Originally Posted by
sabotloader
Breechplug
Here are my thoughts... the finger tight plug will allow some blow back back around the breech plug, even with BP grease. How much I am unsure of as it varies in each gun depending on how tight or loose your particular BP is. I have always maintained it is best to stop the blow back at the flange of the BP and the barrel flange inside the bore. If you get it stopped there then you really do not have to worry about it coming back down or out the BP threads. In my case I use teflon tape on the face of the BP and the threads to prevent this.
As to effecting accuracy - unless it was a bad blow back leak I can not imagine that you would ever notice it in the accuracy department. Just remember blow back will contrubute to loss of velocity but again I can not imagine it affecting accuracy with a normal person doing the shooting.
Mike, I did get some teflon tape like you recommended, but I just put it on the threads of the BP, above you say you also put it on the (face) of the BP. Do you put it on the face of the BP and leave just enough so it does'nt cover the falsh hole? My problem may be with my T7 Primers in My ACCURA, when I open the action to remover the primer at the end of a Hunt, the primer just falls out into my hand, they fit loose, are they too loose? I dont want to change primers now as Im already sighted in, but I do get more blow back then I'd like.
(BP)