BH209 and Knight disc elite
06-13-2009, 08:49 AM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 92
BH209 and Knight disc elite
OK Im getting nutsier by the minute.Ive spent so much time shooting lately [not complaining] but i never heard of BH209 until I got back to this forum. I just spent two hours of valuable shooting time reading every review i could google. Everything is positive except two guys including one writer said the he regular has hangfires using BH209 in their cisc elites. the writer said he guest thathe extra length of the disc slowed the ignition. If im not mistaked Pete D has a disc elite and i believe he also said positive things about BH209. Anyone and everyone that knows something about this combination please help old dead on before I gotta change my handle to deadend.
06-13-2009, 09:28 AM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Fair Haven, NJ
Posts: 146
RE: BH209 and Knight disc elite
dead on: I think most of reported ignition problems with BH209 in the Knight Disc Elites/Extremes were corrected by using the "Hotter" brands of 209 primers. In fact the manufacturer of BH209 (Western Powder) recommendshot, more powerful primers like Fed209a and CCI209M with their product. (You may want to check out their web site for this info).
It seems guys really started experiencing hangfires with BH209 when the weather turned cold... so the primers that worked up to early fall... would fail when the temps dropped.
I currently use the Knight NFPJ breech plug which uses a bare 209 primer instead of the Full Plastic Jacket one... and have not had any issues yet... knock on wood. It also has less blowback in thebreech area. YMMV
One more thing... I have found BH209 to be more finicky thus far in my .50 cal withrespect to accuracy...It shot better with T7 with many bullets/sabots. However, my .45 cal just loves BH209... go figure
It seems guys really started experiencing hangfires with BH209 when the weather turned cold... so the primers that worked up to early fall... would fail when the temps dropped.
I currently use the Knight NFPJ breech plug which uses a bare 209 primer instead of the Full Plastic Jacket one... and have not had any issues yet... knock on wood. It also has less blowback in thebreech area. YMMV
One more thing... I have found BH209 to be more finicky thus far in my .50 cal withrespect to accuracy...It shot better with T7 with many bullets/sabots. However, my .45 cal just loves BH209... go figure
06-13-2009, 10:17 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 2,037
RE: BH209 and Knight disc elite
I have a .50 disc elite and have shot both 777 and bh 209 through it. I may be in the minority, but I prefer the 777. I get excellent accuracy with it and for me the fowling on the bolt and in the breech area that I got with the bh 209 took a long time to clean up. Also the 777 is much more reasonably priced. This is just my opinion, take it for what it's worth.
Art
Art
06-13-2009, 12:23 PM
#5
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,917
RE: BH209 and Knight disc elite
You can add me to the list of BH non-fans. I have about 1/3 of my first canister left, having shot the first two-thirds out of the Mustang and X7. Could not believe the hard crud it left in the breech plug in both guns, with no gain in accuracy over T7. Unless some miracle happens when I shoot up what's left, that will be my last canister of BH.
