Somebody get this man some help. Quick!! Check out Gunzilla. It has a very low, not unpleasant odor and it is non-toxic. It is not all I use but I use it most of the time on all of my firearms (many times I use it as my lubricant and protectant as well).

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I just started muzzleloading this season, I have only used BH209 and I see absolutely no reason to use anything else.

I shoot the inexpensive TC Omega Z5 and my longest single range session so far was 40 shots. I never swabbed a single time, and I never had to use a drill bit on my breech plug during the session. As stated by others, the last shot was as easy to load as the first. I also did not, and have not, experienced a single ignition problem. Bang on time, every time. I also have had no problem with looser-fitting sabots. There is not a sabot (that I know of) any easier to load than the Harvester black crush rib, and I experience tight groups with it. The breechplug has never been difficult to remove, including the time I forgot to lubricate the threads before reinstalling it. I also have left a load of BH209 in my gun for 3 weeks and it went bang when I needed it to.

I cannot comment on how easy or hard it is to clean BH209 in comparison to GOEX, 777, Pyrodex, etc. Cleaning the barrel is no easier or more difficult than cleaning that of a centerfire rifle. And of course, it depends on your definition of "clean", too. The breechplug is not a problem to clean. A couple of twists from a 1/8" drill bit, a soak in some solvent and it comes clean as new with a few minutes of work.

As far as corrosiveness goes, the jury is still out for me. I left my Omega's barrel uncleaned after shooting BH209 for three days and I had rust. Of course, I immediately blamed the BH209. But after more consideration (and a session of hunting in the rain with my Omega), I have to say that the Omega's barrel is particularly unresistant to rust. I have left the bores of other firearms uncleaned for close to a year without any rust. I have taken other firearms out in the rain and snow and no rust appeared before I was able to clean them. So, the rust may be an Omega Z5 issue, or it may be a BH209 issue. Or a bit of both. Time will tell.

To each his own. If BH209 doesn't work with your gun, don't use it. My slug gun can't close a 5" group with Lightfields. I really want my gun to like Lightfields, but I guess it just ain't in the cards, is it?!

If anyone has some BH209 they are NOT going to use, please PM me...I'll be glad to take it off your hands!