Thompsonj
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I've been shooting bh209 for a little bit with some 250gr parkers ballistic extreme. How often do you clean your barrel with the bh209 and how does it affect your groups
BH209 and cleaning
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I started using this…. Works great but fairly expensive.
crashlanding
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Plain old hoppes #9 with blackhorn, I only ever shoot 5 through it at the range then clean, it's not a rifle I shoot a lot, especially during hunting season, then it never gets shot . Cleaning doesn't affect groups for me
ENCORE
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Clean your barrel................ are you referring to swabbing between rounds, or actually cleaning???
BH is like any other BP substitute, corrosive. Just not as bad as most others. I completely clean after every range session.
If you're talking swabbing between rounds while at the range, when competing all the competitors will swab between every round.
Varmint Hunter
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My Encore 209x50 gets harder to load with every shot even when using BH209. For that reason, I swab between shots. Many other BH209 users find swabbing between shots to be unnecessary. You may have to see what your particular rifle needs.
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Thompsonj
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Yes stabbing between shots.
Rick Richard
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At the range, I swab between every shot with a spit patch or alcohol patch. I find both work equally as well.
ENCORE
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I would suggest trying very lightly damp patches, followed by one dry patch. However, some competitors only swab with a dry patch.
Try both and see what works best.
Buttermilk
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I don't swab between shots when shooting BH209. I get phenomenal accuracy.
I also shoot the Hornady Bore Driver 340 ELDX which is easy to load.
I also shoot the Hornady Bore Driver 340 ELDX which is easy to load.
With BH209 I go up to 3 shots then run a patch with BH Solvent followed by a couple of dry patches. I don't shoot the ML that much, but enough to keep it dialed in for hunting.
Some years ago, there was a BP substitute called Clear Shot that you could shoot 35 or more shots and never clean. Also, it would not corrode your Stainless barrel from year to year if left loaded. Jim Shocky bought the product, I do not know what happened to it, but I think that there was a name change. I shot this Clear shot in Hawkins 50 cal, Knight 50 cal with my brother shooting it in a 54 Cal Knight.
The BH209 is really some nasty stuff compared to the Clear Shot that Jim Shocky was/is selling, like night and day difference.
I did a search and found Jim Shocky's black powder substitute:
After you try the Jim's powder, you will never use the other stuff, EVER! I am in no way affiliated with Jim Shockey or his company.
The BH209 is really some nasty stuff compared to the Clear Shot that Jim Shocky was/is selling, like night and day difference.
I did a search and found Jim Shocky's black powder substitute:
After you try the Jim's powder, you will never use the other stuff, EVER! I am in no way affiliated with Jim Shockey or his company.
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