favorite 9mm powder

[Ironicaintit]

I've tried bullseye, unique and herco, and though they all work....I go back to unique most times. Once I need to restock, I may try others, just to see

 

[Duvel]

I have found load data for the 9mm using 700X in my manuals, but anyone use it (in real life)?

Can't say I'v used it extensively, but have with good success behind 115s.

I'd also like to 2nd CSB-1. Love the stuff for plinking.

 

[George44]

115 grain bullets with HP38 powder

 

[Walkalong]

Shot a lot of those in the day, although it was W-231.

 

[spanky1968]

Autocomp.

 

[larryh1108]

I used Bullseye exclusively in the "old days" (pre-shortage). At one point, all I could find was BE-86. My research showed good promise and it was a Bullseye type product. I've come to like it and also use it for other calibers. It seems to be a good compromise for many different reasons. (type, metering, case volume, speed, etc.). It also seems to be cheaper than the other powders (demand).

 

[Rogerl830]

N-330 down to my last pound

 

[wlkjr]

I've shot over 12 pounds of Titegroup with 124 plated and 147 coated.

 

[celem]

I use AutoComp in my 9mm Luger, 380ACP and 44Mag. It's a great powder that meters well.

 

[SCC]

I've used Autocomp, Bullseye, and BE-86. Autocomp because 1# of it was all I could find at the height of the shortage and I just stuck with it when I came across an 8#er. Bullseye was fine, but my current fave is BE-86.

An interesting observation about Autocomp. I was in a class and the comment was made by one of the other students that everyone else's guns went bang, mine went Boom. The slower powder does make more noise. Another time a friend with a race gun used some of my rounds and really liked them, the extra gas works really well with ported guns.

 

[lpsharp88]

I really like using 700X. It makes some nice, soft shooting range ammo. I use 3.5gr under a 115gr LRN and it is pretty nice. Only downfall is that it really doesn't meter that great, but I can deal with it.

 

[ColoradoShooter77]

I also went with CFE-Pistol because it became available last summer and I jumped on an 8lb jug.

I've been very happy with it in 9mm.

 

[kerreckt]

TiteGroup, N340,231/HP38. Shoot lots of TiteGroup because it is very economical for plinking or "blasting" ammo as my sons call it. N340 delivers higher velocity and burns cleaner. 231/HP38 because I had a bunch of it when I discovered TiteGroup. I am also using some HPC-18 military pulldown I got from Jeff Bartlett. It is very much like 231/HP38, which is good because I have about 10 pounds of it to shoot up. Lots of stuff works and I have tried most of them but these 3 or 4, mostly. Trying different stuff is one of my favorite things about reloading.

 

[John3921]

I'll say this wrong as I have a knack to do. I thought at one point I'd try to generate a list of 9mm powders and see if I could come up with a strong contender for 'Best' or at least 'Really Good'

As it turns out if you plow through all the reloaders guides and recommendations most anything works. Bullseye is roughly #10 on the burn rate chart, Blue Dot is #98. I think I found people loading pretty much everything from either extreme. I finally decided 9mm is reasonably forgiving & there is no real 'standout' powder.

I'm using Blue Dot for 115, 124, and 135 gr bullets. It does fine - though it isn't the best metering powder out there. I'm starting to experiment with Be-86, which is supposed to be similar to power pistol with more flash suppression.

 

[hot chili powder]

9mm powder

Gotta be Hodgdons Titegroup in 1st place but am anxious to try some H-CFE Pistol.

 

[JonB]

Titegroup for me. It's what I started with and just stuck with it. Very economical to use.

I just got 2 pounds of AA#5 that I have been wanting to try for a long time - just could never find it. I'm going to work up loads for 9mm, and 9x18 Mak with it.

 

[Scarpia]

I've settled in with N340/N350 as my most accurate powders in 9mm with 147 gr. bullets. This stuff is about twice as expensive as other powders but the 9mm is my most carried caliber so it's worth it to me.

 

[Jetav8r]

I'm using BE-86 with Bayou Bullets.

 

[ColoradoShooter77]

Winchester 572 looks really strong in 9mm, but just ho-hum in 40 S&W. Very average velocity.

Longshot is still the king in 40 S&W.

 

[bbqreloader]

I also went with CFE-Pistol because it became available last summer and I jumped on an 8lb jug.

I've been very happy with it in 9mm.

My buddy and I just switched over to CFE-P for our 40 and 9. Also getting an 8lb. Very happy with the perfromance and seems to burn a little smoother, cannot wait to get it thru the chronograph to see what it is doing.

 

[ColoradoShooter77]

5.3 grains CFE-P under a 124 grain Berry's RN gave me right at 1100 fps over 5 shots with a 20 fps extreme spread.

115 grain X-treme plated with 5.6 grains CFE-P gave me 1186 fps over 5 shots with an extreme spread of 15 fps. This is good stuff in 9mm!

 

[GaryL]

HS-5. No idea when it went obsolete, and load data is pretty much non existent, but I bought a few lbs for ~$20 about 15 yrs ago and didn't know at the time that it had gone the way of the dodo (which probably explains the low low price at the time). Anyway, worked up a load for 124gr that is sweet and accurate, and now almost out. So now its time to start looking for a replacement....

 

[giggitygiggity]

I like Titegroup. The only disadvantage is that because it is a low volume powder, you need to be on the lookout for double charges.

 

[grandpawj]

Unique

 

[thomas15]

Titegroup, N320, HP-38, AA#2, Clays, WST, CFE Pistol, Autocomp