Powders for 9mm Luger - utterly bizzare

[Lee Q. Loader]

All my 9mm loads were great loads with Herco and Unique.....then I found BE-86.
Now that's all I load in 9mm.

 

[MarshallDodge]

There was a gunsmith who said "Don't load target pistol ammo with shotshell powder, it is gritty and will wear the barrel faster than real pistol powder." Sounds pretty hokey to me.

Cease to exist? I don't know why DuPont discontinued No 5, No 6, and P5066. Good powders but maybe they could not compete well with Bullseye and Unique.

Hokey is a good term.

I've got over 25K rounds on an HK P30. 99% of the ammo was made using WSF, Red Dot, and Clay Dot. All shotgun powders and the pistol has no accuracy issues that I can tell.

 

[JohnB-40]

I try different shotgun/pistol powders to have a good time making different loads for my pistols and carbines. If I could have only have one powder it would be hands down Unique. Better powders in performance and metering? You bet....But for the large range of cartridge coverage and data available,it can't be beat. IMHO

 

[BushMaster-15]

For dirt cheap Alliant Promo ,is about as economical as you can get powder wise these days . Use Red Dot load info and IF You shoot shotshell you're a #1 powder Man

 

[cfullgraf]

My main powder for 9x19 these days is True Blue.

I’ve used Accurate#7, Unique, Accurate #5, Blue Dot and maybe a few others over my 30 some years of reloading.

9x19 is a fairly flexible cartridge.