Originally Posted by
ronlaughlin
Myself, i don't doubt you have fired many shots of Blackhorn without a delay. This doesn't mean your very next shot won't be a delay. What i wrote before was the plug will work just fine, but when you least want it to, it will provide a delay igniting Blackhorn powder. This is still a fact even though you haven't experienced it yet.
Your buddy wrote several times about how he enlarged the flash hole so the CVA plug would work with Blackhorn. He wrote how he shot thousands and thousands of shots through his modified breech plug. His success was with a modified plug, not the stock plug.
Think about it..............................if there was no reason for the CVA Blackhorn breech plug, it wouldn't exist, people wouldn't buy it. People are spending money on Blackhorn plugs for a reason. They buy Blackhorn plugs because they have experienced issues with the stock plug.
Just this morning, i received a pm telling me a fella was mailing me a check to modify his CVA plug so it will be reliable burning Blackhorn powder.
Mulely, Is he sending me money because he likes me? NO, of course not, he is sending me money so he can own a CVA breech plug that will work 100% reliably with Blackhorn powder.
I drilled my plugs before the " head space" adjustment hit me. When i got my thumbhole optima i ran over 40 shots with BH209 with the head space adjusted tight on a factory plug and it was flawless. Now accuracy went down hill after 20 shots but still.
The BH209 plug is still the better plug, i dont get near the crud ring as i did with the flat faced plug when using pyrodex. It acts like my modded nipples for my sidelocks and just keeps it so darn much cleaner with the crud ring.
Sabotloader, the top of the receiver IMO gets chipped from putting the barrel back into place, now did that happen on the MR in question? No clue, mine doesnt have these issues at all so far anyway.
Let the poor guy get his gun fixed, i think this thread has gone on long enough. Let CVA take care of their customer and get him set up and on his way.