Accura Headspace Issues
#11
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2011
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There is an interesting article by Russell Lynch in his blog at Max Muzzleloading. Apparently Western Powders has been trying to get CVA to redesign their breech plugs but they say the ignition problem is due to BH209 not their plugs design. I really do not think CVA is going to like his blog but I feel he is speaking the truth.
The article:
http://www.maxmuzzleloaderblog.com/
The article:
http://www.maxmuzzleloaderblog.com/
#14
The longer the projectile takes getting out the bore and the more pressure that BH creates the more blow back enters the flash channel of the plug.
The other fact that goes more along with what you might be addressing is that if you are a hunter or just an occasional shooter, the Omega/Encore factory plug is a winner. The only factory one that might be better is the flat faced Knight Vision NFPJ plug. In either case you still need to do the plug maintenance thing hand drilling the flash channel out.
Changes in the plug and the changes that I think you will see in the future can significantly delay a significant amount build up in the channel.
#15
Typical Buck
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Sabotloader,
I regularly decarbon my breech plug and make sure the flash hole is open. I am speaking from my personal experience that I have yet to have a misfire in any of the TC plugs. Breech plug maintenance is something I have found that a lot of shooters do not keep up on then blame the gun, powder and plug. Most shooters I have seen never decarboned the breechplug when switching from T7 to BH209. Some will argue the flash channel is not 1/8th because it is so carboned up they cannot get the bit to start. If you keep using the plug while carboned up then flame cutting will happen and you will loose heat to the charge. These are not things I have read I have personal experience with them.
I regularly decarbon my breech plug and make sure the flash hole is open. I am speaking from my personal experience that I have yet to have a misfire in any of the TC plugs. Breech plug maintenance is something I have found that a lot of shooters do not keep up on then blame the gun, powder and plug. Most shooters I have seen never decarboned the breechplug when switching from T7 to BH209. Some will argue the flash channel is not 1/8th because it is so carboned up they cannot get the bit to start. If you keep using the plug while carboned up then flame cutting will happen and you will loose heat to the charge. These are not things I have read I have personal experience with them.
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Yucca Valley,Ca
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There is an interesting article by Russell Lynch in his blog at Max Muzzleloading. Apparently Western Powders has been trying to get CVA to redesign their breech plugs but they say the ignition problem is due to BH209 not their plugs design. I really do not think CVA is going to like his blog but I feel he is speaking the truth.
The article:
http://www.maxmuzzleloaderblog.com/
The article:
http://www.maxmuzzleloaderblog.com/
#19
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Purchasing supplies at a local machine shop, results in visiting, and questioning, and learning. Reading machining forum also has been of some help.
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#20
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There is an interesting article by Russell Lynch in his blog at Max Muzzleloading. Apparently Western Powders has been trying to get CVA to redesign their breech plugs but they say the ignition problem is due to BH209 not their plugs design. I really do not think CVA is going to like his blog but I feel he is speaking the truth.
The article:
http://www.maxmuzzleloaderblog.com/
The article:
http://www.maxmuzzleloaderblog.com/
Is he keeping the solution secret because he is concerned with litigation? Why doesn't he tell us how to successfully shoot BH in a CVA rifle?
Hopefully some of them folk that are embarking on a hunting trip with their CVA rifle, and wish to use BH, read these forum. It bothers me more than a little, that some folk still don't know what it takes to successfully use BH in a CVA rifle.