.45 ACP powder?

Win/64 said:
I don't reload for pistol but I use a lot of powders listed above for Shotgun target loads. Has anyone tried Green Dot? I find in Max loads it recoils less and is very clean burning.
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i haven't tried it, but i do have a listing- 230 grain rn jacket,4.8 bottom, 5.3 top- that's the ONLY listing i have with ANY bullet-772-842 out of a 5 inch colt gov't- it has been my experience that shotgun powders perform somewhat differently in pistol cases- the much vaunted unique, for example is far too smoky for my tastes, yet it's ok in shotgun
 
t-star said:
i haven't tried it, but i do have a listing- 230 grain rn jacket,4.8 bottom, 5.3 top- that's the ONLY listing i have with ANY bullet-772-842 out of a 5 inch colt gov't- it has been my experience that shotgun powders perform somewhat differently in pistol cases- the much vaunted unique, for example is far too smoky for my tastes, yet it's ok in shotgun
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That's interesting. Thanks
 
Powders

which of those powders would be considered the cleanest burning? I saw somewhere one of the vv powders were good, but I find them pretty dirty and don't like that. Real dirty. Oh I forgot, titegroup, blue dot those work pretty good.
 
leadslinger said:
I use HS6 with great results.
I beleive its bassically 231 powder?
Also Titegroup works very well.
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hp38 is 231 equiv- hs6 is roughly what used to be the old 540 ww or whatever- now winchester has a logic to the numbering system with the lower numbers being faster, so i would suspect hs6 to be somewhat slower than 231- i don't have it listed as a suitable powder in my manual, but the nomenclature on the hogdon site lists it as suitable for 10mm and a bunch of others- not every powder is listed in every book
 
t-star said:
i've used it for years - the trick is to use near maximum loads- there are guys, like john shaw, that swear by the stuff- if he uses it, it's good enuff for me to duplicate his loads- i use it for 9, 45, 44special-
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okay so what would a max load be for a 230gr, im going to finish off a can of win 231 so i am little hesitant to mess around with "max loads" with my new pistol???
 
I still use 231 5.5 grains under 200 lswc a little dirty but very accurate and consistant but it is temp sensitive and will shoot slow (and dirty) if its cold.

Andy
 
t-star said:
hp38 is 231 equiv- hs6 is roughly what used to be the old 540 ww or whatever- now winchester has a logic to the numbering system with the lower numbers being faster, so i would suspect hs6 to be somewhat slower than 231- i don't have it listed as a suitable powder in my manual, but the nomenclature on the hogdon site lists it as suitable for 10mm and a bunch of others- not every powder is listed in every book
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Your right, i had to go and look at the tag on my dedicated
powder dispensor for .45acp.
I use 5.5 grains of HP38 under a home casted 200 grain
semi wad cutter bullet.
Very accurate in my colt 1991a1.
Good IDPA load.
Knocks down the steal plates with authority.
 
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