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CVA 209 Primer Adapter

rrfhunterrrfhunter Member Posts: 187 ✭✭✭
edited December 2011 in Black Powder and Cowboy Action Shooting
I'm new to muzzle loading and trying to get started. I bought a used CVA Hunterbolt inline off the auctions and am having a real PIA. I assumed it would use 209 primers but when I went to the range to shoot it, it turns out the breech plug has a nipple for musket caps which can't be found. So I bought a 209 breech plug adapter and the instructions just say to screw it in until "snug" which I did(with grease) but there's about a 1/8" gap between the bolt face and the breech plug. The firing pin doesn't contact the primer. Is there supposed to be a "gapping" procedure like gapping a spark plug, etc?
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  • bambambambambambam Member Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You need to double check to see if the model can use the breech plug adapter.

    I have a CVA MAG HUNTER that I ruined the preech plug on. I didn't put anti-sieze on it and tore the chit out off it when I finally got it out. The tool kept slipping out as I was tring to twist it out.

    I bought a replacement breech plug from Cabelas. I just turn it in until snug, not too tight.

    Can you post a picture or your breech plug (out of the gun) and a picture of your bolt(out of the gun). I need to see the 2 surfaces that contact each other. I can probly tell you if they are a match that way.
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  • rrfhunterrrfhunter Member Posts: 187 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I took the pics but I don't know how to attach them in this forum. What's your email address? The CVA part # of the breech plug is AC1678. The package says "For 209-capable cva inline rifles. I don't have the Hunterbolt owners manual but an old brochure I saw refers to the Hunterbolt as coming with the musket cap nipple and convertible to 209.
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  • bambambambambambam Member Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Email sent.

    This is what mine looks like.

    cva209.jpg
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  • El BangoEl Bango Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do yourself a favor and re-breech for a large pistol primer,the 209 has too much "bow-wow"and can actually "push" the load forward a bit before ignition occurs.
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  • rrfhunterrrfhunter Member Posts: 187 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wanted to convert it from muzzle caps to 209 ignition because I of how hard it is to find muzzle caps. I bought the CVA 209 breech plug but I ended up calling CVA and my bolt is not compatible with it.

    The good news is my buddy ran into some NOS muzzle caps at a gun shop this weekend so he bought me 400. Problem solved![:D]
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