Breech plug install

[romoshka]

I think all these details about timing the breechplug etc. are nice, but hardly necessary. How many thousands of kits and homegrown rifles have the plug just tightened good in the breech until the flats line up, and call it good? They are perfectly safe to shoot and no one ever knows the front of the plug is not against a "shelf." I doubt the gunsmiths 150 years ago worried about this. Let the flaming begin....

Funny that I had that same thought initially but quickly had my ‘errant’ thought corrected.

 

[ChuckJonesWagon]

I know I've spent far too much time seating the BP agains the ridge created when I drill for the BP. However, it's my BP firearm and I'm very comfortable shooting it knowing it's all snugged up.