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Blackhorn is unavailable for purchase.
Shooting is fun. To continue enjoy shooting, one must burn powder other than Blackhorn. One then, will relearn pre-Blackhorn techniques.
Ignition using W209 primers creates quite the crud ring. Using muzzle loader primers reduces the crud ring. Using small rifle primers reduces the crud ring. Using large pistol primers reduces the crud ring. The reduced crud ring allows one to reload, just like when one could burn Blackhorn. However, shooting without swabbing, between loading, doesn't seem to be as accurate as when one swab. For accuracy, one probably should swab between shots.
Final clean up seems to be easier when burning 777, than when burning Blackhorn.
Fun shooting
Load = 265g Fury STB, two vegetable fiber wad, 81 weighed grain 777, large pistol primer. Range = 319 yard.
First shot
Second shot
Third shot
Shooting is fun. To continue enjoy shooting, one must burn powder other than Blackhorn. One then, will relearn pre-Blackhorn techniques.
Ignition using W209 primers creates quite the crud ring. Using muzzle loader primers reduces the crud ring. Using small rifle primers reduces the crud ring. Using large pistol primers reduces the crud ring. The reduced crud ring allows one to reload, just like when one could burn Blackhorn. However, shooting without swabbing, between loading, doesn't seem to be as accurate as when one swab. For accuracy, one probably should swab between shots.
Final clean up seems to be easier when burning 777, than when burning Blackhorn.
Fun shooting
Load = 265g Fury STB, two vegetable fiber wad, 81 weighed grain 777, large pistol primer. Range = 319 yard.
First shot
Second shot
Third shot