I have a CVA optima in chrome steel. I even have the black horn 209 breech plug. I load 100 grains by quantity of Blackhorn 209 with a 250 grain Barnes bullet. I have found that you actually should really use a superb primer. Never utilize the primers manufactured for black powder as this is simply not black powder. I make use of the CCI magnum pri

I have a CVA optima in chrome steel. I also have the black horn 209 breech plug. I load a hundred grains by volume of Blackhorn 209 by using a 250 grain Barnes bullet. I have discovered that you truly must use a good primer. Never use the primers built for black powder as this is not black powder. I use the CCI magnum primers only. By no means had