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Customer Range Report

9/7/2015

 
Gabe R, from California took the time to write the email below, so I thought I'd share:

Tom:

Good evening . I finally got a chance to try out the new Badger Ridge Primer system a couple of weeks ago. Here's how it went:

I made a trip out to the local desert and used the following components for my test: 
  • Western Blackhorn 209 power
  • Hornady .452 cal. 300 gr. XTP bullets
  • Harvester .452 cal. E-Z Load premium High Pressure Sabots
  • W209 primers

Winchester W209 primers were used for a couple of reasons: 
1. They required the least amount of reaming to fit the breach plug (as compared to Remington and Cheddite), 
2. I have about 5000 on hand so these saved me a trip to the local sporting goods store. 

Overall, the results have been very promising with the three tests yielding the following average velocities:

80 gr. powder - 1552 fps*
100 gr. powder - 1795 fps*
120 gr. powder - 2000 fps*

All loads were chronographed using Competition Electronics, ProChrono Digital. 

There was no soot or blow-by on any of the fired primers, however there were some issues when using 80 -100 gr. of Blackhorn powder. In two cases, the primer backed out and became stuck in the bolt face. These were cleared by dry firing the spent primer. There were no issues when firing 120 gr. loads with all six primers easily dropping out of the bolt face when the rifle was canted to the right. 

Overall, the Badger Ridge Hunter 700 ML 209 conversion kit has resurrected my Remington 700 ML. I am looking forward to using this rifle in upcoming muzzleloading hunts. 

Thanks for the great product and service,

Gabe R


*I asked Gabe, and he reported he shot one 3 shot group at 80gr and 100gr, then two 3 shot groups at 120gr to get his average velocities.

Your are welcome Gabe!   Thank you for your candid feed back from the field.    I trust our Remington 700ML 209 conversion will serve you well, and wish you the best of luck on your hunts!

Also it is common for the Winchester primers to blow out the back of the primer cup (aka balloon) and frequently require a dry firing to remove.  That is why I recommend and use Federal, CCI, or Remington.  Also these three are similar enough in size that if you tune for one of them, you can probably switch to another without any leaks.


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