Need advice from yall
06-15-2017, 06:27 PM
#32
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,716
I'm definitely with Cayugad on the use (or non-use) of Bh209. I have the correct BP too. I just don't feel the benefits justify the price. My flinters use Goex BP, and my caplocks use the same or Pyrodex P or RS depending on the caliber. My inline has been getting fed Alliant Black MZ and I'm really satisfied with it. IMO it shoots almost as clean as BH at about 1/3 the price. Using that and a 295 gr Barnes T-EZ last year I took 3 whitetails and a nice hog. All but one deer was DRT.
06-16-2017, 06:20 AM
#33
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
Muzzleloaders should shoot black powder. No matter what the ignition system is. I'm using Swiss in the Accura MR. I like the smell, smoke, and accuracy of BP. It even has it's own unique boom to it. It also has the lowest ignition temperature of any powder. It always goes off.
What's not to like? Dirty? Bah, muzzleloaders are dirty. Shoot a CF rifle if you want clean.
Be a muzzleloader hunter. Make big booms. Make big smoke. Make big smiles.
What's not to like? Dirty? Bah, muzzleloaders are dirty. Shoot a CF rifle if you want clean.
Be a muzzleloader hunter. Make big booms. Make big smoke. Make big smiles.
06-17-2017, 07:53 AM
#36
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
Actually, i'm whining because stores don't carry real BP anymore like they used to. Everybody buys the fake crap, so why should they? So, we're left with buying it online and paying the Hazmat fee and shipping. It sucks!
Old coots don't like things that suck in their life.
Ok, i'm done. Carry on.
Old coots don't like things that suck in their life.
Ok, i'm done. Carry on.
06-17-2017, 07:31 PM
#37
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 828
You can't get your local store to get it in for you Muley Hunter? Mine always orders up a couple of pounds of Swiss from his distributor/supplier for me and a couple of other guys that like making smoke. Most distributors carry Swiss with other brands from what they tell me so it isn't like it costs them anything extra to have a couple of cans in the order thrown in. I haven't burnt any Goex in several years but I have been looking close at that newer Old Eynsford and the way Mr. Bronkowski has been advertising that Black MZ stuff I may take a look at that as well. I like Swiss because of it's consistency which so far is unmatched by anything else on the market today from my experience in real black powder.
06-18-2017, 07:50 AM
#39
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,600
OE is really close to Swiss in quality and performance. Its gaining popularity very rapidly in competition shooting. Its $4 cheaper than Swiss and $7 cheaper than BlackMZ around here.
Last edited by Gm54-120; 06-18-2017 at 07:54 AM.
06-18-2017, 07:56 AM
#40
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
Yes, it is, but i'm a bit suspicious of it. I'm curious how they found that extra power for so little money and since it's made by Hodgdon they could have snuck in another ingredient. To be black powder it needs to have sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate. That doesn't mean they can't add something else.
