titegroup??

[kennedy]

going to try titegroup powder in my .40, with 155gr rainer bullets. Hodgdon recommends a 4.8gr starting load. anyway anyone have expierence using it with a lee auto disk? how does it meter? does it do ok with temp extremes? any advice will be helpful. I am using AA#5 now and its ok, just want to try something differant.

 

[pinkymingeo]

Titegroup meters about as well as AA5, and that's saying something. It's not position sensitive, and is temp stable. I've quit using it with lead bullets. Seems to burn hot, and deposits a lead coating that's hard to remove. Great with plated and jacketed bullets, though.

 

[philbo]

Titegroup works well in my Lee Pro 1000's. Meters well. I use it for practice loads in everything from 32 acp to 45 colt with consistent results, and it's clean burning to boot. My favorite load in 40 with 155 gr plated (Berry's or Raniers) is 4.2 grains.

 

[evan price]

I use Titegroup almost exclusively. It meters very well in my Lee Auto Disk. I load 9mm/38 spc/357 mag/45 acp/44 mag with Titegroup and it is clean, cheap, accurate, and no problems shooting in cold weather or in cases with a lot of empty space.
Powder Valley has 8# jug of Titegroup for $96 iirc. and cheapest Wolf primers I see outside of gunshows ($90/5K)

If you use the Lee Auto Disk- Check out the Lee table for the Hodgdon info on disk cavity drop sizes.

 

[Walkalong]

I am not a Titegroup fan. They say it is not position sensitive, but I did not find that to be true. It was no better than most in that regard. It tends to stain cases and it's high burn temp is bad for lead or Moly bullets. To many better choices. Lots of folks love it though.

You say you like AA #5. If you want to try something faster, try AA #2. Low charge weights, meters like a dream and works great. It will give excellent ES & SD numbers. Try W-231. It's very versatile and will work well for most calibers. Meters well etc.

Try Universal Clays. It's great in the .40. Try WSF, another good one.

 

[Doug b]

I like titegroup with jacketed bullets,but as stated burns cast bullet bases.

 

[bobaloo]

I shot up an 8 pound jug of it a couple of years ago, it's a nice powder, but have given it up in favor of Clays since almost all my shooting is cast lead bullets and the Clays seems to cause less leading and is very clean.

 

[Down South]

I've just finished up my first pound of Titegroup. I've used the whole pound in my 40's. I have three of them. It meters very well in My Lee Auto Disk Pro. I've had very good results with Titegroup. I'm using jacketed bullets. I'm testing Win WSF right now. I've loaded and shot a couple hundred rounds of that through a couple of my 9 MM's and I like it even better so far. I wish that I could find a powder that will do well in .38, 9MM and .40. I don't care for unique because it just doesn't meter as well. I don't know which powder that I'll go with for all three calibers but my testing is all going to change. In a week or so I'm swapping over to lead except for carry ammo.
But to answer your question, yes Titegroup does meter well with the Lee Auto Disk. It burns clean and is accurate. But that is with Jacketed bullets.

 

[wingman]

I shoot only titegroup in my 45acp, accurate, clean, lots of loads per can
and it meters great.

 

[nitesite]

It's actually a spherical powder that is then flattened, whereas Accurate #5 remains round. It meters very consistently, though.

I've used it for some light .357 plinking loads (158-gr @ 900-fps), as well as mild 10mm Auto (1000-fps) using 180-gr plated bullets. It worked really well in both of those for accuracy and low ES/SD numbers.

Haven't tried it in a .40S&W, though.

 

[GregDi]

I just looked up my recipe for .40 155 Ranier with Titegroup:

5.3 grains
Lee. 46 Autodisk
COL 1.125

Shoots great in my 229 and USPc

I like Titegroup for 9/40/45. I just switched to Unique because I couldn't find TG and Unique is a LOT dirtier. I'm going back to TG as soon as I can get it.

 

[Walkalong]

AA #2 is round. AA #5 is flattened.

 

[nitesite]

Walkalong~

You're correct, it is kinda flattened a little bit isn't it?