I tried the BH209 out this past Saturday in my Optima Elite. WOW I'm impressed. I tried three different loads using the Win 209 primers and 200gr Shockwaves. I started at 90gr of BH then 100gr and then 110 gr. I shot 4 shot groups and take the best three and take that group size. I always have one that I pull just a tad, so I feel that will give a better average. All of the best 3 of 4 groups were under 1.5" at 100yds. But the 100gr group, the best three made one big hole of right at 1" accross. This was also just shooting off a back pack by the way. I willtry and post a pic of the target. I didn't have to swab between shots like I did with the Shockey's Gold even though they claim you don't. I was noticing some moisture after each shot at the end of the barrel as some of the grains from the next load were wanting to stick to the sides of the barrel right at the end so I was wiping that off between shots.

One thing I noticed that I was concerned about, although I think I saw someone mention this before. I found a lot of the sabots after I was done shooting and almost all of them were missing petals. Most were mssing 2-3 of them. It didn't seem to be affecting accuracy, but I don't really like it. I'm sure it's because the BH is providing a lot more velocity than the Shockey's I was using. I think it's just the thicker .50/.40 sabot plastic is not flexible enought to have the petals just fold back. Shoul I rellay worry about it?

Clean up was pretty easy using Hoppes and the breech plug came out super easy. I am hooked. Anybody want about a 2/3 can of Shockey's.