A new powder is available in some places, Blackhorn 209 from Western Powder Co.
Gun Tests magazine tried it against 777 and Shockey' s Gold.
Given an "A" rating, very clean burning, very good velocity, as much as 777 and about 600fps faster than the Gold, max. deviation, 38fps versus 329fps for the Gold, under 1" groups with the Savage ML versus 2 1/2" with the Gold and no corrosion.
That is the good part, the rest is ; Gold $20 a pound, 777$26 a pound and 209 is $46 a pound.
I shall at least try a pound, I do not shoot my MLs a lot so it would not break the bank to get a pound and try it.
The test got 1680fps with 100gr / volume measure and a 290gr sabot slug, the same with 777 and 1057 to 1385fps with the Gold.
Last edited on 9 May 2008 09:58 PM by drinks
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