Accurate No. 2

[d31tc]

Scheels has Accurate No. 2 on sale in store for $22 before taxes. I load 9mm, 45 ACP, and hope to load 357 Magnum/38 Special within the next year. Current powders on hand for those are Win 231 and Win 244.

For $22 a pound, any reason not to, other than complicating my collection of powder?

 

[Dudedog]

I like AA#2, meters great. At $22/lb I say go for it.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Scheels has Accurate No. 2 on sale in store for $22 before taxes. I load 9mm, 45 ACP, and hope to load 357 Magnum/38 Special within the next year. Current powders on hand for those are Win 231 and Win 244.

For $22 a pound, any reason not to, other than complicating my collection of powder?

First powder I ever bought/used and incidentally for 9mm/45acp. I say at those prices, buy, buy, buy!

 

[armoredman]

I use #2 for 9mm, .38 Special, and .357 Magnum. Stuff meters like water, very consistent, low charge weights, what's not to love?

 

[lordpaxman]

For $22 a pound, any reason not to, other than complicating my collection of powder?

No.
AA2 is fast but pretty versatile.
While you’re there, pick up some 5 and 7, just because you know you’re going to want it after trying 2.

 

[EricBu]

Scheels has Accurate No. 2 on sale in store for $22 before taxes. I load 9mm, 45 ACP, and hope to load 357 Magnum/38 Special within the next year. Current powders on hand for those are Win 231 and Win 244.

For $22 a pound, any reason not to, other than complicating my collection of powder?

AA2 is a great powder, lots of load data for 9 and 45. It is one of the best 38 SPL powders. For 357 though, it's fine for lower end soft loads for plinking and such, but it's not a great powder for 357. I agree with lordpaxman, add 5 and 7 to your cart as well.....and 9 if they have it.

 

[FROGO207]

Over the years I have gone through several kegs of both #2 and #5. At that price I would pounce!

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Rework your W231 loads with No.2. You’ll wish you’d bought two pounds. It burns cleaner than W231 and doesn’t smoke when downloaded.

 

[AJC1]

Reloader magazine just released a Propellant Profiles episode on YouTube if your interested on #2

 

[d31tc]

Rework your W231 loads with No.2. You’ll wish you’d bought two pounds. It burns cleaner than W231 and doesn’t smoke when downloaded.

I bought 2 pounds. I’ll probably go back tomorrow and pick up another couple.

 

[Riomouse911]

I use AA #2 where Bullseye would be used in .38, .41 and .44 Special loads. As the guys said, it meters very consistently and shoots well.

I’m also a fan of AA #5, 7 and 9. All of them have lots of load data out there, and it is all very good stuff when loaded within their respective burn-rate wheelhouses.

Stay safe.

 

[dannyd]

Number 2 was a great powder for me, and that's a great price.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Not to derail the topic (seriously!) but it’s great to see prices come down like this. It’s been a long dry spell!

 

[JohnMc]

Not to derail the topic (seriously!) but it’s great to see prices come down like this. It’s been a long dry spell!

Hopefully primers will come back down too.

 

[d31tc]

If any one has a Scheels near them, they seem to mark down items, sometimes steeply, that haven’t sold after a given amount of time. Used guns are a prime example. Watch a gun sit for too long and it gets a red tag. Patience can pay off.

 

[d31tc]

Not to derail the topic (seriously!) but it’s great to see prices come down like this. It’s been a long dry spell!

The price was red tag sale, not their normal price. However, the indication to me is that items are sitting on the shelf too long at current prices so the panic buying seems to be past.

 

[cfullgraf]

I like AA#2 for target level loads.

I feel other powders are better if more power is desired.

 

[Howa 9700]

As one who is relatively new to loading for handguns.....and in particular 9mm......still struggling to wrap my head around the wide open range of powders used. On the Hodgdon burn chart with 160 powders listed, load data can be found for most in the first 50 with at least a dozen more powders used in 9mm not even on the chart.....so a wide open array of powders to chose from. Fast to slower......just as mentioned here, with A2, A5, A7 and A9. Clearly all can be used, so when is one better than the other? I often see the fast powders mentioned for "target" or "plinking loads", but some load data gets many of them up to same velocity as the "full power" loads. Do the fast powders give you a light powder puff recoil when used with light for caliber bullets? Slow powders for heavy bullets at high velocity?

A2, A5, A7, A9?

From large flakes alone (not counting BE-86, Power Pistol, Sport Pistol, etc), Alliant has Red Dot (and Promo), e3, American Select, Green Dot, Unique, Herco, Blue Dot? There is 9mm load data for all of them. So when and where? It's like going to the store and finding 15 choices for bottled water or table salt.

 

[lordpaxman]

I often see the fast powders mentioned for "target" or "plinking loads", but some load data gets many of them up to same velocity as the "full power" loads. Do the fast powders give you a light powder puff recoil when used with light for caliber bullets? Slow powders for heavy bullets at high velocity?

That’s a pretty good broad brush view and how I look at it. Faster powders have a steeper/higher pressure curve while a slower powders’ is spread out. Faster powders can produce high velocities but at the cost of approaching max limits. Competition shooters like faster powders and heavy bullets for achieving certain power factors. If you want mouse fart loads, fast powder downloaded and light bullets.
Certain powders may give you a better precision, that’s part of the load development work up. There are other considerations as well like the appropriate powder in a gas gun. Don’t forget brand loyalty. So many choices, so little time. It’s like trying to decide the best stage plan at a match.

 

[Howa 9700]

BTW, when it comes to descriptions of powders and what each are intended for and best use for, Shooter's World stands head and shoulders above the rest. They also have the most abysmal load data to go along with those. About one click above nothing at all.