Originally Posted by
MountainDevil54
Blackhorn certainly is not over rated. Its THE best powder you can feed a muzzleloader. No crud ring, easy clean up, accurate as heck. But what you do need are HOT primers in order to get it to set off. Knight's BP has had its share of issues with hangfiring with the powder. All you got on your patch was the soot blackhorn leaves behind. Cleans up easily with Hoppes and Montana X-treme solvent.
Best powder you can feed an MZ??
BP works great, no crud ring, easy clean up, and BP is accurate as heck, and at about 1/3 the price. And you do not need any special nipples or plugs or special hotter caps or special ignition systems. And for about 1/3 or so the price?? So I am not sure how you can call it the "best powder".
I think all these powders coming down the line are marketed to catch the shooter in a marketing ploy, I doubt very seriously if BH will out shoot straight black. And I have tried all the expensive new powders. Heck I will not let T-7 within 100 yards of my rifles. Just an opinion. But then I like to shoot my MZ's. Not save up money to buy powder that does not even come in a 1# can. Tom.