Guidelines

What is bh209?

What is bh209?

Blackhorn 209 was specifically designed for modern in-line muzzleloaders with sealed ignition systems using standard 209 shotshell primers.

How long can you store blackhorn 209?

Blackhorn 209 will not setup or degrade like some other propellants. Shelf life is essentially unlimited.

Who has blackhorn 209?

Hodgdon purchased Blackhorn 209 from Western Powders in October 2020.

What is blackhorn 209 made of?

However, an independent spectrographic and gas chromatograph analysis of Blackhorn 209 by C. Rodney James in 2009 revealed that it is a nitrocellulose base powder with potassium nitrate and sulfur added.

How many grains of powder are in a blackhorn 209?

Tom, A muzzle loader manual states to use 115 grains of WEIGHT not by volume of Blackhorn 209. If i’m doing the math correctly that converts to 164.285 of Blackhorn 209 powder by volume.

Who manufactures blackhorn 209 powder?

Hodgdon Powder Company
Hodgdon Powder Company is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Ramshot and Accurate smokeless powder brands and the Blackhorn 209 muzzleloader brand from Western Powders.

Is blackhorn 209 corrosive?

Therefore, unless they have changed their formulation in the past twelve months and removed the sulfur, Blackhorn 209 has some of the same corrosive components of conventional black powder. With all of the above having been said: Blackhorn 209 is an excellent propellant.

What powder is equivalent to blackhorn 209?

As you can see, every single Blackhorn 209 and 777 load produced higher velocities (150-500fps) than comparable loads using Goex black powder.

Is GOEX powder still in business?

It turns out the 220-year history of GOEX making black powder in the United States has not ended; it is merely suffering a temporary production gap. After a hiatus, the GOEX plant will begin production again this year after operations were shut down in 2021.

How many shots are in a bottle of blackhorn 209?

Now that we know that, we can figure out how many 100 gr equivalent (2 pellet) loads there are in a jug of Blackhorn 209. So you would have 73.52 shots tht would be the equivalent to your 2 pellet loads.

Is Pyrodex as good as black powder?

Pyrodex is less sensitive to ignition than black powder, and uses the same shipping and storage guidelines as smokeless powder. Pyrodex is more energetic per unit of mass than black powder, but it is less dense, and can be substituted at a 1:1 ratio by volume for black powder in many applications.

What is the least corrosive black powder substitute?

“Black MZ is a black powder replacement or substitute that mimics black powder performance, but has no sulfur and is [therefore] much less corrosive.”