant pressure to continue burning at a given rate. I worry about bore diameters, sabot diameters, even bullet diameters all being consistentant and constant. Any changes in any of those diameters will change the dynamics of how BH-209 burns - hence accurracy will vary also. Granted I was shooting a White with a large bore - had I chosen to shoot the Omega or the Knight with a tighter bore some of the diameter problems may have been eliminated.

I think Western gave us the parameters that they beleived that their powder would function consistently in, I beleive we as shooters have tried to adjust the parameters to fit what we want it to do. So I guess I am saying that in Western's or General Dynamics minds if you shot the powder in a closed breech, such as the Omega-Encore with all the componets fitting correctly all the time you would have an excellent powder. But I think about some of the Sanish made extruded barrels that are not always equal in bore diameter top to bottom - that might lead to an accuracy problem in itself.

Some of my problem go right back to what Doc White has always said when ot comes to the plunger style assembly. It is not meant to lock or hold the primer in place during the combustion of the powder. If the power curve is long it may drive back-pressure back out the breech plug, creating pieces of a second projectile going in the wrong direction. That is why he would not agree to a 25ACP for a Model 97 - and I treid several times to convince hime. With BP and the subs the power curve is pretty quick your projectile can even loose speed in the barrel.

I still want to try the BH in my Omega and even in the Knight Extreme. The Extreme is also a plunger type rifle but it has a couple of options that would reduce the blowback possibilities greatly. Several people on MM are shooting the Knight Extremes and Elites with very good results. At this point, for myself only, the ideal of the closed breech is the safest way to go.

Question??? on the KP1 and KRB or any of the Knights- does the block that holds the primer in place - does it lock in place? If it does not - seems like that puts thing awful close to your face?