BH209 and Damp/Humid Conditions

[UTGrad]

November in Tennessee can be wet and damp. I avoid hunting in the rain and if I do hunt in a drizzle I'm usually in a box blind. I'm vigilant to keep my powder dry by storing in climate controlled gun safe in garage, avoid large temp swings and I keep 2 silica packets in my soft gun tote when I transport my muzzleloader. Regardless here I sit in a box blind after the rain in damp conditions. Humidity is currently 65%.

Have you all found POI or iginition issues with BH209 in moist conditions? I use the BH209 breech plug in my CVA Accura MR with rubber o-ring to prevent any blow back from my Federal 209 primers.

 

[MrTom]

You'll be fine. It rained and snowed all day yesterday and my pistol was loaded[not primed] in the holster hanging in the garage shop for three days. It was one wet sloppy sucker in the woods today and when I needed it the pistol shot perfectly. BH209 is the least moisture affected powder muzzleloaders use. Great stuff.

 

[eekjellander]

After loading I tape muzzle shut to keep moisture /debris out ! /Ed

 

[UTGrad]

You'll be fine. It rained and snowed all day yesterday and my pistol was loaded[not primed] in the holster hanging in the garage shop for three days. It was one wet sloppy sucker in the woods today and when I needed it the pistol shot perfectly. BH209 is the least moisture affected powder muzzleloaders use. Great stuff.

Good feedback. That gives me confidence.

 

[MrTom]

UT....I don't think any one day could get any wetter than Monday when I got my buck using bh209. Wind driven rain and thick air before the rain. Nothing over the muzzle. My clothes finally dried this morning.

 

[snapbang]

With my sidelock I would tape over the end of the barrel and slop a little crisco around the nipple and #11. Leave it in a locked vehicle overnight.

 

[280Bravo]

You won’t have any problems.
When it first come out back in 2012 I believe I put this stuff to the torture test for 6 month during winter and spring and the results was awesome.

 

[deerlessbob]

I alway top my muzzle with electrical tape. It doesn‘t affect accuracy and i can’t remember having a misfire.

 

[GM54-120]

Finger cots
https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/walgreens-finger-cots,-assorted-sizes-small/ID=300399974-product

 

[gman57]

Fingers cut off thin latex gloves.

 

[eekjellander]

Latex is expensive ,use mine for butchering

 

[GM54-120]

Finger Cots are cheap. Most Walgreens, Walmarts and CVS carry them.

 

[eekjellander]

Finger Cots are cheap. Most Walgreens, Walmarts and CVS carry them.

Opining on stuff I've never seen is a habit I got to get over ,thought these were gloves , I live a sheltered life I guess/Ed

 

[UTGrad]

So no POI impact change with electrical tape or a finger cot on top of barrel? I’ve never tried it.

 

[michiganmuzzy]

Fingers cut off thin latex gloves.

I cut them off of nitrile gloves. Latex ones seem to fall apart too quickly. Maybe its from a bit of cleaning solvent residue.

 

[eekjellander]

So no POI impact change with electrical tape or a finger cot on top of barrel? I’ve never tried it.

No tape is gone before the bullet gets there ,lots of compressed air in front /Ed

 

[GM54-120]

They sell them in nitrile too
https://www.amazon.com/nitrile-finger-cots/s?k=nitrile+finger+cots