bragabit
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LAST EDITED ON Aug-25-14 AT 04:41PM (MST)[p]Last year I converted my Knight DISC .45 muzzleloader to shoot the bare primers so I could could shoot BH209. I was able to get a good load developed with 100gr BH209 and a 300gr Platinum powerbelt. I shot a mid 170 buck in Colorado with good results. The only downside is about every other primer would bulge out in the back and it is hard to get out of bolt.
This summer I decided I would convert it to shoot the Precision Rifle Vari-flame adapters using a large rifle magnum primer. Well after sending my bolt amd breech plug off twice the primers still will not slide in and out of the bolt. I have to take the bolt out to change primers. I like the accuracy and the ignition seems better than with a 209 primer. I am still having some issue getting the primers to fall out of the bolt after being shot. They bulge out similar to the 209 primers.
I have been shooting my sons DISC with the Red DISC all summer. It is easier to load and unload. But, I have had a couple of hangfires. I don't believe the ignition is as reliable as the vari-flame.
So I am stuck less than 2 weeks away from a CO deer hunt. Do I shoot the Variflame system, which ignites better and seems more accurate, but a follow up shot is slower. Or put my red disk breech plug in which is easier to follow up on the a second shot but I feel is less reliable ignition system.
What would you do.
This summer I decided I would convert it to shoot the Precision Rifle Vari-flame adapters using a large rifle magnum primer. Well after sending my bolt amd breech plug off twice the primers still will not slide in and out of the bolt. I have to take the bolt out to change primers. I like the accuracy and the ignition seems better than with a 209 primer. I am still having some issue getting the primers to fall out of the bolt after being shot. They bulge out similar to the 209 primers.
I have been shooting my sons DISC with the Red DISC all summer. It is easier to load and unload. But, I have had a couple of hangfires. I don't believe the ignition is as reliable as the vari-flame.
So I am stuck less than 2 weeks away from a CO deer hunt. Do I shoot the Variflame system, which ignites better and seems more accurate, but a follow up shot is slower. Or put my red disk breech plug in which is easier to follow up on the a second shot but I feel is less reliable ignition system.
What would you do.