Today I attempted to shoot a new out of the box TC pro-hunter 50 cal, and couldn't get the breech closed. It closes just fine, nice tight click into closure, until you put the primer in. The primer does not go in quite flush, and that seems to hold the action from closing into battery. Maybe .005 or so, barely enough to see. Tried sombody elses spent primer and it wouldn't go in far enought either. This is a unique system with the extractor for the primer, and I have no expertise on this. Help???
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TC Encore Pro Hunter Muzzleloader Problem
- Thread starter cptmclark
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Harry Bonar
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primer
Sir:
Either it's the wrong primer, nipple assembly or the breech plug not seated completely! I'd send it back. Be careful trying to close it loaded - I don't know if this screws in or just seats on the action face.
Harry B.
Sir:
Either it's the wrong primer, nipple assembly or the breech plug not seated completely! I'd send it back. Be careful trying to close it loaded - I don't know if this screws in or just seats on the action face.
Harry B.
I would take the plug out and give it a good look over. Look for burrs etc,,,.
Did/does the primer go into the pocket all the way so the ejector touches the lip of the primer?
Does the ejector stick out any?
I have used CCI, FED and Win in mine and can't tell a difference.
Do you have a friend with an Encore you can compare plugs with. Or try his?
Did/does the primer go into the pocket all the way so the ejector touches the lip of the primer?
Does the ejector stick out any?
I have used CCI, FED and Win in mine and can't tell a difference.
Do you have a friend with an Encore you can compare plugs with. Or try his?
The ejector appears to move normally, and has an ample slot for the primer rim (209). It "appears" that the primer must either bottom out in its pocket or the rim is too large to go in to its own pocket. The protrusion is less than the thickness of the primer rim, just a few thousanths. A very tight lockup on this rifle. The primer does touch the lip of the ejector as looks normal, UNTIL you close the action. Then the primer does not follow fully.
There is no nipple on this arrangement, just a loosish primer pocket in which the primer is held by the closed breech face. The breech plug, with it's primer pocket, goes in with a quarter turn lock up, as if interrupted threads. Similar to an artillery peice.
There is no nipple on this arrangement, just a loosish primer pocket in which the primer is held by the closed breech face. The breech plug, with it's primer pocket, goes in with a quarter turn lock up, as if interrupted threads. Similar to an artillery peice.