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I went out while ago and shot a few rounds from my G2 using BH209. I just had teflon tape on the breech plug. Shot a few rounds with some 200 grain XTPs in old brown Knight branded sabots. Those were a bear to load but I managed to get the rifle adjusted up near the bull at 100. Shot a few rounds at 90 grains by volume and just 1 at 100 grains by volume. 100 grains caused my thumb on my trigger hand to get in a fight with my nose, so I went back down to 90 grains.
Switched to the same charge under some 200 grain Shockwaves. Those shot to about the same location as the XTPs but neither of the 200 grainers was giving me very good results.
Had put a Simms pad on that rifle since I had last shot it and I can tell there is an obvious difference in recoil but the rifle is still a little hard to handle, being so small. Had a bulk box of 275 grain PowerBelts that I bought a long time ago, so I went to the heavier bullet but reduced the charge to 80 grains by volume. Left the rifle sighted 2" high at 100 yards with those PowerBelts, the last three of those in a 1.9" group. Not remarkable even for that rifle with its small scope, but maybe not so bad considering how little I've shot recently.
Fired one last round, a 260 grain PRBullet QT knurled conical, fully expecting a hang-fire. Nope, fired just fine.
The BH209 has a different sort of kick, it seems quicker and more like a centerfire. Cleanup of the barrel was easy and I didn't need to break the rifle down as there was very little blowback making its way to the frame. The breech plug is another story... I spent as much time cleaning that plug as I would normally spend cleaning a White rifle entirely. Alcohol, brake cleaner, 624 cleaner, Ballistol, and WD-40 were all employed during the cleaning. I used a toothbrush, a copper wire brush, a steel wire brush, pipe cleaners, patches, and drill bits to work on that plug, finally getting it to a passable state of cleanliness. A final alcohol flush and then blasted dry with air - the plug was given a bit extra teflon tape on the threads and re-installed. I used a double wrap at the forward threads on the plug rather than the single wrap I normally would use. The reason for that was, when I first removed the dirty plug, ALL the teflon tape had been driven back to the flange that sits behind the threads on a G2 plug. It looked like a single pink o-ring.
As I was cleaning the breech plug I noticed some odd new markings inside the primer cup. Someone please splain this to me, my eyes aren't good enough to understand what I'm seeing.
A new plug and one that I've shot several rounds using T7 both look smooth there around the flame channel.
Ah'm sorta fallin out luv wit dis stuff.
Switched to the same charge under some 200 grain Shockwaves. Those shot to about the same location as the XTPs but neither of the 200 grainers was giving me very good results.
Had put a Simms pad on that rifle since I had last shot it and I can tell there is an obvious difference in recoil but the rifle is still a little hard to handle, being so small. Had a bulk box of 275 grain PowerBelts that I bought a long time ago, so I went to the heavier bullet but reduced the charge to 80 grains by volume. Left the rifle sighted 2" high at 100 yards with those PowerBelts, the last three of those in a 1.9" group. Not remarkable even for that rifle with its small scope, but maybe not so bad considering how little I've shot recently.
Fired one last round, a 260 grain PRBullet QT knurled conical, fully expecting a hang-fire. Nope, fired just fine.
The BH209 has a different sort of kick, it seems quicker and more like a centerfire. Cleanup of the barrel was easy and I didn't need to break the rifle down as there was very little blowback making its way to the frame. The breech plug is another story... I spent as much time cleaning that plug as I would normally spend cleaning a White rifle entirely. Alcohol, brake cleaner, 624 cleaner, Ballistol, and WD-40 were all employed during the cleaning. I used a toothbrush, a copper wire brush, a steel wire brush, pipe cleaners, patches, and drill bits to work on that plug, finally getting it to a passable state of cleanliness. A final alcohol flush and then blasted dry with air - the plug was given a bit extra teflon tape on the threads and re-installed. I used a double wrap at the forward threads on the plug rather than the single wrap I normally would use. The reason for that was, when I first removed the dirty plug, ALL the teflon tape had been driven back to the flange that sits behind the threads on a G2 plug. It looked like a single pink o-ring.
As I was cleaning the breech plug I noticed some odd new markings inside the primer cup. Someone please splain this to me, my eyes aren't good enough to understand what I'm seeing.
Ah'm sorta fallin out luv wit dis stuff.
