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Blackhorn 209

MNFarmHunter said:
Correction. It’s not buffalo bore but Buffalo Bullet Company…
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What do the Ball-ets look like?
 
When shooting at the range I will run a TC seasoning patch down my barrel when the sabot gets tougher to push down the barrel. I use to hit it with the bore brush every couple shots.
 
I cannot find 209 primers anywhere around where I live anybody have any suggestions?
 
Red Beard said:
Right on. Thank you. Any combination recommendations on a CVA Wolf? I'm 6 for 6 in a 5.5" circle at 100yds with 2 Hodgdon pellets and a 300gr Hornady SST but I'd like to be better than than.
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Barnes Spit-Fire TMZ. Thank me later

As others have said, the pellets kill deer perfectly fine, they’re just extremely dirty. I switched to blackhorn when I bought my CVA and I absolutely love it. Wouldn’t look back.


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Red Beard said:
Right on. Thank you. Any combination recommendations on a CVA Wolf? I'm 6 for 6 in a 5.5" circle at 100yds with 2 Hodgdon pellets and a 300gr Hornady SST but I'd like to be better than than.
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I’ll take all your pellets! I shoot a CVA Wolf and use 2 pellets. Shoots great, zero issues and at this point see no reason to change personally.

clean barrel after each shot when at the range sighting in. Mine shoots awesome
 
BuffaloBill said:
They are more convenient but Blackhorn burns a lot cleaner. With pellets I had to deep clean my barrel about every 2-3 shots, at least, to maintain accuracy. With Blackhorn I can just run a dry swab every few shots and keep tight groups. But it’s not a huge issue once you have it sighted in. Just annoying at the range spending more time cleaning than shooting.
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Exactly this
 
Red Beard said:
Boom. Perfect. Thank you. I'm going to need to link up with yall before next season if these pellets don't produce.
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Pellets work fine. I prefer 209 but that’s bc I really like to shoot my ML a lot. Killed piles of deer with pellets. I’d start there & then work up to the few extra steps of loose powder & then breech plugs/ primer combos that like 209
 
Barnes X-pander MZ 250gr. Best bullet I’ve found. Pushed with 95gr of standard ol Pryodex. I have unalived a lot of animals with that combo. Just do not shoot where you want to eat. 02C0D786-573D-4420-9B4A-6C5C38CA6C3A.jpeg54B6F892-20B2-46DF-B13C-B98A3CDF262C.jpegAn example of expansion of the Barnes. Bullet recovered from an 8 point I shot last year at 137 yards. Lodged in skin on exit side.
 
Also, blackhorn is WAY cleaner burning than anything else. I usually clean every third or 4th shot at the range, but even at those intervals, there’s very little to clean.
 
Red Beard said:
Right on. Thank you. Any combination recommendations on a CVA Wolf? I'm 6 for 6 in a 5.5" circle at 100yds with 2 Hodgdon pellets and a 300gr Hornady SST but I'd like to be better than than.
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I use a .45 pistol round with a sabot and at 100 I’m pretty accurate. I need to shoot it here soon so I can report a group back to u later. Their also really cheap to shoot. Or try Barnes TMZ bullets their also awesome
 
I've used 209 since it came out. Cleanup is so easy, I'll never use anything else.
Just a note, Minnesota muzzleloader hunters must use nontoxic slugs(no lead) in state parks and scientific and natural areas. New regs this year, page 87. Just a matter of time and all state land will require it, copper appears to be the only option available now.
 
eastchannel said:
I've used 209 since it came out. Cleanup is so easy, I'll never use anything else.
Just a note, Minnesota muzzleloader hunters must use nontoxic slugs(no lead) in state parks and scientific and natural areas. New regs this year, page 87. Just a matter of time and all state land will require it, copper appears to be the only option available now.
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You sure about that? I see nothing in the regs and page 87 deals with CWD sampling and public land hunts (no mention of nontoxic ammo).

Edit: Even on their ammo page, it only references nontoxic for waterfowl. It's recommended but not required. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/hunting/ammo/index.html
 
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I’ve shot legit 3/4” groups out of my Optima with BH209, .429 Speed Deep Curl flat points and Harvester crush ribs. I measured my powder by weight, not volume.

Killed a couple of critters with them, and the little deer I shot with them, that was way too much bullet. If you don’t hit bone, those deep curl flat points are too stout of a bullet and you don’t get much expansion. I’m going to try some .452 XTP bullets next go-round and see how they work.
 
jiwhite86 said:
I’ve shot legit 3/4” groups out of my Optima with BH209, .429 Speed Deep Curl flat points and Harvester crush ribs. I measured my powder by weight, not volume.

Killed a couple of critters with them, and the little deer I shot with them, that was way too much bullet. If you don’t hit bone, those deep curl flat points are too stout of a bullet and you don’t get much expansion. I’m going to try some .452 XTP bullets next go-round and see how they work.
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Try using Barnes Spitfire T-EZ. I use this out of my Optima V2 with excellent results.

David

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