Favorite Powders/Loads for .45 ACP?

[NavajoNPaleFace]

Titegroup IS a good powder and you use less of it compared to most others but I find it a tad dirty burning.

If I'm not mistake the burn rate is somewhere around 60 on the burn rate scale????

But, in addiiton to Bullseye being very clean I also first tried it sometime back after talking with competative shooters saying they endorse it highly. So do I.

Post edit: out of 103 top brands/makes/styles of powder Titgroup is ranked #8 from the fastest so my '60' figure is off.....sorry.

 

[Calif. Hunter]

I use 1 load in all 3 of my .45 ACPs - 4.8 gr of Titegroup under a 200 LRNFP. Reliable, clean, economical and accurate. The powder flows like water through the measure of my Dillon 550. (Okay - for defensive use, I load 200 gr GDHPs over the same charge.)

 

[zeke]

Currently use V V-N350 for full power 230 gn jacketed loads. It does not meter as well as some other powders. When testing loads at the higher listings, am weighing the powder charges individualy. V V pistol powders seem to have much less flash than others tried. They burn extremely clean, although expensive and mail order proposition in my location, currently.

When loading the 230 Rem GS am using thicker brands of new or once fired quality brass, lee undersize die down to bottom of where bullet will be (after full length sizing using regular dia die for once fired) and a heavier Lee factory crimp. Have also insured the expander plug dia is reduced. These bullets seem to like being seated slightly shorter than most, for better accuracy.

 

[Black Snowman]

I just used some Tite-Group in 185 gr loads of various bullets in my Taurus 455 revo and it worked very well. Groups were good for the light gun at 25 yards and velocities were where they should be and pretty consistant. No signs of over-pressure in the +P loads in Starline +P brass with WLP primers.

I used 185 gr MagTech Guardian Gold and Hornady XTPs in the +P loads. The MagTechs had a little bullet pull and would stick if I tried to eject the rounds with 1 left. The XTPs did not seem to stick or pull. Probably be a moot point in an auto or a heavier revo. The 185 gr Berry's SWC worked great @ about 850 FPS.