BH209 powder charge,??

[Lonewolf]

I like to ask 80 grains of 209 powder
The better choice bullet
Hornady 240 gr. XTP Mag
Thompson center shockwave yellow tip
Thompson center shockwave blue tip

 

[45/70 hunter]

No real way to know until you shoot them. That said, 90 gr is my go to charge.

 

[Lonewolf]

All three shot great in the Thompson impact
But at 80 grains of 209 will the blue tip bonded mushrooms with that light charge .

 

[Wanchese]

85 grains BH 209, 250 grain Barnes T-EZ

 

[Lonewolf]

I had shoulder repair about 10 years so recoil is top priority.
80 grains seem very comfortable with the light weight Thompson center impact

 

[Ol Copper]

No sense in shooting a tipped, bonded bullet over 80 grains of powder. If your gun shoots the xtp bullet well, stick with that powder and charge and go forth killing deer with ease.

 

[Bean]

I think I would go with the XTP with 80grs but that's just my own opinion. I shoot 110 BH with the yellow tip 250 shockwave that's always been my go to. I've shot the Harvester scorpion PT golds 260gr also and they shoot great too.

 

[TravisLH]

I like to ask 80 grains of 209 powder
The better choice bullet
Hornady 240 gr. XTP Mag
Thompson center shockwave yellow tip
Thompson center shockwave blue tip

I’ve got a TC omega running yellow tip 250gn shockwaves with 88.3gns by weight of BH209. Been getting 1.25 inch grps


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[Clifford66]

80 grains of BH209 gives similar performance to 100 grains pyrodex, with less recoil.

 

[Aaron871]

90 grains of Blackhorn and a .430/ 265 grain SST with a green sabot shoot great in all my muzzleloaders. But that loose powder is such a pita that I only use it in a few of them that really need it. The others shoot good enough to get pyrodex pellets just out of connivence.

 

[QBD2]

I’d shoot the XTP over 80gr. I had to go up to 120 grains BH209 and down to a 200gr Shockwave to get groups in my Omega.

 

[sky hawk]

Shoot the XTP.

In ML bullets, terminal performance is more important than pinpoint accuracy. I'd rather have a slightly less accurate bullet that opens and mushrooms on impact at the lower velocities than one that will hold a 1" group at 200 yards. The XTP is that bullet.

 

[Winnie 70]

I shoot 110 grains by volume Blackhorn and a 250SST in a Knight BK.....best groups are attained by working up your charge in your gun.

 

[NCMTNSHunter]

I've shot plenty of deer with the yellow tipped shockwave since it's a Hornady SST with a yellow tip for T/C. Before that I used XTPS with 85-90 grains of BH209 in my omega. Switched to smokeless conversion encore 45/70 and still using XTPS. For your charge the XTP will do plenty of damage and work well.

 

[Eric Revo]

100 grains by volume under a 250 grain Hornady SST yellow tip works great for my Optima.

 

[dakine_999]

85 gr by weight of BH 209 pushing a 240 XTP in my Encore Pro Hunter.

 

[30/06]

Shooting 100 gr BH209 with a 250 gr Barnes TMZ. Tried 110 gr but after a few shots decided I didn’t need the thump! The TEZ would not group out of my gun though they load much easier.

Gun in a CVA optima LR.