Blackhorne powder

[STUBOWHUNTS]

Need advice on blackhorne powder and hornady
fbp bullets

[txhunter58]

My elk load is 95 gr of BH 209 and the 350 gr FPB. Has killed and elk the last two years.

That said, depending on what you are hunting, any load from 80 to 110 gr of BH that is accurate would be plenty of power for anything up to big deer. I set my lower limit on elk at 90 gr of powder. Don't buy into the hype that you have to use 150 gr. Just costs more money and more bruising on your shoulder.

And the 300 gr FPBs should be great for deer.

The FPB is larger than bore diameter by design in the rear, so you have to size it to your barrel. To do that, you need a short starter with a Hornady (or similar) loading tip. Set the bullet straight down in the barrel, set the starter on top and give it a good wack with your free palm to start the bullet in the riflings. I then have a ramrod with a retractable "T" handle to send it on down to the powder. I then lean on it to seat it with some force on the powder. You need to have a tight seal for BH to work well.

You weren't very specific on what you wanted to know, so hopefully this helps.

[cayugad]

Blackhorn 209 powder is a great powder. Hard to find in my neck of Wisconsin though. Also it comes in a 10 ounce jug instead of by the pound. It is a very powerful powder, and clean burning. Also it takes a 209 ignition to set it off. So if you have a side lock, forget it. Even an inline with #11 or musket cap ignition, you should not use BlackHorn 209.l

Also the design of the rifle makes a difference. Open breech rifles and blackhorn 209 can be a little dangerous. For instance, when I was shooting BlackHorn out of a Black Diamond, it blew out the 209 primer in the open breech and part of the primer struck me in the fore head. It is made for a close breech style rifle, like the Triumph, Omega, Accura, Genesis, etc..

As for the Hornady FPB's they shoot well out of a fast twist rifle. Some rifles, they are kind of hard to load, but once you get them down the barrel they seem to load fine.

Welcome to the forum.

[lemoyne]

Best tell us what rifle with what ignition so we can help you.

[hubby11]

I'm using 90 grains of BH209 with the 350 grain FPB in my Omega X7

Note - the FPB does NOT have to be pre-sized in all guns. In mine, it goes down as easy as a tight sabot every time. Your ML may be different.