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g.willikers · August 9, 2012, 09:59 AM

Has anyone tried BH 209 powder in cap and ball revolvers?
The manufacturer's web site says it is supposed to be used with regular shotgun primers.
They say that the 209 primers for muzzle loaders don't always work.
But they do have a chart for using this powder in cartridge guns, so it all sounds contradicting.
Are C&B pistol primers hot enough to work?

August 9, 2012, 09:59 AM	#1
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	Black Horn 209 powder in revolvers? Has anyone tried BH 209 powder in cap and ball revolvers? The manufacturer's web site says it is supposed to be used with regular shotgun primers. They say that the 209 primers for muzzle loaders don't always work. But they do have a chart for using this powder in cartridge guns, so it all sounds contradicting. Are C&B pistol primers hot enough to work? __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”