I think the CVA plug is shorter. If we modify it I think we could shoot all powders reliably and efficiently. I'll measure those when I get home.

If i was going to try a variation on Ron's plug mod, it would be a Lehigh domed vent was installed just below flush with the powder side. This would only shorten the flash channel a small amount in the OEM plug and the domed vent could not possibly damage a pellet.

A short jump from the vent to a pellet should not be a problem. Look at the old Knight CrossFire plug made for pellets. The distance was much greater from flash hole to pellet.

Drill out the flame channel and flash hole on the stock CVA BP. It will then work fine for pellets and all loose powders.

Hardly any to no expense, and no wrench needed for the non-mechanical types.

If its that simple i wonder why CVA did not do that from day one with the standard QR plug. Traditions managed to do it on their rifles for several years now.

It doesn't matter what you wonder. The stock BP works fine when drilled out.

Stock T/C plugs work right out of the box

Even with conicals? That's a lot harder to fix than a breech plug.

Then you have to deal with TC CS. Good luck.

So do my Knights even with a FPJ but the flash channel fills up very quickly with carbon.

It seems to me if someone can drill out a plugs flash channel to 5/32, then using a simple tool to install one is a "gimme". Most people who think logically would agree.

Yes, i believe the T/C plug still functions just fine whether its a conical or sabot load. Not sure how the projectile would effect the plug much.

We are talking about plugs atm correct?

So now the testing includes repairing a manufacturer's problem breech plug for the test to continue?