Well maybe we will get lucky and the new BlackMZ will help get the costs down a little more. If it is even close to BH209, then Western will either have to lower their cost or sell it by the pound to compete as effectively. Most people wont mind swabbing around 10 shots if the price/performance is right IMO.

I want BlackMZ mostly for my Knight 45s shooting 180gr bullets in sabots and possibly conicals. The 180s are my "fun" loads and i can keep 6 shots in under 1.5" consistently. Bullets are cheap, the sabots are cheap but 80gr-90gr of BH209 isnt for a fun load.

I will stick with BH209 in my GMB54. It just shoots too well and nearly all my loads are for 300gr bullets or heavier. Its my main hunter and less of a range queen although its deadly accurate.

My NULAs fun load is a 225gr FTX ($28/100) in a 10 cent sabot and only 41-44gr of powder at over 2300fps. Recoil is mild and i can swap out to the Barnes 45-225gr for hunting since i know its a good SUB MOA shooter in this one. The huge reduction in powder weight reduces recoil more than you would imagine. I will post some shooting vids when i get around to editing the videos.

I hardly shoot the Savage but IT will easily kill any NA non dangerous game humanely out to 300 yards with a 36 cent bullet. Its a pig though and i don't care to hunt with it atm.

I only shoot MLs during all deer seasons so costs are more important to me and until this year i spent many hours at the range or shooting them just for fun.