9mm Powder Recommendations... Let's Hear Them!

[Slug870]

Hey Gang,

I'm about to begin reloading 9mm for the Glocks and I'd like to hear powder preferences from those with some experience.

I'll be loading 124gr FCP RN Campro bullets, shooting them out of a Glock 17 and a Glock 19. Intended use is general plinking, practice and more practice with the intent of taking the Black Badge course and some competitive shooting to follow in the near future.

What say you CGN 9mm junkies?

 

[AB.boy]

I've been using W231 for many years. Meters well, seems to be regularly available and can be used in other pistol calibers too if that might be a consideration for you. Currently I am also using 124gr Campro with 4.0gr W231 and it makes for a nice soft shooting load that cycles everything I've ever used it in.

 

[Brianma65]

I’ve been using CFE, seems to do the job quite well.
Also use it for .357 and .45 ACP

 

[silverfoxdj]

Titegroup and Bullseye for different calibres

 

[madcow]

231 or titegroup

 

[OkayShooter]

I'm running HP38 same powder as W231.

 

[hometownhero]

2000 rounds per pound of titegroup is hard to argue with.

 

[chrisco]

2000 rounds per pound of titegroup is hard to argue with.

^^This^^
Not quite 2000 per pound, but pretty darn close

Shoot straight - chrisco

 

[Brianma65]

Titegroup= loose groups

 

[Auggie Doggie]

I like HS-6, but I am loading 147gr. bullets. There are loads for 124gr. bullets too.

Auggie D.

 

[Kilsworth]

CFEPistol.

 

[OneBarfly]

HP38 4.5 grains w/124TMJ OAL of 1.140 (4 grains would not function reliably in my Glock or P08)

 

[Cranberry]

WSF 5.2gr. 1.16 oal.

Works great in my p226 and sfp9.

 

[Winchester-1897]

2000 rounds per pound of titegroup is hard to argue with.

^^^what he says^^^^

 

[LUTNIT]

I recently burned through a bunch of odds and ends of powder I had in my cabinet from years gone by. I ran various powders with 1000+ rounds of 124gr Campro 9mm through a Glock 17 for IPSC and IDPA.

I find Titegroup to be very dirty even though you do use less. The fact that you can triple charge a case and still not overflow it worries some.
700X and 800x were dirty as well and didn't meter well due to the large flake size; lots of light charges.
Longshot and HS-6 worked very well for me, metered very well, and were quite clean. Not that economical though since you need more in a case.
SR-7625 is also clean and works great. It's discontinued so you can't buy it anymore.
Bullseye works well and meters well. Not as clean as some of the others but not too dirty either.

CFE Pistol will be my go-to powder once I burn off everything else. Meters really well, fairly economical, and quite clean.

 

[4n2t0]

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[Lead hammer]

My favourites are Unique and CFE. CFE meters better. I have W231 as well, although I have not used it.

 

[silver bullet]

I've gone from Titegroup to CFE Pistol. Both seem to work well, but I like the idea of the cleaner powder with CFE. I've used it with 124 and 147 gr bullets.

 

[DAgunlvr]

My M&P9 2.0 seems to like 4.8 gr. of unique for the 124 gr. Campro’s.

 

[Rjl001]

I have been using either CFE Pistol or titegroup, both have served me well.