Bullseye Loads
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roc1
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Bullseye is top powder for 45 acp accurate not all that dirty. WW 231 or HP38 same powder are great as well just hard to find. BE will work in 9mm haven't used that as much but works fine. Like I say it is hard to beat in. 45
Hope this helps some
Roc1
Hope this helps some
Roc1
Blue68f100
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BE powder has been used in BE loads for decades. It is dirtier than some powders since most BE loads are very light. But very accurate with the right bullet (LSWC). Most BE loads are only pushed hard enough to stabilize the bullet. Some may even require a reduced power RS. I'm using WST at the moment mainly because it burns cleaner at the lighter loads.
bluetopper
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Few equal and none better.
Trailduster79
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I have used bullseye in my .380, .32 S&W Long, .38 Special, and 9mm.
Love it, just wish I could find it.
Love it, just wish I could find it.
zxcvbob
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I use it mainly for 9mm (and not mild target loads) and I'm starting to use it in .38 Specials.
I'm pretty sure it will work in any pistol cartridge, including magnums. Unlike some fast powders, it does not get spiky at the top end. Alliant used to publish some impressive .357 Magnum load data using BE with mid-weight cast bullets.
I'm pretty sure it will work in any pistol cartridge, including magnums. Unlike some fast powders, it does not get spiky at the top end. Alliant used to publish some impressive .357 Magnum load data using BE with mid-weight cast bullets.
ArchAngelCD
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If you're already using W231/HP-38 for the 9mm and 380 Auto I see no reason not to use it for loading the 45 Auto. IMO W231/HP-38 is a match made in heaven when loading the 45 Auto and .38 Special. It's a better choice in the 45 Auto than in the 9mm IMO.
There is nothing wrong with Bullseye in the 45 Auto but since you already use W231 why change? I use hardly anything other than W231/HP-38 in most of my handgun loading, especially with the .38 Special and 45 Auto.
"Give that dirty old Bullseye back to your grandad and get you some WST! 
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I saw that quote someplace on the internet and couldn't help but post it here. I thought it was pretty funny.
I've used Bullseye in 45 and IMHO it is exceptional there. Works well for me in the 40 SW as well. I do usually use WST for this application. Depends what one can get a hold of. Don't give grandad his Bullseye back.
."I saw that quote someplace on the internet and couldn't help but post it here. I thought it was pretty funny.
I've used Bullseye in 45 and IMHO it is exceptional there. Works well for me in the 40 SW as well. I do usually use WST for this application. Depends what one can get a hold of. Don't give grandad his Bullseye back.
Arkansas Paul
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I agree with this.
If you're already using W231 and have plenty on hand, use it in the .45 as well.
Now if you're running out and can't find it, Bullseye would certainly work great as well.
bluetopper
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Versatile, accurate, and very consistent. How can anyone not like Bullseye.
ljnowell
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Nothing wrong with bullseye but I would take AA#2 over Bullseye any day of the week. It's better in every way.
Hardtarget
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Started using Bullseye years ago. I've also got unique, WST, and two others I've used in pistol.
They all leave a little to be cleaned so I don't see it matters much...but then, I'm not a competition shooter. Just casual plinker. I don't fire enough rounds in a session to see a problem.
Mark
They all leave a little to be cleaned so I don't see it matters much...but then, I'm not a competition shooter. Just casual plinker. I don't fire enough rounds in a session to see a problem.
Mark
Cleanliness is a trade off between burn rate and temperature. Many combustion systems are very inefficient, heck, you can see that in modern engines. To raise fuel efficiency, one of the things they did as raise engine temperatures, modern cars reach temperature fast, run hot, and if you have a coolant leak, the engine seizes fast. To achieve “cleanliness” in a powder, that is, less powder residue, manufacturers have to provide a fast burn rate and high temperatures. Titegroup is a “clean” powder but there is little spread between minimum and maximum charges, and it is peaky. Small changes in case capacity, maybe the measure dumped a little more powder than you needed, and it does not take much to spike the pressure curve on a fast burning powder. It also runs hot. I was handed a Glock that had been rapid fired with Titegroup and the slide was too hot to touch.
It used to be that Bullseye was the fasting burning powder on the market and you would hear all sorts of blow up stories with Bullseye. Faster burning powders do not give you much margin of error, and the current craze of “clean” burning powders have reduced that margin even more.
I have shot kegs of W231 in the 45ACP, it works exceptionally well in the things I want: accuracy and function. Why change? Bullseye is outstanding in the 45, it is the original 45 ACP powder used in the 1910 cartridges fired in the test and development of the 45 service pistols. Bullseye has given excellent results in M1911's and M1928 Thompsons in ever war it was issued.
It used to be that Bullseye was the fasting burning powder on the market and you would hear all sorts of blow up stories with Bullseye. Faster burning powders do not give you much margin of error, and the current craze of “clean” burning powders have reduced that margin even more.
I have shot kegs of W231 in the 45ACP, it works exceptionally well in the things I want: accuracy and function. Why change? Bullseye is outstanding in the 45, it is the original 45 ACP powder used in the 1910 cartridges fired in the test and development of the 45 service pistols. Bullseye has given excellent results in M1911's and M1928 Thompsons in ever war it was issued.
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Vern Humphrey
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Yep. I have an 8-lb keg of it.
It's also great for .38 Special. I like a 148 grain hollow-base wadcutter loaded over 2.7 grains of Bullseye. Accurate as all get out and hits squirrels and rabbit like the hammer of Thor.
USSR
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While I have and like Bullseye for .38 Spl, .45 ACP, and soft .45 Colt loads, I find myself using the same powders I regularly use for 12 gauge shot shell loads: 700X and Solo 1000. All part of my powder consolidation effort.
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ljnowell
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700x is a fantastic powder for accuracy and cleanliness in 45 acp. I haven't found a 200gr lead bullet that doesn't shoot great over 4.6 gr of 700x. That's in any of my pistols. I don't care much for it in my. 38 loads though as it doesn't meter well in large charge weights it's miserable in small weights like those found in 38 loads.
Vern Humphrey
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I use Bullseye to fire-form cases for my .35 Brown-Whelen (the most radical form of the Whelen.) A few grains of Bullseye, a quarter sheet of toilet paper, and boom! Perfectly formed cases from either .30-06 or .35 Whelen.
LUCKYDAWG13
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i use B/E in 45/9mm 38 i will try in my 41 when i run out of RedDot
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