ELD-X Ladder Test With BH209 

Thank you for the information that you have supplied. It will help.

I think you proved, to me at least, that 250 yards is the absolute max, under the best conditions, with even the best substitute (BH). Thanks, DJ.

Good shootin buddy

That’s why I run an exposed turret scope and run my own ballistics. ML loads vary so much I wouldn’t trust BDC. Glad you found a good load for BH209 load for that bullet.

Awesome video would love to see the traditions smackdown xr 200 grain extreme range they have only few inch drop at 200 yards very light weight and fast i wonder how they would do at 300 yards keep up the good videos

I run 80gr of blackhorn in my accura and love it just wished I could find more of it on the shelf and some of those cci primers

try out the Barnes Spitfire EZ bullets.. I shoot 150 grains of White Hot and a 250 grain Spitfire bullet out of my CVA Accura V2/Begarra barrel topped with a Nikon BDC 3x9x40 scope... killed deer easily at 209 yards, shot it at 300 and it was 23.4" low using the crosshairs, no BDC . I have it sighted for 4" high at 100, 3" low at 200. I love this combo, very accurate

You tried 777 loose yet ….I shot it out my knight disc extreme 120gr by volume 0:48 last week holy cow I shot a 1/2 in group using the 270gr knight .52 cal bloodlines using the Federal 209a primers …….love the videos bro keep them coming and good luck this season

It would be cool to see how the top 4 bullets from your tests, ELDX,FTX,ELDR and the 200 grain shockwave would pattern at 200 yards using BH209 :)

You should be adjusting your scope magnification to make your hash marks match up. Mark the magnification with a paint pin to always be able to return to the same spot quickly.

So you sighted in zero at 100 yards, correct? If you shoot using those bdc marks in the reticle you MUST have the scope at max power. Did you do that? I have the same gun and I'd like to do exactly this same thing. Thanks in advance and nice shootin brother!

Not that I've ever even seen a bottle of Blackhorn 209 or could afford it if I did. (I think they keep it in Fort Knox), but that 80 grain load looked like the recoil was pretty brutal. Four of the Firestar pellets is about all the recoil I can handle and that looked a lot worse to me.

You maybe able to adjust the scope power down to match the hatch marks

Nice shooting Tex lol

DO YOU USE THE SPECIAL JAG WITH TGHE ELD X ROUNDS HOW DO THEY LOAD AFTER A FEW SHOTS?

DJ, can you tell me how many inches the bullet dropped from 100 to 200 yards?

a couple of things. i noticed you don't shoot with your ramrod on the gun. you should. the barrel harmonics will effect your groups at longer ranges. also you should try the new breech plug that uses variflame primer (LRP). the load does not get pushed buy the force of the 209. do not go into the woods with a clean barrel when using bh209. the filthy barrel works way better with 209. i don't swab my barrel until 30 shots. a good rule for me for longer ranges using 270-300 grain bullets is any shot at 200 yards i hold the crosshair level on the back of a deer will put the round in the lungs. any shot ove r250 that i hold slighty over the back about 3 inch and your good. you should check out articles from toby bridges if you can find them. he is the king of muzzleloading. to many variables in bullets and barrels thats why blackhorn works better when used in a dirty barrel. just my opinion from my twenty years of experience with several guns and manufactures.

Are you measuring powder charge by volume or by weight?

Look at the Leupold Ultimate Slam ML 3x9x40mm scope. Where u turn your power up and down. It has for 100 gr and 150 gr of powder. U sight it in at 100 yds. And has a place for a shotgun slug sight in. U can shoot out too 300 yds with it. I am shooting 84grs of blackhorn by weight. And a hornady 290gr bore driver bullet. Burris E1 3x9x40 ml scope. If u get your Velocity bullet and powder. Sent it in they will make a custom knob for that gun and load. No hold over. Just crank to the yardage u want and shoot. I would like u see how your gun. Likes the hornady 290gr bore driver bullets.

lots of folks don't understand scopes and the hash marks in the reticle. Second focal plane scopes, which are most of the under $500 scopes out there, are NOT accurate unless you use full magnification when using the 'holdover' hash marks. Better to just shoot and use the results for 'kentucky windage' holdover. Know the gun and the ballistics, never mind the damn hash marks.

i use 75 gr. in my gun give it a try let me know

Is this for the 340 grain ELD-X?

Nice shooting.I shoot a cva accura mrx 45 cal.with 77gn blackhorn 209 with the EDL.I’m having a problem with my primers they are really hard to get out after shooting the gun was just wondering if anyone has had the same problem?

80 gr = what by volume?

PLEASE TEST EM WITH 777 RED BOX MAGNUM PELLETS. SEMPER FI!! MAGA.

Just seem to be a lite load ! Ballistics must be horrible