Blackhorn Test Aborted - Mustang Down
BUMMER!
Most of you know that back in December I tried Blackhorn in the Mustang with the.25 ACP breechplug. I usedsmall rifle magnum primers and had delayed ignition on every shot and several failures to fire. After that shoot I ordered a new 209 breechplug from Lyman for a second try with Blackhorn.
Well, that second try was today.
I loaded the Mustang'sclean dry barrel with 105 grains of Blackhorn anda 300 grain Gold Dot in a Harvester short black sabot. I put aCCI 209 primer in the new breechplug andtook aim at a 100 yard target. When Igently squeezed the trigger the primer went POP but the gun didn't go BOOM.Dang! Put in another primer, pulled the trigger - POP/NO BANG. Dang! Dang!
At this pointI'm getting "slightly agitated". I had thepan primer for my flintlock in the shooting box, so I used it to sifta little FFFg GOEXdown into the bottom of the primer hole, thenput a fresh209 in over the black powder. When I sat down at the bench again I was thinking "this GOEX boosted 209 is surely going to do the job". Squeezed the trigger. Click - NO POP. No POP? What the hell???? Opened the breech - no dimple on the primer. Closed the breech, pulled the trigger again. Click - NO POP.
Opened the breech again, and stillno dimple on the primer. DANG!!!! The firing pin is broken.At this point my"slight agitation" turned into mild cussing session. Stuff happens, huh? What really bothers me is that those first two primers that did go off did not ignite the Blackhorn. I won't find out until I get the firing pin fixed, but it might be that the Mustang's breech plug just won't work with Blackhorn.
I was sure gladI'dbrought along the Omega X7 and the .45 Renegade. So, instead of a afternoon with the Mustang and Blackhorn I gave those two fine riflesa littleworkout (report later).