On the Brass Mowrey rifle is the breach plug steel and threaded into the action or a brass part of the action? Thank you in advance for the answer. Thinking about making a mowrey out of aluminum just because i can cast that. Though i am sure a aluminum breach plug would be no good.
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Brass Mowrey Breach plug
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My steel frame Mowrey breech plug is steel and threaded into the barrel. An aluminum breech plug would be very dangerous, possibly deadly if and when it blew out. Here is a thread about them. from that thread.
"The breechplug in the barrel is steel, and takes all the recoil forces when the gun is fired. The brass frame only mounts the action and action springs."
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/ethan-allen-rifle-mowrey.39916/
"The breechplug in the barrel is steel, and takes all the recoil forces when the gun is fired. The brass frame only mounts the action and action springs."
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/ethan-allen-rifle-mowrey.39916/
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No I dont think a aluminum breach plug would be a good idea. What I mean would be like a piece of all thread that is a breach plug on one end and screwed into the reciever on the other. But as I type this I am starting to think this would not work. The nipple would be threaded in to aluminum and i dont think I would like that ether.
