[BruceBruce1959]

"I opened a new container of the same powder sub. and have shot seven in a row without a misfire. Maybe the original container is bad but I am told shelf life should not be an issue."

Shelf life isn't usually a major concern but sometimes even the slightest humidity can cause problems and to me that's what it sounds like you may be having a problem with the powder you used may have become contaminated by moisture from humidity..

 

[BruceBruce1959]

The bullet was seated properly; I have a mark on my ram rod that I use to gauge this. I shot two primers before loading but I did forget to swab the barrel. The first shot did go off so I assume that would cancel out any misfires due to oil or moisture? The powder sub is a year old and has been stored inside the house and dry.

I contacted the powder sub. manufacturer and was told my flash hole may need cleaning with a drill bit. I had a spare breech plug that was brand new, so I screwed it in and the first shot fired. Second shot misfired. I opened a new container of the same powder sub. and have shot seven in a row without a misfire. Maybe the original container is bad but I am told shelf life should not be an issue.

The same combination of gun, powder, bullet, and primer worked flawlessly last year for twenty plus shots.

Any thoughts?

You seem to be addressing your own concerns, all if which may be the root of the problem. if the powder was a year old then can't we asume it went bad for some odd reason thus causing the problem? If contaminated powder isn't the problem then I don't know what else to blame it on.

 

[BruceBruce1959]

ThreeUnder, the LAST thing you want to do is be drilling out a breech plug and for anyone to suggest such a remedy is WAY off base.

Who's going to be liable for any mishaps if you're weapon explodes in your face due to the fact that you drilled out the breech plug?

FrontierGander, do you really think telling someone to drill out their breech plug is a good idea? I mean come on, If you want to put yourself in harms way then Go for it BUT you shouldn't be offering advice that could possibly have a fatal outcome.

 

[BruceBruce1959]

IF CVA wants to be telling their customers to drill out their breech plugs, putting their customers in harms way then so be it, that's up to CVA to decide how to handle their problems but for YOU to tell someone to do something like that stupid is plain ridiculous.

 

[BruceBruce1959]

If Don Luhr or anyone else tells people to "DRILL" out a part to correct a misfire, and somewhere down the road one of those weapons he had some customer drill out explodes causing someone to die then Don Luhr needs to have his head examined as much as you do for passing along such lame advice.
If there's a Breech plug problem using bh209 then you should let the Breech plug manufacturer deal with the solution...
You shouldn't offer advice that could get someone killed.

 

[BruceBruce1959]

and the difference may be,,, the Traditions Vortek may have been designed to handle the larger flash hole,
the question to CVA should be, Are their weapons designed to handle the larger flash hole and are they prepared to Guarantee that by drilling out a larger flash hole, the weapon is still "SAFE" for the shooter.... BUT that's for CVA to decide not for you or anyone else including Don Luhr to decide..

 

[BruceBruce1959]

If someone other than your rifle manufacturer leads you to believe you need to Drill anything out to correct a misfire, I would certainly check with the Rifle manufacturer first because history has proven when you tamper with Weapons by altering their design you can be putting yourself in extreme danger and dont you agree that any alterations to your weapon especially when it involves machining procedures such as Drilling, should be performed by the manufacturer ONLY?

Personally,, I cannot believe anyone would tell you to "Drill" anything out on your weapon. Breech plugs are manufactured to perform within safe tolerances , anything you do by drilling to alter those tolerance puts you in danger.
Is every weapon owner who experiences a misfire expected to be a qualified machinist now?

What if you do decide to drill it on your own and from inexperience drilling you accidentally ream the hole too large causing your weapon to become unsafe? is Don ? or frontiergander or anyone else going to assume responsibility for your inability to drill properly?
Come on guys It doesn't take a lot of common sense here to understand that the idea of drilling is INSANE...

First Don suggested drilling, then he suggests CCI magnum primers, then he suggests switching to different bullets, what's he going to suggest next a new muzzleloader?

threeunder, I'm confident when I say I think you had "Contaminated Powder" and maybe I'm wrong but you tried new powder and had no issues afterwards.

If you have further concerns with your weapon, I SUGGEST you send it in to the manufacturer and let them handle it... That's the best advice I can offer you...
Good Luck...