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.... Just a month or so before this was written, I completed a test conducted with two .50 caliber No. 209 primer ignition in-line rifles, a Traditions Vortek StrikerFire LDR and a CVA Accura V2 LR, to see how many rounds could be fired before the bores had to be cleaned to maintain accuracy. This test began in January 2017.
I concluded the test on January 15, 2018. During basically that one year period, the Traditions rifle had 482 rounds fired through it … the CVA rifle had logged 493 shots during the same period. Neither of these rifles had a single cleaning patch pushed through the bore, and both were still consistently producing 1- to 1 ½-inch hundred yard groups. Both rifles cleaned up with a couple of Blackhorn 209 Solvent dampened patches … a few dozen strokes with a .50 caliber bronze wire bore brush … a couple of more solvent dampened patches … a dry patch … and a lightly lubed patch. Both bores looked like new. (Note: Primer carbon fouling was cleaned from the breech plugs every 150 shots.).....
Our Side of the Blackhorn 209 Story by Toby Bridges --->>> http://namlhunt.com/bh209anniversary.html
*Note the warnings on the BH 209 label, always clean your gun as soon as possible after using BH 209 powder.
I concluded the test on January 15, 2018. During basically that one year period, the Traditions rifle had 482 rounds fired through it … the CVA rifle had logged 493 shots during the same period. Neither of these rifles had a single cleaning patch pushed through the bore, and both were still consistently producing 1- to 1 ½-inch hundred yard groups. Both rifles cleaned up with a couple of Blackhorn 209 Solvent dampened patches … a few dozen strokes with a .50 caliber bronze wire bore brush … a couple of more solvent dampened patches … a dry patch … and a lightly lubed patch. Both bores looked like new. (Note: Primer carbon fouling was cleaned from the breech plugs every 150 shots.).....
Our Side of the Blackhorn 209 Story by Toby Bridges --->>> http://namlhunt.com/bh209anniversary.html
*Note the warnings on the BH 209 label, always clean your gun as soon as possible after using BH 209 powder.
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