Good Pistol Powder?

Freedom Ventures said:
The last three blown up guns that came through here were courtesy double charges with titegroup.
I personally like this powder, (Use it in my 40s) but be especially careful when loading it - a double charge is harder to catch with titegroup than many other powders.

For the OP - For just starting out - I'd recommend WW231/HP38 for everything except the magnum - and H110/WW296 for it.
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I have to Second this Titegroup is Kick @ss powder, burns nice, uses very little and so far seems to be the cleanest

BUT (and its a big BUT)

in my 9mm I put 4.1g with 124g bullet 8.2 would fit with room to spair.

Make sure you double check your loads, I always double check the weight of my bullets on the digital RCBS scale JUST IN CASE!!!!
 
700X is my favorite for just about everything I load! 9mm, .40 S&W, .38, .357 mag, 44 Rem Mag, 20G and 12G. shotshells. Inexpensive and you never have to fool with changing powders in your measure.
 
I use 3.5grains titegroup in my 9mm loads, I'm going to check tonight if it can take a double feed. 3.5 is the best load in my opinion because you can use it for .38 special and .40S&W

For fire forming rifle brass I just give a triple feed 10.5 grains.
 
shotgun12G said:
700X is my favorite for just about everything I load! 9mm, .40 S&W, .38, .357 mag, 44 Rem Mag, 20G and 12G. shotshells. Inexpensive and you never have to fool with changing powders in your measure.
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700X is much too fast burning powder for the 357 and 44 mag, except for light loads.
 
Freedom Ventures said:
The last three blown up guns that came through here were courtesy double charges with titegroup.
I personally like this powder, (Use it in my 40s) but be especially careful when loading it - a double charge is harder to catch with titegroup than many other powders.

For the OP - For just starting out - I'd recommend WW231/HP38 for everything except the magnum - and H110/WW296 for it.
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+1 Both powders are excellent and versatile.

Take Crae

Bob
 
On my autodisk powder measure I make sure the spring on the side of the hopper touches the seating die so everytime it dumps a charge I hear the sound of metal on metal.
 
Titegroup is not the only powder that can be double charged easily, without detecting it.

Winchester 231, Hodgdon 700X, Bullseye are examples of powders that can be doubled, even tripled if you are loading really light. Of course this depends on the caliber you are loading.
 
Not to slap everyone in the face who gave me advice on powder, but I ended up buying some HS-6. It's all my smith had available. He said it'd work well for them all... I'm going to try it first for .45.

Thanks for the info though, guys. I will try some of the other powders if I can find them.
 
I've used HS-6 under different bullet weights for 45 ACP. It worked fine but its dirty and you'll certainly use more of it per round than with faster burning choices. My new love is VihtaVuori N320. Its CLEAN but would warrant the same caution as Sean gave regarding Tightgroup. It may also be hard to get and isn't the cheapest whore on the block either.

Anyhow, HS-6 will get you through the day with your 45 ACP loads for sure. I have no experience with the other cals.
 
panda1 said:
Are you sure about Bluedot? I know Greendot and Reddot work but wasn't sure about Bluedot. I use Titegroup and really like it, however:bangHead:It is like trying to find hens teeth hard as heck to find.
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Blue dot is a great powder. IIRC it will work with all the mentioned cartridges too. My local shops have nearly every powder out there. Sorry to hear about your guys' luck!
 
Wholesale sports just got Alliant powders on their webpage. $26.00 per pound for Bullseye.
 
B said:
panda1 said:
Are you sure about Bluedot? I know Greendot and Reddot work but wasn't sure about Bluedot. I use Titegroup and really like it, however:bangHead:It is like trying to find hens teeth hard as heck to find.
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Blue dot is a great powder. IIRC it will work with all the mentioned cartridges too. My local shops have nearly every powder out there. Sorry to hear about your guys' luck!
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Although BlueDot will work in the cartridges mentioned, it definitely isn't ideal. It's a slower-burning powder meant for larger cases. Like someone mentioned in another thread, it'll leave a lot of unburnt powder in 9mm, .45ACP, etc.
 
Cerdan is right, with regular SPP it leaves some unburnt powder. More with starting loads and Less with hotter loads.

I'm using it for 9mm and .40 right now with magnum primers and it seems to burn fine. But it's not a good powder if you're prone to flinching...the flame and noise is pretty amazing.
 
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