Titegroup success stories

My successful 380 acp loads with Titegroup are 2.5 grs. with 90 gr. Hornady XTP hollow-point bullets, and 2.6 grs. with Everglades 100 gr. plated FNFB bullets out of a 380 acp Makarov.
I am working my way through some other, older powders right now, but hope to work up new Titegroup loads for some coated Acme 95 gr. LRN I recently acquired. Recent Hogdon online data says 2.8-3.5 grs. Titegroup for that bullet. My reloading notes say it meters nicely, much like AA#5.

It’s about all I use for .40 S&W.

I don't use a lot of Titegroup. Mostly in 357 mag. with a 158 gr. SWC. Good for a light target shooting.

I have a bunch of 158 gr. Berry's RN that I have been playing with. Loading them up between Titegroup and HP-38 for 50 yd. for a rifle.

I make light loads for 44spl my wife shoots out of my 44mag, she loves those (4.0 grains, 240gr LSWC). I also use it in her 9mm (3.9gr 124gr CPFP). I use to use it in my 38spl, but now I use Bullseye, not sure why I switched, might have been availability because I don't have anything bad written in my notes, so if I run out of Bullseye probably would use the Titegroup again (3.4 gr 158gr LSWC).

I use it in 9mm 124 grain RMR mpr's and matchwinners. I also use it with Xtreme and Everglades plated round and flat nose.
4.1 gr for 124gr. Some members like 3.8 grs but I shoot what I carry so I am engrained with the 4.1 gr load with 124gr JHPs. Really accurate.

I shot some of my loads out of my friends Ruger Precision Carbine a year ago and shot a 5 shot group 1 bullet wide and 5/8" high with it at 20 yards. 4.1 gr , 1.125 OAL, CCI primers, and I think it was with RMRs round nose plated bullets. He had a 3-9 Nikon scope on it so that made it easy. That's standing, shooting off hand.
I quit while I was ahead.

glockgod said:

Seems to do well for cast bullet loads in 44 Special

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I've used TiteGroup in both cast bullet loads in .44SPC and .45 Colt... not a big fan, there. Yes, it pushed the bullets out of the barrel, but TiteGroup has a high nitro content, so burns quite hot. 50 rounds through the Ruger .44 and the pistol was so hot I could hardly hold it to punch the empties out.... and I figured all that hot wasn't doing my cast bullets any favors, either. That's why I settled on burning the rest of it up with jacketed or plated 9mm bullets.

I've found it to produce inconsistent velocities with 147gr 9mm, though it worked fine with 115 & 124gr.

Works very well with 125gr .38spl running ~120pf.

I'd have to double check my notes but I'm fairly confident my go to 9mm load is 4.1 gr Titegroup over a 115gr RMR Jacketed Round nose with a OAL of somewhere in thr line of 1.130.

It's all I use in .45 light loads. Good in light 9mm also.
But, I don't use it with coated bullets. I read that it burns hot enough to melt coating.
That may not be true, but I just use 231/HP38 for coated in case it might be so.

AJC1 said:

All three versions of rmr jacketed worked great. It also worked in a 115 lead round nose powder coated... just seems to be very versatile.

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Thanks! I will definitely try some Titegroup with 115gr FMJ RN bullets.

I have loaded and shot thousands of Berry's plated and RMR 115 FMJs with titegroup. I run 4.0 grains at 1.14 COAL. (AS ALWAYS, CHECK YOUR MANUAL.)

It's all I've ever used in 9mm with a variety of bullets. Shot over 5000 Xtreme 124g HP, and even more Hi-Tek coated bullets, most of which I cast and coated myself. Never had any problems with the coated.

Charlie98 said:

The one and only success I’ve had with TG... 115 and 124grn 9mm.

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38 sp 125g cast with 3.5 TG ... very accurate and pleasant

44sp 200g cast with 4.5 TG ... very pleasant, but I can’t hit jack with a Charter Boomer

32acp 71g cast with 2.0 TG ... very accurate fire breather

32 H&R. Tried just about every combo of TG and the five bullets I have, but nothing is accurate. Maybe it’s the gun.

pairof44sp said:

38 sp 125g cast with 3.5 TG ... very accurate and pleasant

44sp 200g cast with 4.5 TG ... very pleasant, but I can’t hit jack with a Charter Boomer

32acp 71g cast with 2.0 TG ... very accurate fire breather

32 H&R. Tried just about every combo of TG and the five bullets I have, but nothing is accurate. Maybe it’s the gun.

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I have loaded TiteGroup in .44SPC and .45 Colt, as I mentioned, and under cast bullets. I'm not saying they didn't work, I'm just saying there is a better way to crack an egg. I think TiteGroup is a very poor choice with cast bullets, particularly intended for an indoor range. YMMV, no purchase necessary, need not be present to win.

TG is my substitute-standard for Bullseye. Any recipe I put together using BE, I also document using TG.

The only thing I've had where it doesn't work well is with muzzleloader bullets in a 50 AE. Then again, nothing I have has worked with that yet.

Titegroup worked well in .41 mag, .357, and 9mm. So did pretty much everything else I tried too. I personally favor powders with more "fill" and do not shoot many jacketed rounds so I do not use Titegroup as much as I thought I would.

It works great for using wadcutters in magnum cases, such as .32 H&R, .327, and .357 Mag. Don't have to up the powder charge at all, just use the same load data as you would .32 S&W Long or .38 Special, the Titegroup doesn't care. You can even load it a couple tenths above max, pressure will go up, but will stay below the max PSI. This is if you wanted some more velocity for a defense load.

I find Titegroup does well in .38 Special and I've have great success using it in .45 Schofield for very accurate target loads, better than when I tried it in .45 Colt.

My #3 9mm 147 gn minor powder.

I had a pound in the last stupidity. It worked alright in 9mm-124 cast, but gave my cases a "burnt" look. Accuracy and function was fine though, but nothing to write home about.

With limited testing in .38 and .357 cast loads, it was outstanding. I only had a small amount left at that stage and was in "use it up" mode so never really worked a load. I was shooting an unknown maker 158 SWC and a small batch of 158 Lazercast RN. Loads were .38 spl max per Lyman data fired in a .357 gun, so well below .357 min charge. Accuracy was on par with my best tuned load using HP38 in this caliber.

I started using it for 357 mid range loads and standard 38 special loads back during the Obama years when I could not get my favorite powder for volume shooting (Promo). I found it worked fine for these loads, but I went back to Promo when it became available again.

However, later I found that I really liked Titegroup for 9mm (120 gr Lee cast bullet with powder coat). I also found it to work better than Promo for my loads that use very little powder (38 Sp low recoil loads and 32 loads) since I could accurately meter charges as low as 1.7 gr.

And all of my Titegroup loads have been with cast bullets. For low power loads I use tumble lube, for higher power loads I use powder coat. I have used up probably 10 lbs this way (I am on my second 8 lb jug).

I've used TiteGroup in a LOT of calibers
.25 ACP
.32 ACP
.32 S&W
.32 S&W Long
.32 H&R Mag
.327 Fed Mag
.380
9MM Luger/Parabellum
.38 Spec
.357 Mag
.41 Mag
.44 Spec
.44 Mag
.45 ACP
.45 Colt.

Success? Depends on your definition of success.
All are nice soft shooting rounds, but not reloaded for velocity.

Found an 8lb jug back during obamanation scarcity.
Worked up lotsa loads using it.