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Need your professional help. Which do you shoot Tripple 777 or Black Horn 209 powder. I appreciate your comments

blackhorn209, superb accuracy, powerful, powder lasts forever INCLUDING submerging it into water and then drying it off and using it, no need to swab, accurate from the first charge to the bottom of the can charge, no dust at the end.

BH209 in my Knight Extreme NFPJ. T7, FFFg in my Knight Mk85 and Swiss FFFG, black, in my flintlocks. It all depends on the rifle.

I have used both, I only use BH209 now.

Good stuff.

These are both great powders! I now shoot only BlackHorn 209. Bigblock 455 pretty much hit it. Shoot whichever shoots best out of your muzzleloader!

+1, much less fouling in the bore and less prone to corrosion if you can't swab right away.

Blackhorn209 when im smoking and occasionally Swiss. T7 cost the same as Swiss here so i might as well use Swiss.

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BH209 light off OK with a musket cap?

I'm using Triple 7. Mainly due to having to purchase a new breech plug that will work in my CVA Wolf for the BH209. The T 7 seems to work just fine.

No, it will not! Thus the name BH......209. Needs a high powered 209 primer to go off, not the Kleanbore or 777 209 primers.

And as to the original question: I concur BH 209 is what I love to shoot. HOWEVER, you didn't say what gun you shoot. BH209 will not shoot out of every gun.

My T/C renegade will be using 777 this fall when I hunt for an elk, because you can't get it to ignite BH209.

What about cleaning Breach Plug I have herd terrible stories how hard it is to clean breach Plugs

I started with Pyrodex (years ago) it worked good, but was a pain to clean.

Then 777 came along and me and my sons used it (loose) for improved speed, very good accuracy, with no problems lighting it up, but it created a crud ring and I had to swab between shots to maintain accuracy.

A couple of years ago I started hearing about BH209, gave it a try.... long story short, If you know anybody wanting to buy some 777 tell'em to contact me.

Claybreaker

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Ok how hard is it to clean Breach Plug Heard that this is a issue.

not hard to clean bh209 off a breech plug. I used hot soapy water with a tooth brush and then run a drill bit down the flash channel to remove the carbon. Dry and reinstall.

Agree that cleaning the breechplug is not that big of an issue. Have shot as many as 30 times at one session with my Knight LRH using BH209 without having to clean the breechplug.

Here is a link on the BH209 website about how to clean the carbon buildup out of the breechplug:

http://www.blackhorn209.com/specs/breech-plug-cleaning/

However, LFD: we still don't know what gun you are using, so we can't say whether or not you can actually use BH209. It will not work in all guns. What gun are you shooting???

to me triple 7 and there primers are one of the dirtiest powders i've ever used. when they first came out they were avertised as the cleanest ever made,not true. i use bh209 and i clean up with amsoil powerfoam.

I have a NE Sidekick modified breach plug which will shoot and has been proven with BH 209.

Then try BH209 and will bet you will like it.