Looking for help!

lovehunting · Jun 28, 2017

Ok so I am ready to try Buckhorn 209. Gun is sighted in now for pellets 130 gr. Tired of cleaning gun all of the time, from what I have read on here buckhorn is the way to go. I am shooting a TC omega with 250 gr. TC and 209 primer. What would you recommend for my Load? Buckhorn 209? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jack

buckhorn · Jun 28, 2017

Hey Jack this is Buckhorn the powder you are interested in trying is called black horn. There are a lot of guys that know more about it than I do but I tested quite a bit and then I got best results with 105 grains of blackhorn and a Barnes 250 grain TEZ out of my 50 caliber gun.

azbiggame · Jun 28, 2017

A good starting point is Blackhorn web site.Info here ... powder charge,bullets,velocities and more safety tips.
This new powder makes others ? With Smokepoles many times less powder
= best accuracy ...
BRUCE & SilverGrand

txhunter58 · Jun 28, 2017

As stated, this is a good place to start:

http://www.blackhorn209.com/

Two things right off the bat that you need to know:

It requires a different cleaner. I use Hoppes #9 which is a petroleum based cleaner

You have to clean out the breechplug with a drillbit BY HAND every time you go home and clean the gun. Read this:

http://www.blackhorn209.com/specs/breech-plug-cleaning/

I use 90-95 gr of powder for my elk load with 350-460 gr bullets. With a smaller bullet you could push it harder, but remember that BH 209 is more powerful than pyrodex, so get ready for some recoil at the higher charges. I can see NO reason to every go over 110 gr of powder.

txhunter58

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hntbambi · Jun 28, 2017

My Omega loves 85 gr by weight of BH209 and a 250 or 300 gr SST/Shockwave bullet in a Harvester sabot. I can easily get 1.5 MOA at 300 yards with this combination. I have been shooting this combo since blackhorn 209 came out (about 9 years ago).

sandbagger · Jun 28, 2017

In my TC Omega I have been shooting 250 grain Barnes Spit Fire T-EZ's using 80 grains (measured by weight) of Blackhorn 209. Combination shoots well and I am able to to reload multiple shots before having to swab the barrel.

txhunter58 · Jun 29, 2017

Lovehunting:

Note that the last two posters are measuring their loads by WEIGHT! Correct me if I am wrong, but seems like 68 gr by weight = 100 gr by volume? So they are shooting well over 100 gr. Those that want to be really precise measure each load out by weight, but I only shoot open sights up to 150 yards and I have never seen the need.

txhunter58

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