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Blackhorn 209 new black powder
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<blockquote data-quote="WRG" data-source="post: 292184" data-attributes="member: 13638"><p>Westernpowders Inc. the makers of Blackhorn 209 " DO NOT" recommend using anything other than the 209 ingnition with this powder. It was designed around that ingnition system. My guess is that it needs the heat of a shot gun primer to ingnite it consistantly. You may run into delayed fires if you try use anything else. However, I would be curious to know how it would work myself if you used a LRM primer.</p><p> </p><p>As far as the White Hots I personally haven't tried it as I see no need to. The BH 209 does everything I could ask for. One reason I wouldn't try it is from what I have seen they only make it in pellet form and I am not a big fan of pellets. Pellets create to many voids between the breech plug and the sabot or bullet. You just can't pack pellets tight enough to create the pressure needed for consistant accuracy. I look at it this way and ML barrel is like a shot gun shell as it needs to be packed. That is why wads are used in shot gun rounds so to take up the extra room that the powder doesn't. Not to mention you really are limited when it comes to fine tuning a load. Your pretty much stuck with 50 gr & 30 gr pellets. You could run 2 pellets for 100 gr or 3 for 150 gr or 2/50 gr & 1/30 gr for 130 gr. or 1/50 & 1/30 gr for 80 gr. thats it. I use 110 gr and wouldn't be able to get that using pellets. I have always gotten better accuracy with loose powder no matter what type I was using.</p><p> </p><p>WRG</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WRG, post: 292184, member: 13638"] Westernpowders Inc. the makers of Blackhorn 209 " DO NOT" recommend using anything other than the 209 ingnition with this powder. It was designed around that ingnition system. My guess is that it needs the heat of a shot gun primer to ingnite it consistantly. You may run into delayed fires if you try use anything else. However, I would be curious to know how it would work myself if you used a LRM primer. As far as the White Hots I personally haven't tried it as I see no need to. The BH 209 does everything I could ask for. One reason I wouldn't try it is from what I have seen they only make it in pellet form and I am not a big fan of pellets. Pellets create to many voids between the breech plug and the sabot or bullet. You just can't pack pellets tight enough to create the pressure needed for consistant accuracy. I look at it this way and ML barrel is like a shot gun shell as it needs to be packed. That is why wads are used in shot gun rounds so to take up the extra room that the powder doesn't. Not to mention you really are limited when it comes to fine tuning a load. Your pretty much stuck with 50 gr & 30 gr pellets. You could run 2 pellets for 100 gr or 3 for 150 gr or 2/50 gr & 1/30 gr for 130 gr. or 1/50 & 1/30 gr for 80 gr. thats it. I use 110 gr and wouldn't be able to get that using pellets. I have always gotten better accuracy with loose powder no matter what type I was using. WRG [/QUOTE]
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