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<blockquote data-quote="CHRIS WILSON" data-source="post: 5179756" data-attributes="member: 2609"><p>80-85 gr by volume of blackhorn should provide a nice, mild recoiling load with that bullet weight. A lot of folks have been weighing their blackhorn charges for a while now. One thing that's been discovered about blackhorn is it can somewhat vary in weight from lot to lot so the conversion factor listed on the BH site doesnt necessarily hold true. Folks will usually take the average weight of ten volumetric loads with any given lot number due to the weight variation between the lots. Personally, I weighed my loads for a while and really didnt see much, if any improvement in groups, so I went back to measuring by volume. </p><p>I shot a 225 gr Barnes XPB with 85 gr by volume out of my Optima pistol for a good bit. Recoil was manageable even in the pistol and it was a pretty effective whitetail load within the ranges I shot with it...typically under 75 yards. Out of a rifle platform, it would be a nice load if you can get it to group well. I currently shoot 110 gr by volume with a 265 gr Fury in my Knight Ultra-lite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CHRIS WILSON, post: 5179756, member: 2609"] 80-85 gr by volume of blackhorn should provide a nice, mild recoiling load with that bullet weight. A lot of folks have been weighing their blackhorn charges for a while now. One thing that's been discovered about blackhorn is it can somewhat vary in weight from lot to lot so the conversion factor listed on the BH site doesnt necessarily hold true. Folks will usually take the average weight of ten volumetric loads with any given lot number due to the weight variation between the lots. Personally, I weighed my loads for a while and really didnt see much, if any improvement in groups, so I went back to measuring by volume. I shot a 225 gr Barnes XPB with 85 gr by volume out of my Optima pistol for a good bit. Recoil was manageable even in the pistol and it was a pretty effective whitetail load within the ranges I shot with it...typically under 75 yards. Out of a rifle platform, it would be a nice load if you can get it to group well. I currently shoot 110 gr by volume with a 265 gr Fury in my Knight Ultra-lite. [/QUOTE]
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