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Old 05-21-2018, 06:45 AM
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I still find this amusing and that they still include the warning in the most recent manual.
However, most sabots leave a heavy plastic residue in the bore requiring cleaning of the bore after every shot. This plastic residue along with the extremely tight fit of most sabots makes loading for quick follow-up shots very difficult.
CVA's load data in the manual is barely even generic. They make no distinction between the most common loose subs and BH209. So when you claim its totally safe to use 150gr of loose powder by volume, people get the idea its safe with no matter what bullet you want to shoot. They still flaunt the "Magnum Muzzleloader" advertising like so many others. Well its pretty obvious that a 150gr load with some bullets might just get you into some VERY high pressures.

Use 150gr by volume of BH209 and a really heavy bullet will easily get you into dangerous territory. Even with a 300gr bullet that load is well into the 30kpsi range. Westerns own load data stops at around a 444gr and 100gr by volume.
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