CFE Pistol

[pfxsys]

Anyone have any thoughts they would like to share about using CFE Pistol in 9mm or 40S&W.

Thanks in advance.

 

[liam747]

I am currently using 5 grain of cfe behind a 124 grain campro bullet and it seem to working well for me so far in my 9mm. not sure if I am making any kind of power factor as I do not have crongraph yet but I am getting good accuracy out of my jerico with it.

 

[HIGHRPM]

I have yet to be able to even buy any or see any ! Would love to see how it works.

 

[Melnibonean]

I loaded up a bunch of .40 with CFE and found it worked really well in my Beretta 96. 180gr FMJ over 5.7gr of CFE.

The powder appears to work better the close to max load it gets. However, the spread between min and max is tight (only 0.6 gr separates the min load from the max load for 180gr projectiles), so it's not something someone who doesn't know what they're doing should be using.

Burn rate wise, it's somewhat slower than Win 231 and HS-6, but faster than Longshot.

https://www.hodgdon.com/PDF/Burn Rates - 2014-2015.pdf

 

[Lead hammer]

9mm, CFE, 4.7 grains, shoots good for me, but it's a bit dirty. 1069fps from a Shadow with 124gr. bullets. Meters well.

 

[Loyalist]

I am picking up 2lbs of CFE pistol tomorrow morning and will report back once I've tried it.

Ironically (or not) enough, I will be using with cast lead with this "copper fouling eliminator"

 

[bigedp51]

I have yet to be able to even buy any or see any ! Would love to see how it works.

The yearly Hodgdon's Annual Manual (reloading magazine) has published several articles on these new powders with bore scope photos.

A chemical is added that holds the copper in the high pressure gas mixture and the copper is blown out the end of the barrel.
A second chemical is added to keep the copper from sticking to the bore of the firearm. And repeated use of the powder will even remove old copper buildup.
All this was at the request of the American military for cleaner burning powders that deposited less copper in the bore of cannons to small arms.
This also goes hand in hand with General Dynamics Weapons Division who now owns the old Remington and Winchester powders teaming up with the Australians to make "Extreme" powders that are more temp stable "AND" cleaner.

All the information in the world is written in books and all you have to do is read.
Attila the Hun

 

[madcow]

Haven't had a chance to use it yet, heard its cleaner then most

 

[Brianma65]

I've used CFE pistol in .45 LC, 9 mm, 357 mag. Find it really good, and clean also. CFE .223 is good also

 

[nautilus]

180gr FMJ over 6.2gr of CFE pistol makes major. STI Edge.

 

[pfxsys]

Thanks to everyone that took the time to reply, much appreciated.

pfxsys