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Old 09-19-2016 | 06:42 AM
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Something must be wrong with my arithmetic i guess. My calculation of the cost per shot is $0.48. This is for a 110g load of Blackhorn which actually weighs 77g, and a cost of $2.75 per ounce.

Even if it cost $0.70 per shot, i wouldn't hesitate to burn Blackhorn.

Fuel costs me a way more than powder, when i go shooting, or hunting. I don't eat out, don't drink scotch, don't go to movies, but i do shoot Blackhorn, eat venison, drink 'expensive' beer, and grow a garden.











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Old 09-19-2016 | 03:57 PM
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Yes Ron that is why I worded it the way I did. But me3 thinks your arithmetic is wrong. I figure at 437 gr./ounce (7000/16= 437.5) you would get just about 4 loads at 110 grains and at $2.75 an ounce. So to round things out 2.80/4=.70.
The only negative I see about BH209 IS the price. It burns clean, no swabbing, more velocity and likely a couple more I can't think of off hand. I have about 4-5 ounces left and I just may buy more if it shoots good out of my Accura V2. I figure any animal worth shooting at is worth whatever it cost to get a clean humane kill.
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Old 09-19-2016 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by bronko22000
.........I figure at 437 gr./ounce (7000/16= 437.5) you would get just about 4 loads at 110 grains and at $2.75 an ounce.......
Aah, i see what the issue is now...... 110g of Blackhorn actually weighs 77 grain.










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Old 09-19-2016 | 04:40 PM
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I paid $44.50 for a 10 oz. can. :/
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Old 09-19-2016 | 05:01 PM
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$4.45 per ounce for the 10 ounce bottle.......

My cost a couple of weeks ago was $2.75 per ounce, which involved purchasing a case of the powder on the internet, and having it shipped to my home.











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Old 09-19-2016 | 10:19 PM
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Yep, VOLUME discount Ron. That's the one and only way to actually "save" money buying powder over the net. It's just not cost effective to buy 3 or 4 of the 10oz jugs online. I don't shoot my MLers enough to justify buying 10 pounds of BH (although I did for my daughter and I because it was a good deal) but I buy and search rifle and pistol powders enough to know that the absolute ONLY way to save money buying powder online is volume.
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Old 09-21-2016 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by ronlaughlin
Aah, i see what the issue is now...... 110g of Blackhorn actually weighs 77 grain.

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OH OK - I had my black powder hat on and was thinking volume in lieu of weight....
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