blackhorn 209
12-01-2009, 03:22 PM
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Idaho
Posts: 11,703
team mich
It is a great powder, but way to expensive for me especially for just 10 ounces of powder... I'll stay with T7 for the forseeable future. Although if I were just an occasional shooter it would be the powder that I use...
It is a great powder, but way to expensive for me especially for just 10 ounces of powder... I'll stay with T7 for the forseeable future. Although if I were just an occasional shooter it would be the powder that I use...
12-02-2009, 09:02 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Posts: 3,732
This BH209 is the only powder i use in my Omega. In the Omega it has been 100% reliable in all kinda weather and temperatures.
Don't use the special primers that are intended for the rest of the powders, and don't use the solvents/lubes intended for the rest of the black powder substitutes. Use standard or magnum shot gun primers, and use lubes/solvents intended for smokeless powder.
Don't use the special primers that are intended for the rest of the powders, and don't use the solvents/lubes intended for the rest of the black powder substitutes. Use standard or magnum shot gun primers, and use lubes/solvents intended for smokeless powder.
12-02-2009, 11:45 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Camp Lejeune, NC
Posts: 3,869
Here ya go friend...
http://huntingnet.com/forum/search.php?searchid=61540
Hours of good reading about BH209.
http://huntingnet.com/forum/search.php?searchid=61540
Hours of good reading about BH209.
12-03-2009, 01:56 PM
#8
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location:
Posts: 818
team mich
It is a great powder, but way to expensive for me especially for just 10 ounces of powder... I'll stay with T7 for the forseeable future. Although if I were just an occasional shooter it would be the powder that I use...
It is a great powder, but way to expensive for me especially for just 10 ounces of powder... I'll stay with T7 for the forseeable future. Although if I were just an occasional shooter it would be the powder that I use...
12-03-2009, 03:19 PM
#9
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Idaho
Posts: 11,703
onetohunt
No even close... T7 is $18.40 a lb, not 10 ounces...
Incorrect there also...
BH is shipped in 10 oz containers - $25/container (if you can find it for that) + Hazmat fees
T7 is shipped in 16 oz containers - $18.40/container + Hazmat
So
16 ounces of T7 ='s 7000 grains
10 ounces of Bh ='s 4375 grains
It really is simple economics to me....
BH -> 4,375 gr/10oz -> @70 grains/100 grain loads of BH. $30/62 loads = $0.48 per shot.
T7 -> 7,000 gr/16oz -> @77 grains/100 grain loads of T7. $20/90.9 loads = $0.22 per shot
Actually it avgs out cheaper than a box of T7
You can get more loads with it as well.
BH is shipped in 10 oz containers - $25/container (if you can find it for that) + Hazmat fees
T7 is shipped in 16 oz containers - $18.40/container + Hazmat
So
16 ounces of T7 ='s 7000 grains
10 ounces of Bh ='s 4375 grains
It really is simple economics to me....
BH -> 4,375 gr/10oz -> @70 grains/100 grain loads of BH. $30/62 loads = $0.48 per shot.
T7 -> 7,000 gr/16oz -> @77 grains/100 grain loads of T7. $20/90.9 loads = $0.22 per shot
12-04-2009, 09:24 AM
#10
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location:
Posts: 86
I am starting a search for a new sabot for my Pro Hunter. What are you using in your TC's? I have been told to try the Harvester Crush Rib but I haven't got them yet. Last year I used the sabots that came with the Hornaday XTP's and I more or less had to stand on the rod to get it to seat (this was after a treatement with the J-B Bore Cleaner). Thanks for any help.