Author Topic: Which breech plug for encore or omega (Read 581 times)

DEPUTY · « **on:** July 16, 2004, 09:19:20 AM »

i seen several of them which is which

Darrell H · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2004, 09:39:17 AM »

I'm not sure that I fully understand your question. There are several different designs out for Encore breech plugs. Some have a hollow cavity and others have a flat surface to prevent crushing of Pyrodex pellets. Both of my Encore breech plugs have the hollow cavity which is fine since I only shoot loose powder anyway. I never could figure out why anyone would use pellets since quickloads are available to store pre-measured charges and loose powder is a lot more versatile and CHEAPER! I'm getting sidetracked arent I....

Anyway, I used to have both an Encore and an Omega and the breechplugs were interchangeable.

HTH,

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DEPUTY · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2004, 04:33:23 PM »

yeah i was wondering which one is best i need a replacment since my buddy rounded off the one in my omega and the store only has the deep cavity one in stock

Bullseye · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2004, 06:28:32 PM »

Type 1 - Deep Cavity. Works great for loose powder and also for pellets as long as you are careful and do not crush the pellets.

Type 2 - Flat with a very small and shallow cavity in the middle. This one seems to create more problems with crud rings. Eliminates crushed pellet potential.

Type 3 - Flat with a bigger and deeper cavity in the middle. Suppose to help with the elimination of the crud ring. Eliminates crushed pellet potential.

My Encore has Type 1 and it works fine with pellets and loose.

daddywpb · « **Reply #4 on:** July 20, 2004, 02:56:57 PM »

I'm not sure which one I have in my Omega, but I've never had any trouble using loose powder or pellets.