There has been some controversy about forum posted loads being shot in a Knight muzzleloader especially regarding the use of BH-209.

Western Powders says that 120 grains of BH is their maximum recommended load and Hodgdon maintains that a 100 grains of loose T7 as their recommended maximum.

It is my belief that a rifle manufacture can and do test, then post the recommended loads for their rifles which may and often does not coincide with the powder manufacturer. The powder manufacturer has to consider ALL ml's and the age of ALL available ml's + other factors - so it is natural that they would provide a lower max number for these consideration.

Rifle manufacturers on the other hand have the luxary of providing the information for given rifle or groups of rifles.
This chart, a collaberation between Knight and Green Mountain, was reproduced from a 2011 Manual (thanks Chet) for Knight Rifles. Since the manual is a 2011 version - BH is encompassed in the statement seen in the highlighted box near the bottom of the page.

Western Powders has maintained that BH is a legal Black Powder Substitute - to qualify for that statement it must meter as a black powder and provide near the same same pressures as real BP, even though BH is a smokeless, progressive burning powder.
Granted that real BP runs a very wide range of pressures from the less expensive powders to the the most explosive of real BP's Swiss Black Powder. Both T7 and BH are engineered to provide the numbers that Swiss does but yet meter the same as Swiss.



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