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Weighing BH209
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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 2712573" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>ENCORE always seems to be "on the money" when it comes to muzzleloading, so I was interested to try his suggestion re: weighing vs measuring some BH209.</p><p></p><p>I used my brass volume measurer which has a volume measure limit of 120gr. It has the pivot-aside spout top. I slowly poured the BH209 through a funnel and into the measurer. Once it was full, I gave it 3 light taps on the side for consistency before pivoting the top back into place. As usual, the pivoting top knocked a few kernels off the top to level the charge.</p><p></p><p>Then I poured the charge into the pan of my RCBS 1500 Chargemaster. Here is what I got with 5 consecutives trials.</p><p></p><p>1. 90.3</p><p>2. 91.0</p><p>3. 91.2</p><p>4. 90.3</p><p>5. 92.3</p><p></p><p>FWIW - the BH209 was purchased in Sept 2020.</p><p></p><p>The average charge weighed 91.0gr - I have been using 84gr for some time now thinking that I was using a volumetric 120gr charge. Not sure how the extra 7grs will affect accuracy or velocity but I learned something new today.</p><p></p><p>Thanks ENCORE</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 2712573, member: 313"] ENCORE always seems to be "on the money" when it comes to muzzleloading, so I was interested to try his suggestion re: weighing vs measuring some BH209. I used my brass volume measurer which has a volume measure limit of 120gr. It has the pivot-aside spout top. I slowly poured the BH209 through a funnel and into the measurer. Once it was full, I gave it 3 light taps on the side for consistency before pivoting the top back into place. As usual, the pivoting top knocked a few kernels off the top to level the charge. Then I poured the charge into the pan of my RCBS 1500 Chargemaster. Here is what I got with 5 consecutives trials. 1. 90.3 2. 91.0 3. 91.2 4. 90.3 5. 92.3 FWIW - the BH209 was purchased in Sept 2020. The average charge weighed 91.0gr - I have been using 84gr for some time now thinking that I was using a volumetric 120gr charge. Not sure how the extra 7grs will affect accuracy or velocity but I learned something new today. Thanks ENCORE [/QUOTE]
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