Hornady 290 Gr FTX Bore Driver Bullets

[bamawoodsman]

Thanks for the accuracy report. Mine should be here tomorrow from mid south. I got some from Presleysoutdoors.con. They came in 4 days after I ordered them. I haven’t had a chance to try them yet.

 

[brad502a]

I dont order anything from Midway any longer. The CEO and their folksy origin is not where they are. Its all about $$

I ordered from Brownells. The last Midsouth order I placed took almost 3 weeks to ship. That is not transit time, that is THREE WEEKS AFTER ACCEPTING MY ORDER THAT IT WAS SHIPPED.

 

[HV-Muzzleloaders]

Just did an accuracy test with the Bore Driver 100 grV BH209 in a ruger 77/50. 100 yds. The rifle will normally shoot 250 barnes with crush rib sabot into 1-1.5". Definitely deer capable.

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I would say they are deer MOA out to about 200 yards, based on that group.

OK. But nothing to write home about.

Your 250 Barnes/sabot load is much better.

 

[brad502a]

I would say they are deer MOA out to about 200 yards, based on that group.

OK. But nothing to write home about.

Your 250 Barnes/sabot load is much better.

The only real positive thing I can say is that they are easy to load. My Barnes combo has cloverleafed several times off the bench and I know how they perform on a deer. Lot of deer shot only one bullet recovered and it went in lengthwise, to be recovered in the back leg. Looked like an advertisement for Barnes.

 

[HV-Muzzleloaders]

The only real positive thing I can say is that they are easy to load. My Barnes combo has cloverleafed several times off the bench and I know how they perform on a deer. Lot of deer shot only one bullet recovered and it went in lengthwise, to be recovered in the back leg. Looked like an advertisement for Barnes.

I greatly appreciate you sharing this data.

I have been trying to find some of these new bullets to test them.

I was hoping they would be more accurate than the PowerBelts. Have you shot any PowerBelts in this rifle, and if so what kind of group did you get?

 

[brad502a]

i have not shot power belts in "this" rifle. I am shooting a 77/50 officers model with a strait walnut stock and blued steel. I have shot them in a stainless version I had using American pioneer powder(horrible stuff). The old rifle shot IIRC 270 gr platinum's about 3"- 4" at a hundred. I have sold that and now have the officer's model that I converted to a BH209 capable breech. The old stainless model had the plunger fire system. I shot a few deer with it. I shot a nice 8 pt. at 165 yds. off a rest laser ranged. The powerbelt broke the femur, there was no wind. That was the last powerbelt I shot. I recovered that deer but was not happy. I figured out how to convert the breech and went BH209 and Barnes. I have not looked back. This was approximately 10-12 years ago. I just wanted to test the bullets. They might shoot better with a different powder/charge or in a different rifle. I have since lost the right to hunt that property where I had the possibility of a 200 yd. shot. My main property that I hunt now has a 80 yd. max shot and these would work just fine there. I will still shoot the Barnes though, you never know when you might need the capability to reach out into the middle of a field.

 

[HV-Muzzleloaders]

I shot a one hole three shot group at 50 yards this week with the new BoreDriver bullets in my Remington 700ML which I converted to 209 primers.

 

[brad502a]

I shot a one hole three shot group at 50 yards this week with the new BoreDriver bullets in my Remington 700ML which I converted to 209 primers.

what was your load?

 

[sabotloader]

HV-Muzzleloaders

You might want to look at this bullet test if you are considering the Bore Driver

Hornady 50 Caliber Bore Driver FTX | Modern Muzzleloader Muzzleloading Forum

From viewing this I have had to step back from my original good impressions of what this bullet might be.

 

[HV-Muzzleloaders]

what was your load?

I am very sorry, but the powder contained more nitrocellulose than BH209. I used QuickLoad to make sure the pressure was low enough for my rifle.

Based on the rules of this forum, I am not permitted to share this data.



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[brad502a]

I am very sorry, but the powder contained more nitrocellulose than BH209. I used QuickLoad to make sure the pressure was low enough for my rifle.

Based on the rules of this forum, I am not permitted to share this data.



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never knew that was a rule

 

[HV-Muzzleloaders]

never knew that was a rule

I will try to do some testing with BH209 next week.

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I had some time this afternoon.

Three shots with no cleaning between shots.

Now I will have to clean my rifle after this....

BH209 does contain some corrosive oxidizers.



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[billyboy*]

Nice, is that the Rifle you recently got from one-shot?

 

[HV-Muzzleloaders]

Nice, is that the Rifle you recently got from one-shot?

No. I have had this rifle for a while.

It has an adjustable 209 breech plug I designed, which has a carbide bushing inside it.

The seal on the primer is really tight.

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