Either I am wrong or you should check your bottles. The bottle of BH I had was not 1#. And I guess I am fortunate because we have a local guy who stocks BP and does not charge that much. So maybe for you the BH is twice as much. Instead of three times more. But that still does not address the other problems people have like the bad hygroscopic properties of the powder. And other things you need to worry about to get it to go off. BP will go off if you do the process properly. And it does not need any special nipples, or special primers, or special breech plugs, or whatever special stuff you need. Heck I have shot BP before when it was wet.

When they start shooting BH-209 in a Gibbs rifle at the 1,000 yard line then I might give it a second look. But then they use BP?? Oh my.

I guarantee you that MZ accuracy is due to the rifle and projectile more than what type of powder you use. They have marketed these whiz-bang powders to shooters. And the shooters fell for it. After all who would pay two or three times as much for powder that does not improve accuracy(over BP). And you still need to clean your rifle?? Now if you did not have to clean your rifle after you shot then that might be worth investigating. But then you would be shooting a Savage with smokeless powder.

I have been around the block with all the different powders available on the market. And with a good projectile and a good rifle you will not be able to out shoot BP in that rig. Tom.