Some members of the forum who own a Genesis, expressed the desire to see what happens in my Genesis, shooting 110 grains of Blackhorn 209 and some Shockwaves. So I remembered I had some 250 grain shockwaves around and it was a nice day.. so what the heck.

Rifle: Remington Genesis. 50 caliber stainless steel barrel
Scope: Nikon Omega 3-9x40mm no BDC
Powder: Blackhorn 209 110 grains measured by volume measure
Primers: CCI
Distance: 52 yards and 86 yards
Bullet: 250 grain Shockwaves & 250 grain SST
Sabots: MMP HPH 24 & 12
Weather: windy, sunny, 30 degrees


To prepare the rifle I followed the advise of a forum member. I dry patched the barrel. And then I shot off three CCI primers. After that I loaded as normal.

The first up was the Shockwaves in a HPH 24 sabot.



That first shot shocked me. In fact after I fired, I kept checking the bullseye with the scope and could not see where it was on the target. So I walked up there and "a" was there. I really was at a loss as to why. Every thing felt right when I made the shot.

b-d were the next three shots. And I was very pleased with the group. Although surprised they were that high. I expected them lower for some reason.

1-4 was shot with SSTs. The difference, the red plastic nose, as the Shockwaves have a yellow, hard nose I think. Also I went to a tighter, thicker sabot the HPH 12 thinking that with this powder I tight sabot would be the most accurate. Why #2 happened is anyone guess.

I had one misfire or mis primer you could say. Shot #a went off fine. loaded again, pulled the trigger, the primer went off, the rifle failed to fire. I took the ramrod and checked the projectile. it was still on the powder charge. New primer. Fired like a spring day for shot #b. The only misfire all day.



This photo is for a forum member that wanted to know how I stop all the bullets I shoot. Well they have to go through the target, then through Spruce blocks, through steel pressure tanks and finally hit some 3/4 inch hardened steel plate. As you might see, a few of the trees have been hit. Actually that entire range was "cut down" with gun fire you might say. As I shot at a sand trap in the early beginings.. the trees were hit and came down. So I loaded then as a back stop and would shoot through them and cut more trees down. The chain saw finally made the range what it is today.. so there you go.



I hung a one gallon paint can on the very back stop. Knowing the rifle hit high at 50 yards I figured there would be a heck of a drop at this distance. Wrong again. My first POA was just under the large letter C. Shot #1 kind of surprised me. So I picked a new spot on the can and shot #2. Actually I was trying to dot the I but when I put the mark on it, on my editing software, it shifted and I never caught it. So the new POA was dotting the I. I then fired #3 but could not see the hit. Does #2 look like a double hit?

#4 was all my fault. I rushed the shot. Also it was the last shockwave. So I could not see if I could correct my mistake. I might have missed that can with #3 but I did not think so, as I was sure it was wiggling, looking through the scope.

So there you have it .. 110 grains of BH 209 out of a Genesis with Shockwaves and as an added bonus SSTs. I will not the different POI with the shockwaves and the SSTs. That might be caused by the different sabots though...

Looks like the HPH- 24 and BH are tack drivers. good shooting!looks cold out there lol!

Cold... not at all. It was 30 degrees today. I was sweating my you know what off in that winter jacket..

#2 looks like a double hole to me Dave. Lets say yes and give you the benfit of the doubt. BTW, how was the recoil out of the genesis shooting all that powder. I was thinking of stoking up the old Knight with the Black MZ with 100 grs cause 80 - 90 grs was not proving very accurate.

The recoil was fine. Very manageable. That is a well built rifle. And it soaks up recoil real nice. Any idea of the velocity of that load?

Seems someone told me the Genesis breech plug is like the original Accura. I have no idea if that is possible or true. If it is, i can fix your breech plug so your rifle won't misfire, or delay ever again, using BH. It won't be necessary to use magnum primer to accomplish this.

110g of BH in my rifles pushes 300g bullet around 1900 ft/sec in warm weather. Seems 250g bullet should be close to 1900 ft/sec in this cooler weather.

I guessed it at 1850 so that might be about right.. thanks.

Hey Dave, what's that white stuff???

i get 1970 FPS with a 250gr powerbelt and 110gr bh209 so i think 1850 in that range seems about right. Maybe slightly slower.

I painted the lawn so we would have a white Christmas. They claim more paint is on the way...