Originally Posted by
ronlaughlin
Both the Savage, and the Lehigh vent liners arrived here yesterday.
I began with the install of the Lehigh, and it seemed to work quite nicely. The unmodified Accura breech plug on the left, the modified Accura breech plug centered, and the unmodified Omega breech plug on the right.
Then, i gave the savage vent liner a try, and it also fit nicely.
I decided to install the Lehigh vent, and loaded the Accura that has factory open sights, with 105g BH209, Harvester Smooth Sabot, 300g xtp, and W209 primer.
This morning i headed for the hills, set out a target, and moved the truck to the place i normally park it, which turned out to be 101yd from target according to the laser range finder.
The first shot was into a stump, and then i fired 8 shots at this target:
The rifle appears to be shooting some high now, with this modification. Ignition was instant, and i ended up loading and shooting the rifle about 16 times before going hunting. Blowback may have been less than what it was before being modified, but then again maybe not.
After returning home from hunting, i replaced the Lehigh vent liner with the Savage vent liner, and will try it out tomorrow morning.
Hi Ron,
Thank's for the results so far on your Mod's. The difference in impact was one of my concerns earlier in this post, ans Im sure I was quoted as there would be no difference. The other was if it really would make all that much of a difference in blowback. As you mentioned you were unsure if the difference was all that noticeable.
The minimal blowback I now have with my ACCURA was'nt that much to worry about to begin with, and now I tried a rubber O-Ring behind the primer it seemed to make some what of a difference and lessened the blowback. The little extra cleaning, mabey 2 minutes to remove the small amount of blowback from the firing pin area does'nt make or break me as I always take out the firing pin and spring everytime and clean it anyway as I want the ML CLEAN and I am a clean freak.
So for now Im gonna just stay with things the way they are as there not that bad, and I have My ACCURA shooting 1"groups at 100 and 2"groups at 200 so Im not gonna mess with the BP. I have extra new BP's for it so when they get a little wore I'll just replace them. Let us know how things work out with your other BP's and the ACCURA's.
I was considering buying the (New ACCURA V2) when they came out but Im not sure I will now as the ACCURA (Older Version) are pleanty good for me and preform well. A new BP with the ACCURA V2 was all I was looking for and Im still undecided if just that alone will be enough for me to purchase one.
Heck the older ACCURA Camo/SS can be purchased at Cabela's now for $329 and with the new Cabela's offer's I can get another $40 off that price so for $289 you get a great ML at a Great Price. Not that I need another as I already have 3 of them.
Chances are I will buy the new V2, just to see if the difference between the 2 are really that big. It does'nt bother me to take 15seconds to remove the BP now so a quick release one, so what, and the recoil burner's just dont appeal to me either.
So for now Im usdecided but still very happy with the older ACCURA's. Thank's again for your report Ron and fill us in on the rest of your results.
(BP)