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Old 10-29-2008 | 06:25 PM
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I have hated my T/C Encore Muzzleloader ever since the first day a shot it. Its only been a couple of years and I have read many posts on this sight and tried a bunch of different suggestions. Today I recieved my first 10 oz bottle of BlackHorn 209. Alls I can say is WOW. Great stuff. New scope 2 weeks ago shot a few times100gr777and quit. Today after bore sight 2 shots @ 30yds with slight adjustment and 2 @ 75yds 1.5" high with slight adjust and in the bull. No patching 4 shots easy loading and clean group. Its the first time for me with a muzzleloader that each time I made a click on the scope the bullet moved accordingly. Thank you very much for all the info on this sight. Now I am going to clean it with som Hoppes #9 which sounds like it is okay to use. Any cleaning tips would be helpfull. I dont think with BK 209 any of the T/C cleaners work?
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Old 10-29-2008 | 06:53 PM
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To clean blackhorn get a quality gun solvent. Birchwood Casey Bore Scrubber, Hoppie #9, Montana X-Treme (BlackHorn claims is made forcleaning)Solvent, and of them. It will take any Blackhorn fowling right out. Do not use a water product.
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Old 10-29-2008 | 06:57 PM
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Sounds good . Thanks again.
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Old 10-29-2008 | 09:09 PM
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Use a small drill bit (by hand)to clean the flame channel of your breech plug. The carbon deposits in breech plugs with BH209 are terrible. Dipping the bit in a bit of the Hoppes helps. You may not have shot enough to see the build up though. Should be about a1/8" bit or a hair under.
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Old 10-31-2008 | 05:42 PM
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Cleaned up good. Getting ready for tomorrow which is opening day here for muzzle loader season. Loaded up some speed loads tonight and found the BH209has a static problem? My grain measuring device is plastic, and the speed load is plastic. The BH209 seemed it would rather stick to the plastic . Its weird stuff. It did not want to pour out of 1 plastic to go into the other.Has any body else had this or just me?
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Old 10-31-2008 | 06:15 PM
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Wipe the inside of your empty loaders with a fabric softener, then fill them and see how they work.
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Old 10-31-2008 | 06:23 PM
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Thanks I will give that a try.
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Old 11-01-2008 | 04:21 AM
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[quote][/quotWipe the inside of your empty loaders with a fabric softener, then fill them and see how they work. e]

Definitely works
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Old 11-09-2008 | 06:31 PM
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Thanks guys. The dryer sheet works great. Almost touched off today. Passed on a small bodied 8pt. He was crusing at noon.
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