Blackhorn 209: Is it corrosive?! (didn’t clean my muzzleloader for a week) 

Haha it’s harder than it looks that’s for sure!

Bh209 uses solvent based cleaners like your regular center fire. Bore butter is garbage

it says to use oil and avoid water based cleaners.

Watch the RU-vid video titled "Self-Ejecting Muzzleloader Safety Cartridge: Product Debut (short version)". I am now looking for a company to mass-produce my invention, which is what you and many others seem to be searching for. I am a retired Science teacher that builds Smokeless Muzzleloaders capable of shooting a 300-grain bullet at Mach 3. I understand muzzleloaders and pressure. Corrosive propellants are one of the best things for companies that sell muzzleloaders. Why? Look down the barrel of a muzzleloader which has not been completely cleaned and you will see the answer. Savage Arms proved over 20 years ago that the right kind and amount of Smokeless Powder can be used in a Muzzleloader. My invention matches the propellant to the bullet, which takes the guess work out of the equation for the average hunter.

IMR white hots are non corrosive. a number of cowboy rounds such as 38 Smith and Wesson for old guns made by several manufactures use non corrosive black powder substitute and state so on the box. its just corrosive black powder or even substitute is far cheaper to make and sell for a major profit.

Correct. There is NO noncorrosive black powder substitutes as of yet. Why? I have no idea. With the range of burn rates now available in modern smokeless powders you'd think they could come up with one slow enough to be safely used in a muzzleloader. OR a muzzleloader safe to use with some modern smokeless powder that already exists.

@@ditchdigger93 I plan to make a DVD in the near future on low pressure smokeless loads for modern muzzleloaders which use 209 ignition. If you weigh out the correct powder and use the correct weight of projectile, it is not rocket science. Many people reload shotgun shells with smokeless powder, and the barrel on a shotgun is much thinner than that on a muzzleloader.

Guanidine is bird shit lol

@@ditchdigger93 Since BH209 is now selling at North of $120 per pound, I came up with some Low-Pressure Smokeless loads for my factory muzzleloaders. "Low Pressure 50 Caliber Smokeless Loads in a 209 Factory Muzzleloader", 2 DVD set | eBay These 2 DVDs contain a demonstration of using Low Pressure Smokeless Loads in a 50 caliber factory muzzleloader. Savage Arms proved over 20 years ago that a factory muzzleloader can use smokeless powder. A retired Science Teacher/Gunsmith/Inventor used a strain gauge glued to a rifle barrel and the Pressure Trace II computer interface to compare the pressures produced by Blackhorn209 propellant to pressures which can be produced by ten different smokeless powders. These ten smokeless powders do not contain the corrosive oxidizers which can rust a rifle barrel. The loads developed produced a pressure equal to or less than that of 84 grains by weight of Blackhorn209, which a common Black Powder substitute made up of 83% smokeless powder (nitrocellulose). However, Blackhorn209 does contain corrosive chemicals. These loads were then fired in a factory inline muzzleloader with a shank diameter of about one inch. These DVDs are sold for entertainment purposes only. The producer cannot guarantee these loads will work safely in all factory 209 muzzleloaders.

CVA makes a Blackhorn 209 breech that works fantastic with it. I took 2 doe last season at 60 and 106 yds with my CVA muzzleloader 14" pistol and 56 gr by weight of Blackhorn and 250 gr Hornady. Great blood trails. Both dropped after 60 yd run.

Just remember that there are different mixes of alloys that go into stainless steel. Gun barrels are not surgical grades of stainless. Put a magnet on your barrel. If it wants to stick, it wants to, to the non stainless alloys in the steel. I have experienced pyrodex corrosion in a stainless knight barrel from a friend. He was too lazy to clean his gun ever. I cleaned it one day. The barrel is pitted to an extreme I have never seen. Weird though, it still shot well. I have an original remington bp in stainless that I have had since new. I have converted it to use 209 primers a few years ago. I always cleaned it with water and patches and lubricant to store it after it was dry. The bore is as new, mirror finish. I have also switched to bh209 years ago because I was afraid of corrosion. Still clean the same way. The gun is as new. I always kept it loaded all week long during the hunting season in my group even after shooting it. Just removed the primer. Never corroded. Shot it off at a target when hunting was over to see if it would shoot without hang fire. Always shot well, on target.

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