Blackhorn 209 Users

[lemoyne]

What do you consider your max load of BH209 with what weight of bullet. Lee

[cayugad]

It depends on what rifle I am shooting. BUT for the most part, 120 grains is the max and I don't like that much powder. 110 grains is a good strong load with up to a 300 grain bullet.

[lemoyne]

cayugad
Actually 110 grBH with a 250 gr Gold Dot is avery good deer load for normal ranges and it shoots quite well in all my guns with the Harvester 300+ sabot I took a couple deer with that load last year and several before that.
I like to see what max loads will do with some bullets, but for hunting the construction of the bullet often limits just how fast I will push it. When I was shootingXTP's I did not go over 100 gr,with the 250 Gold Dot I started up the powder ladder with it and it shoot an inch or better in all my inlines so after the first couple of bang flops I never considered changing the load, its my in the woods load and I rarely have to shoot over 50 yds but the way it shoots more distance would not be hard to deal with. I checked the sighting and group for the 300gr but don't use it much in AR except for elk.
I am wondering what some of the other people use for there best load with BH. Lee

[kb1]

my newest triumph seems to be at it's best accuracy with 100g vol. bh209 with 250g sst,harvester short black.my knight shadow does well at 90g vol...karl

[TNHagies]

Most bullets are in the 80-100g range.I shoot 200g XTPs with 110g.I don't really get above that because I don't think I've killed a deer at more than 80 yards in 10 years... You just can't see that far here.

[Powerfisher]

I push a 290gr Barnes TMZ with 110gr BH209.

[SWThomas]

120g is the max for me. Even if my rifle is capable of shooting more, I'm not going to push it.

[rafsob]

I bought a bottle and didn't get impressed. I had to swab after a few shots and it was harder to clean then any BP or sub.I ever worked with.

I hunt here in Va. and my average shots are in the range of 75 yards. I shoot an inline (Knight Vision & NEF Sidekick) and I have never had to shoot more then 85 grs. of powder ( Pyrodex,Pinnacle, or 777) and either the 300 gr. XTP or Shockwave. They have harvested deer every year that I have been hunting ML season (10yrs.).

I must admit though that I have recently been lured to the primative side of ML season. This year I few friends and I will go on a FL only hunt this season. It is something that we talked about and find interesting. That will be after we fill our freezers first!!!

Oh yeah, I gave the rest of that BH209 powder to my friend. He didn't care for it either!

The price doesn't help any, $40.00 here in the local Bass Pro Shop.

[Old/New]

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

It was the soldier than and it's the soldier now!

My go to load in the .50 PH is 110gr pushing a 275gr Parker BE. I have tried 115gr in the .45 shooting Lehighs but that is the most I have loaded and I doubt I would need to go over that amount.

[lemoyne]

rafsob
I had the kind of luck with 777 as you did with BH, I am sure there are some other things than the powder that causes these kind of problems, I worked a bit with 777 trying to find out what it was that caused it and came to the conclusion that it was a chemical reaction to something I was using. Since they came out with BH and it solved all those problems for me I never followed through on it.
have you tried the new Black Mag XP? I want to get some but have not been able to yet. If what I have heard and the advertising is correct it should work well even in the flint locks. Black Powder is very difficult for me to obtain here. Lee