Originally Posted by
nys-buckstalker
Well did some shooting and sighting in the daughter's gun.started out with 90 grn of blackhorn behind 250 shockwave.group wasnt to bad,2 1/2 at 100 yds.bumped up to 100 grns.group opened up some so i dropped down to 80 grns.the group shrank down to 1 1/2 at 100 yds. backed the target out to 200 yds and aimed right at the top edge of a paper plate.Had a 5 shot 4 1/2 inch group on the bottom edge of the plate.I would post pics of the groups but cant find my cable to hook the camera to the puter to down load.when I find it i'll download and post.By the way the Remington STS primers I'm using,worked great.fired 25 shots and no misfires
nys-buckstalker,
Its great to hear you are introducing your daughter to muzzleloading. You'll make alot of great memories at the range and in the field.
Win 209's were not reliable for me in my Win Apex. If I can find them I'll give REM STS a try. As to the powder, I was going to suggest 80 grains but it looks like you discovered it. You have to love BH209. There is a 25% reduction in recoil in-spite of the better velocities (with respect to blackpowder) and no swabbing
As mild as that load is ... it still delivers over 800 ft lbs at 200 yards.