Switching to BH209

HUNTER43 · Jul 20, 2015

I would like to try some BH209 after reading all the good reviews on it. I've been shooting 90 gr. of Triple 7 and 348 gr powerbelts. What would be an equal or good starting load using BH.

FrontierGander · Jul 20, 2015

I'd start with 80gr and see how she does.

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HUNTER43 · Jul 20, 2015

Thanks i'll be at the range this weekend to try it out.

mlycrzy · Jul 20, 2015

I just switched over myself and shot the best group of my life with my TC Triumph. I started with 80 grains and put 8 holes within 6 inches of each other and 2 touching @100 yards (open sights). The best part was how easy it was to clean my muzzy afterwards.

txhunter58 · Jul 20, 2015

80 would be a good starting point and anything 80 or over would be plenty. I elk load is 90-95 gr of BH 209. Just have to see what your gun likes

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TripleSe7en · Jul 20, 2015

What make and model ML are you using?

HUNTER43 · Jul 20, 2015

Its a traditions pursuit ultra lite

HUNTER43 · Jul 20, 2015

So i went down to Sportsmens Warehouse this evening and picked up a can of BH209 and three packs of powerbelts. After getting home i read everything on the can. It says for projectiles over 300 gr refer to there website for load data. There website does not show the 348 powerbelt. Are they ok to use with BH? I sent them an email hope to hear back from them soon

FrontierGander · Jul 20, 2015

Yes, they are ok to use with BH209.

As for your rifle, buy a package of these! They will save your from from being hammered to death by the primers launching into the frame.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#9262k611/=y56qvl

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HUNTER43 · Jul 21, 2015

FrontierGander what are the O rings for? Do they go around the primer?

FrontierGander · Jul 21, 2015

Drop it right into the primer pocket in the breech plug and seat it. They last a good 40+ shots before they need replacing. The o ring seals the primer so they don't shoot back into the frame and booger it up. Plus theres no primer blow by into the frame. Super clean and a cheap easy way for improving your rifle.
http://www.frontiermuzzleloading.com/t3892-traditions-ultra-light-ldr

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HUNTER43 · Jul 21, 2015

Thanks for the help. I'll order some of those and give them a try. Did Traditions give you any crap replacing your stock?

FrontierGander · Jul 22, 2015

No, they were getting ready to ship me another one out right away but my borrowed time limit was only a month or so away before I had to return it ( I got one just for some review info I need on it) and so I just had them hold off. It shot perfect despite the crack. A loose stock however kills accuracy as I found out on other brands of rifles.

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HUNTER43 · Aug 12, 2015

Went out and tried the BH powder last weekend. Started with 80 gr and then 90 gr. looked like a shot gun blast at 100 yrds. Needless to say i was very frustrated. Decided its to close to my Sept elk hunt so i went back to my 777 load. Maybe i'll fool with it again during the off season.

TripleSe7en · Aug 13, 2015

LAST EDITED ON Aug-13-15 AT 08:04AM (MST)[p]
Go to your kitchen pantry and pull out the wife's yellow cornmeal. You can disperse the cornmeal in the same powder flask as your 777 and BH. Put 20-40 grains of cornmeal after the 80 grains of Blackhorn, but prior to seating the Powerbelt. Press/seat the bullet firmly, as you should be doing anyways with Blackhorn. This will turn that east-west bullet at 100 yards, turning it north and south.

The cormeal is a replacement for fiber wads that ML shooters often use between the powder and bullet. With that big, hollow plastic seat on those Powerbelts, cornmeal fills that hollow cavity better than a wonderwad and that also aids in flying straighter North-South bullets too.

(caution) Cornmeal should only be used when using "well" below the maximum powder volume allowances of your ML manufacturer. Personally, I treat every grain of cornmeal added, as being that of blackpowder. A little goes a long ways. You may only need 20 grains to eliminate that shotgun-looking paper target.