Blackhorn with a Pyrodex booster in an inline.
 

Personally, I don't recommend it. It seemed to turn into some sort of super crud after fired. I never had as hard of a time cleaning a rifle before. As for my range report for the Electra, that will have to wait. I don't have enough time and the initial report isn't very good anyway.

i always used shockeys gold. No hard clean up.

Interesting. How large a booster charge did you use?

I practically had to chisel the powder residue off of the breech plug. At first I didn't think I was going to get the breech plug out. Luckily with the Electra they give you a bar to screw into one of the barrel lugs to hold the barrel still. Without that tool I would not have gotten it out. Heck, I bent the bar in the process of removing the breech plug. I mean that sucker was stuck! I used a 5 grain Pyrodex booster Semisane.

Pyrodex is the only sub that has all three ingredients of real BP. I guess one of them is not happy being mixed with what is basically smokeless powder.

01-27-2012, 06:38 PM #4
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BH209 will not work in it. You can put a 5 grain booster of T7 or pyrodex down first and then it fires BH209 perfectly. A great deal of Electra owners are doing this.
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I don't see that anywhere here?

From my understand the only issue was cleaning the breech plug correct?

T7 or APP is what i see used the most. Not so much pyrodex unless i am shooting it to light off the BH209 in my sidelock.

[QUOTE=MountainDevil54;3909920]From my understand the only issue was cleaning the breech plug correct?

Correct.

What did you use on the BP when you put it in just lube or any teflon wrap?

Traditions Wonderlube 1000 Plus. That's what I normally use on all my breech plugs.