Titegroup: Yeah or Nah?

[giggitygiggity]

I have been using Titegroup for my .40SW and .45ACP loads. I fire the .40SW out of a Beretta 96 Brigadier and the .45ACP out of a Glock 30SF. I use 180gr .40SW bullets and 230gr .45ACP bullets. I have found these loads to be more accurate than factory ammo with recoil equivalent to factory ammo. Every single round has cycled flawlessly. I am loading just slightly less than maximum recommended loadinigs. The only negative thing I have to say about Titegroup is that it leaves burn marks on the brass.

Anyways, what does everyone else think of Titegroup? Are there any better powders. I went with Titegroup because it was the most cost-efficient powder. I am totally satisfied with the results and probably won't change anything regardless of posts. However, I just wanted to hear what other's impressions of Titegroup are. Thanks.

 

[James2]

I have been using Titegroup for some light 357 loads. It does just fine for that application.
Like you I wanted it for the economy.

 

[Quoheleth]

If it works for you, use it! I use TG for some loads and think it's OK.

I don't shoot 40 but I do shoot 9mm and .45. I really like AA#5 in both applications. Unfortunately, my LGS was out when I was there last month so I picked up a pound of Win 231.

Q

 

[mallc]

TG in 9s and 40

Some say it stain brass. I haven't had the problem and there is almost no smoke. IMHO its a great replacement for W231.

Scott

 

[MattTheHat]

I use TG and W231 in about a half dozen auto pistol calibers. I find it to be very similar to 231.


-Matt

 

[PO2Hammer]

Two thumbs up.
Very versatile, hard to beat in 9mm or .45acp.
Meters consistently.
I haven't noticed the staining. Maybe I haven't looked hard enough. I clean my brass, but I don't polish it.

 

[CatsEye]

I load Titegroup in 9mm and .40s. It is a fine powder that works at full power or in reduced loads equally well. It is a hot powder so doesn't work well with lead or moly coated bullets. For jacketed or plated bullets it works great. Since it doesn't take much powder, Titegroup can easily be double charged if your not carefull, esp in a .40 or .45. Overall it is my favorite.

 

[Hondo 60]

I've used titegroup for .38 spl & .357 mag for a year now & find it's economical & accurate.

Just be careful not to dbl charge.

 

[Txhillbilly]

I use it in 44 magnum,45 LC,and 45 ACP. It has always served me well,but as others said you have to watch your charges when loading.It is easy to double charge with Titegroup,if your not paying attention.

 

[evan price]

I load Titegroup in .32 auto, 32 S&W long, .38 special, .357 magnum, 9mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, .45 Colt, .44 Special, .44 Magnum, .454 casull.

It works great. It's NOT a powder I would recommend for a new loader because it is very energetic and low charge weight. Triple or quad charges are possible in some applications!

It is a double-base powder- has iirc the highest nitroglycerine content (37%?) of any canister powder so it can be very peaky and it burns very hot. It likes to be loaded up to higher charge levels rather than lower. It will scorch your brass, but a tumbler takes it right off.

Price is good, flows like water in my powder measure, and I can get working loads in anything I want. There's even a subsonic .223 load with TG.

It won't give more than 85% of the Magnum velocities, so my Magnum loads are target, but they are still as good as factory ammo will ever be not including Buffalo Bore or some other specialized ammo. Still use the old slow Magnum powders for top-end Magnums.

 

[RDA 226sig]

Titegroup works fine but certain load combinations or even different charge weights for a given combination can stain brass. Not my favorite powder because of the small charges and it doesn't meter well in my particular powder measure but if you are satisfied with it then let'er rock.

 

[JoelSteinbach]

I have used Tite Group, in 38, 357, 10mm, 44spec, 44mag, 45 colt 45 acp & 500SW, it really has its place with every thing, you can build both light & powerful loads, and its not fussy as to positioning of the cartrige. I have been using it sice I first read about it probably in 1998.

 

[transtech]

Titegroup: Yeah or Nay? A BIG Thumbs Up from me

I load 38 Spl flush-seated hollow-base swaged wadcutters for an S&W Model 52. Back awhile when STAR AMMUNITION had already gone out of business, I got a really good deal on 4K of their 148gr. HBWC on a closeout, but mostly they just sat on a shelf collecting dust 'cause I just hadn't found a real good load for them. They just didn't shoot right for me with the classic load of 2.7 grs. of Bullseye powder but I kept experimenting with them, trying every wadcutter load in the books with many, many different powders & doses till I tried Titegroup with them & that was the end of my search. Now I load scads of them over 2.7 grs. of Titegroup & get that really pleasing accuracy & repeatability that the Model 52 will give you when you do it right. Touted as a powder that is "position insensitive", meaning that just a little bit inside a big 38 Spl case won't suffer from "powder up, powder down" velocity deviations, this makes little doses of Titegroup work well with this load. Also advertised as working well with "lead-free" primers, though it may be a lead bullet I'm shooting & I know I'm breathing lead vapor shooting them, I'm using up a whole bunch of "lead-free" primers that I have with it too thereby limiting my lead exposure to what the bullet gives off & not adding the lead vapor from a primer to it.

 

[esheato]

I use it for 9, 40 and 45 ACP. Cast bullets all around.

 

[jpdavis423]

I load Titegroup in .32 S&W long,.32 H&R, .38 special, .357 magnum, 9mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, .44 Magnum.

Jeff

 

[45LongColt]

I use Titegroup for .32 Auto, .32 S&W Long, 9mm, .38 Special, .357 Mag, .41 Rem Mag, .45 ACP, 45 Long Colt and for Cream of Wheat Fire Forming my 6mm Dasher Brass.

LongColt

 

[thewilbur]

I shoot a 45 Colt load consisting of a 255 Grain Cast Flat-nose lead bullet with 6.2 (weighed) Grains of Titegroup, and a standard large pistol primer.

I tried it tipping each of my Blackhawks up before each shot, and again pointing them down before each shot. After inspecting each target carefully, I noticed there was no difference in point of impact. The stuff is great and works as advertised.

 

[THe Dove]

I shoot it in my 40, 45 acp, 45, colt, and I love it!!!! It does tend to stain the brass but I don't load/re-load for beauty contests.

Good, economical, and worthy in my opinion.

The Dove