blackhorn209 powder

[AKD]

anyone use this stuff? is it possible to get some in Canada?

looks good. here is a link to there website www.blackhorn209.com

 

[oldstarfire]

Blackhorn 209

Available- yes, in Wpg at least
Used it? A few shots, seems OK, was told the ML guys think it is the holy grail, but it was the salesperson who said it
EXPENSIVE!- About $50 for 10oz.

 

[Ishodu]

I have used it, It doesn't come anywhere near the velocity that they claim quite cold out when I tried it. There was powder all over the snow in front of the bench it was burnt but seems like the stuff doesn't completely burn up. I had no issues with hang fires or anything. The stuff is still quite dirty but I fired around 20-25 rounds with out even swabbing the bore. Once it was dirty it kind of stayed that dirty.

 

[John Spartan]

Londero Sports in Quebec carries the stuff - I paid $37.95 per 10 oz. container last fall.

 

[shotgunjoe]

Ishodu, what primer did you use? I have a can that I will be trying soonly as the weather gets better. And yes I paid just over $50 with taxes.

 

[Ishodu]

I was using a std win 209 primer.

 

[beefman]

So if it is still really dirty to shoot AND you have to clean it at the end of the day anyways...What real advantage is there in shooting this $50/lb hard to find powder?

 

[ben hunchak]

It has to be better, it's more expensive!

 

[hakx]

I'll stick with 777. You get more powder for less money, and it is available everywhere.

 

[Ishodu]

So if it is still really dirty to shoot AND you have to clean it at the end of the day anyways...What real advantage is there in shooting this $50/lb hard to find powder?

No crud ring, non corrosive and its quite accurate. When you use a 80-90g by volume you will cost around the same as 777 pellets.

 

[Huntsman]

We're talking loose powder not pellets. The two have no comparison.

 

[Don gk]

I have used Blackhorn 209 in my T/C Encore, with Std. Win 209 Shotshell Primers ( 100gr Volume BH209 + Barns 250gr. TMZ ) and have found it to be as clean burning as smokeless powder. I had no hang fires, or miss fires. Accuracy was about the same as 777 but I did not have to clean between shots. The only thing that I found you must do ( for my gun anyway ) was to clean out the crud left by the primer in the flash channel every 5 shots or so.

I also tried 100gr Volume BH209 + Remington 300gr.JHP/MMP orange Sabot + Win209 Load. Vel. was 1849fps, and 100yd 9 shot group was 1.5in. Temp was around 5C.

 

[cant_rope_the_wind01]

yorkton home hardware has a whole shelf full of it