Charliefrank
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I've used many lbs of unique over the years. .2 grains isn't a big deal with this particular powder. The bullets should clear the barrel just fine
I got a couple new tubes from Hornady. I left powder in the hopper for a couple weeks, Titegroup as I recall.I wonder if anyone has gotten a new plastic tube from Hornady to restore the clarity of the hopper.
Well thanks, everyone, for your input. I just got back from the range. I fired those 30 rounds with no problems at all. They grouped into one ragged hole at 7 rds, and all inside the black of a 50 ft slow fire target at 15 yrds. Even with below minimum powder, they still had a surprisingly healthy report and recoil. Another 42 from that batch of 100, I fired in a league tonight - only missed twice.
Another high nitro content powder.Titegroup as I recall.
I tried it, didn't care for it. I have most of a pound left I would give away to someone local who wanted it. Won't even give it to my kids, would rather buy them something else.I may be the only pistol reloader in the world who has never messed with Titegroup
The Lee measures must be immune. I’ve got one that’s had red dot in it for 3 years. Another had had h227 in it for at least 1 year. My C&H has H110 in it for 3 years or more. I had RL22 in one for a long time before too.I guess I'm just lucky.... I have left powders in hoppers for weeks and weeks for a high-volume load. I know I have left AA#7, HS-6, Silhouette, and VV N320 each for periods of a month or more in Lee powder measures without any apparent damage to the hopper or powder.
I may be the only pistol reloader in the world who has never messed with Titegroup, but it seems like nasty stuff! Blows up guns with bullet setback... eats powder hoppers...
It works well for me. Not even heard of the setback concern. It's just a fast-burning ball powder, a little faster than HP38. I've heard it puts a lot of heat into the gun, but I've had no issues, even though I'll shoot 3-400 rounds of it an hour at times. I can heat up a gun with any powder. I've got a powder measure dedicated to it and there's usually some left in the hopper, to no detriment to this point.I may be the only pistol reloader in the world who has never messed with Titegroup, but it seems like nasty stuff! Blows up guns with bullet setback... eats powder hoppers...
Lots of people love it. I'll stick to AA#2 for my fast ball powder needs.
I do not believe there's really much foundation to this. Due to the fact that Titegroup is a very dense powder, it requires more accuracy from the powder measure. But if you look at deviations in charge weight by percentage, its no more twitchy or peaky than HP38.But it is also a twitchy powder. Its pressure curve is decidedly non-linear, so relatively small changes in things like amount of powder or case volume can cause disproportionately large changes in pressure. Google "titegroup twitchy" or "titegroup pressure curve" or "titegroup peaky" or "titegroup kaboom" and you can read lots of discussion and information about it.
I definitely have to disagree with that in real life.It's not really any more touchy than HP38,
That is how I would define "More Touchy"The pressure curves are actually very similar, they just occur over the slightly reduced charge weights produced by the higher energy density of Titegroup.
To each his own, but to me it's just the definition of more dense.That is how I would define "More Touchy"