I got my conversion in the mail yesterday and decided to give it a whirl.
It seemed different to be using 209 primers as I have been occupied with my Whites and older Knights and haven't used a 209 primer in almost two years. My poor disc elite was feeling neglected.
I think I am one of the last knight disc rifle shooters to get the conversion. The main reason I bought the conversion was to get away from the full plastic jackets. They are getting more expensive and harder to find locally. Also I might want to give the bh209 another try. I had good ignition with the fpjs but man the cleanup of the breech area was a bugger with that powder.
For this first time I used triple 7 2f powder and a W209 primer.
At first I was getting a bit frustrated because ignition was unreliable. Sometimes it took two strikes to set off a primer and a few of the primers never did go. It drives me nutz when I am shooting and I never know for sure if the gun will fire or not. This went on for the first seven or eight shots. Then I started being more aggressive with how I closed the bolt. This was easy because I was getting pi$$ed. Then the ignition got reliable. For the last dozen shots I had no ignition problems. I don't know if it was me being more aggressive in closing the bolt or if things were just getting broke in. Have any of you experienced this with your Lehigh conversions.
The breech area of my rifle stayed really clean. I never wrapped my scope and I was unable to find any powder residue on it. Accuracy was good as it always has been in the elite. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to load a bare primer. I need to tinker with it some more. If I can be sure of the primers going off I will be really happy with this conversion.
Art