There are 7000 grains in a pound. BH209 comes in 10 ounce containers. There are 16 ounces in a pound. So you take 7000grns and divide by 16. This will give you the number of grains in one ounce. The number of grains in one ounce x 10 will give you the number of grains in a jug of BH209.
Example: 7000 divided by 16 = 437.5grns per ounce.
437.5grns x 10 ounces = 4,375grns per jug of BH209
So now you take your favorite load by volume and and weigh it on a scale. 100grns by volume equals 65.6grns by weight. I checked this on two different powder measures.
I will list an example.
You can get 66.69 shots out of a container of BH209 if you shoot 100grns by volume. Thats 4,375grns (10 ounces) divided by 65.6grns by weight.
Cost per shot from Natchez would be $26.99 divided by 65.6 = 41cents per shot.
Of course if you dont live near natchez you will pay a $20.00 bucks hazmat fee. Thats when you get some buddies and order primers, bullets, powder all at one shot. That hazmat fee is a set price for no matter what or how much you order.
Sportsmans wharehouse is selling it for $28.99....$28.99 divided by 65.6= 44cents per shot. When using 100grns by volume, and 65.6grns by weight.
I throw my charges with a Lyman powder measure and after confirming the weight, Iplace the charges into Lane's tubes so very little spillage. Ready for the range and the field.
Not that this will be news to anyone, but my Pyrodex RS load of 100 gr works out to less than half of the BH 209 price per shot.
I still want to try BH though, once my Pyrodex is gone. The additional cost is peanuts considering I don't shoot much at the range, and only take a couple or threeML shots per season.
Well thankfully I wasn't using BH209 yesterday. Of course I was shooting a sidelock and it wouldn't work anyway. But it was blowing so hard that I had to shield the wind with my body while pouring into my powder measure and then into the barrel. (I didn't have premeasured tubes cause it was a new barrel and I didn't know what it was going to like. And I didn't know it was that windy out when I left the house.)
BTW - thanks Grouse. good info.
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Years ago, I ordered 2000 tubes and caps from a place and then sent them out to folks on Hunt America. Kept ~100 for my own use. 100 tubes and caps will last a very long time.
After that, tubes became all the rage. I'm glad that Lane and others sell them... I hate counting the dern things.
BH209 Cost per shot scale.
