Advice on powder

[jdietz]

I have been loading for many years and always used Bullseye or 231 for my pistol rounds.

Loaded well, shot well but wow was it dirty.

Changed to AA 5, 7 & 9 several years ago and was happy with the results.

I stopped loading for 5 years and just started back. AA powder has changed. It still shoots well but it is so fine it clogs up my Lee perfect powder measure and my autodisk measure leaks like a sieve with the AA powders.

What powder do you all recommend for 9mm, .40, .38, .357, .32 long and .32 mag?

I have a LOT of 9mm and am looking for another powder.

Thank you!

 

[rcmodel]

Bullseye & W231 are among the best powders ever for the low pressure calibers you mentioned.

Either AA 5, 7 & 9, depending on bullet weight, are usually one of the best for the high pressure auto pistol calibers.

I think you need a better powder measure, not a better powder.

rc

 

[RidgwayCO]

I don't think one powder will load all those cartridges to their full potential, but Hodgdon's Universal should work well in all of them. Similar to Unique, but meters and burns better (in my experience).

 

[bluetopper]

Power Pistol, Universal, or Green Dot for 9 & 40.

If you don't want Bullseye for 38 then try American Select, it's my favorite or Red Dot is tried and true.

For 357 any above will do great for mid power loads, for full house 357, none surpass 2400 powder in my opinion.

I can't help you with the 32's.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

Power Pistol is my favorite for JHP or plated bullets in several different handgun calibers. It meters well and burns very clean.

Unique is my all-around favorite. There's not much you can't load with it and it does a good job in most. Unique used to be known for being dirty. However, a few years ago they improved it. It's not a dirty as it was. I find it burns fairly clean in my .357 and .45 loads.

 

[soloban]

I use PowerPistol for 9mm and 45 ACP.

38 Sp I'm using Universal Clays
357 H110

 

[JO JO]

HS-6 ?

 

[CZ57]

I think you need a better powder measure, not a better powder.

+1

 

[Arkansas Paul]

I think you need a better powder measure, not a better powder.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking as well.

 

[gamestalker]

For the 9mm and .40 S&W I like Longshot and HS6 for accuracy and deffinitely velocity. For the .357 mag I load with H110/296 with full house results. I've never owned a .32 or .327 magnum, but I would think that HS6 or Longshot would work for the .32, and probably H110/296 for the .327 magnum. All of those powder's burn very nicely in my opinion and will certainly obtain the cartridges performance potential, if that's your thing?
Personally I've been thinking about trying the AA powder's in the near future. Since I weight every charge on a beam scale, how it meter's is of no value to me.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

You guys may all laugh but for practice shooting I use Hodgdon's titegroup powder. It is only a light to medium duty powder but it is really consistant and is one of the cleanest powders I've ever used. I use it in all my pistol caliber any more. Their is barely any cleanup when I'm done shooting. The report doesn't scare the people beside me at the range and their is little to no smoke, and it has a decently mild recoil.

good luck.

 

[oneounceload]

What powder do you all recommend for 9mm, .40, .38, .357, .32 long and .32 mag?

I don't shot 40, but in al of those others, I found Universal to be acceptable

 

[Cherokee]

I would go back to 231, not bullseye. 231 is my go to powder for 25acp thru 45 Colt for good loads. Max loads require more specific powders. WST is also good in 9 & 45acp.

 

[onebigelf]

I've been using Universal Clays for 9mm and 38spl. I recently have switch VV N330 for my 9mm, not because I was unhappy with the Hodgdon, but because of the performance of the N330. The Universal is clean burning and easy to work with. The N330 is also pretty clean, but gives me over 1350fps with 115gr XTPs out of my Glock.

John