I bought some a few years ago but have not tried it yet. Do you guys weigh vs measure by vol ? What is a good starting weight ? It also looks like it requires a more traditional cleaning method. I also read that BH suggested using regular 209 primers and not the ones designed for pyrodex and such. Also Im shooting the Boredriver FTX bullets. Any other tips or ideas would be appreciated !!!

I use 90gr in a cva optima. Measured by volume not weight. I got little tubes made by the BH209 people for measuring and carrying an extra charge for hunting.

For primers, I use standard Winchester 209’s.

For bullets, I go with Barnes 290gr TEZ, but they’re impossible to find now since I think all of Barnes stuff disappeared once Remington went under.

As far as cleaning goes, you can get away with just about no cleaning (not recommended, but I’ve had minimal effects with doing none). For three years, I shot my gun 10 times, left it in the safe for about a year (charged minus primer), then would still hit the bullseye on first shot of the season. I finally started noticing some corrosion last month and finally gave it a cleaning. It wasn’t that bad and It never effected accuracy (I just tagged two coyotes with two shots at 175yds using it)

Thanks BH26 !!!!

Thankfully you bought some a few years ago. The price has gone nuts lately. Everything BH26 said is spot on. I will add that I do weight measure my loads for more consistency. To get my number, I measured out 10 loads by volume then weighed each of those and took an average. Whether or not it even matters, I don’t know, but some of the volume measurements differed quite a bit by weight. Without going to look, seems like my preferred volume of 105 grains weighed in at an average of 76.5 grains by weight. As I mentioned, there might not be enough difference in volume measured loads to affect accuracy, but I do like having each charge exactly the same.

All my charges are weighed/matching. Fed 209A primers.

Anymore tips on the BH 209 as far as powder measuring or bullets

I use 100gr BH209 with CCI 209M (magnum) with Barnes 300gr MZ FB (Item #30583) with deadly effect.

*100gr by volume

I measure to begin load trials and when I find the accurate load I’m looking for I then weigh and dispense powder with Dump and Scale to the correct weight

Are yall looking for a certain velocity or strictly accuracy ?

Both if possible
I’m using 110 grains of BH 209 pushing a 300 grain Harvester Scorpion bullet with deadly accuracy
I’ve made kill past 200yds with this combo