Originally Posted by
Muley Hunter
I shoot two cases (50lbs) of Goex a year, but that's $14 lb.
BH 209 will be just for hunting. Lucky if I burn 2lbs a year. More like 1lb if I don't experiment with loads/scopes.
When you figure out the difference in price between T7 and BH. Don't forget to figure the truck load of patches you use to keep the crud ring out of the barrel.
Well you are a little off base here. I use one or two patches each range session you just use the same patch over and over. No real need to use clean patches each time you shoot. i am not sure why you would use a new patch each shot, it is certainly not needed.
Hunting - if your bore is treated correctly you should be able to 5 or 6 shots before it would become necessary to run a damp patch.
Often, I have found what you might use in the bore and the combination of the heat of ignition of the powder combines to create the 'crud ring' If you were to use a synthetic oil - free of teflon such as Slip 2000 or Montana X-Treme - you can reduce the effects of the 'crud ring' greatly. Also if you were to use the coolest primers available like Win T7 or the Remington ML primer the 'crud ring' is greatly reduced.
T7 has a learning curve - once you learn it is really a decent powder. Not to say that BH is not a great powder and has it benefits but there is also a learning curve with it.