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Offline bob in the woods

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1 inch .54 cal breach plug
« on: August 20, 2017, 01:34:34 AM »
I'm wondering if a 5/8th / 18 plug is OK for a  .54 cal  with a 1 in breach ?   I'm about to drill and tap it, but thought I'd check here first.

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Re: 1 inch .54 cal breach plug
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2017, 04:54:46 AM »
It's ok, but 3/4-16 would be better in a 1 inch barrel. 

Some barrel makers will tap a 15/16" barrel with 5/8-18 in .54 caliber. 

You will only have a shoulder on the lands for the plug to engage.  But as has been covered in some recent posts on barrel breeching, a perfect seal formed by the face of the plug against an internal shoulder, though preferred, may not always be necessary.  Some feel the threads alone can form an effective gas seal.
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Offline little joe

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Re: 1 inch .54 cal breach plug
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2017, 05:34:18 AM »
Had a Getz some years back  54 ca  x   fifteen-sixteenths no problems