What Powders Do Have and Use In Which Cartridges?

[ArchAngelCD]

What Powders Do You Have and Use In Which Cartridges?

I'm just curious what others are loading now and have loaded in the past.

While I could load everything I now load with H4895 or Varget, I must admit, I practically have a different rifle powder for each cartridge I load. More times than not I use 2 or more powders for each cartridge with very little overlap. Even though I like to play with different powders, like I said, every single cartridge below can be loaded with H4895 or Varget and with good results. In the future I may consolidate my rifle powders to 4 or 5 which will probably be AA5744, BL-C(2), H4895 or Varget & 4350. Maybe even a slower powder if by then I'm loading something that needs a slow powder like 4831 or slower like IMR7977.

Right now I have something like a dozen pistol powders and even more rifle powders. I'm out of control for sure. I could load anything handgun with my 3 favorite handgun powders which are W231(HP-38), W540(HS-6) & W296(H110) and load them very well but I like to play!

Pistol Powders I Have:
Bullseye
Clays
Trail Boss
Universal
W231/HP-38
W296/H110
Power Pistol
W540/HS-6
Longshot
AA#5
2400
Lil'Gun
In better times I have had even more choices including AA#2, Zip, True Blue, Unique, WST, Red Dot, Green Dot and probably a few others too!

Rifle Powders I Have:
SR4759
AA5744
IMR4198
IMR4895 & H4895
IMR4350 & H4350
IMR3031
IMR4064
W748
H335
BL-C(2)
LVR (Leverevolution)
Varget
Here too I have had more rifle powders in better times including H4198, H322, Benchmark, IMR4227, TAC, W760, WC844, WC846 and again, probably a few others.

Right now these are the powders I like best in the cartridges I load with the first powder listed being my preference.

223/5.56mm - H335/WC844, TAC, Varget
30-30 Win - LVR, IMR3031
308/7.62mm - IMR4064 - BL-C(2)/WC846
7.62X54R - Varget
30-06 - H4350, IMR4350, H4895
303 British - BL-C(2), 4350
35 Rem - W748, H4895, LVR
45-70 - AA5744, 4198, SR4759

These are just my choices and of course not the only choices by a long shot.

NOTE: I do not have all my powders in one building and I comply with all local fire codes.

 

[jwrowland77]

Well, here's the list of mine:

Pistol:

9mm, .380acp, .45acp: TiteGroup, Unique, universal, Autocomp

.357 Mag: Win 296

.38 Special: Unique, Universal


Rifle:

IMR 4895/4064/7828/4831/4350
H4895
Win748
Alliant 2000-MR
H335
Varget (only 2#'s haven't used it as of yet)


.223: IMR 4895/Win 748/H335/H4895

.243: IMR 7828/4831

.308: IMR 4064/ Alliant 2000-MR/IMR 4895

7mm RM: IMR 7828/IMR 4350

 

[au_prospector]

That is quite a line up!
Here is mine, stored all in one building as there is not enough to keep separate.

CSB-1
Unique
2400
800X
IMR4064
Alliant 410
IMR3031
IMR4895

In order of preference?
9mm 800X, CSB-1, Unique
.38spl Unique
.357 mag 2400, Unique
.44 mag 2400
.45 ACP Unique

.223 Have not loaded yet but will try IMR 3031 first then likely buy another powder...
.30-06 IMR 4064, IMR 4895, IMR 3031 all seem to work well in my Spfld'03
.45-70 IMR 3031 trapdoor charges

.410 Alliant 410, 2400
20 GA Unique

 

[Salmoneye]

"Handgun":

Red Dot
H110
4227

"Rifle":

3031
Red Dot
4227
4350
4320

For handgun, I load 4227 and H110 in .357 and .44 Mag...

Red Dot gets loaded in:

.38 S&W
.38SPCL
.357 Mag
.44SPCL
.44 Mag

For Rifle, 4350 and 4320 for .30-06; 3031 for .30-30 and .35 Rem...

For reduced loads 4227 and Red Dot get loaded in them all...

 

[Rodentman]

Let's see...from memory:

Handgun:

Unique
Bullseye
2400
PowerPistol
AA7
AA9
300-MP
Lil Gun
H110
W231
True Blue
Blue Dot
Trail Boss
296
Titegroup
CFE Pistol
4227

Long Gun:

Varget
CFE223
H322
4198
3031

I don't have specific favorite loads for each caliber, but I DO gravitate to H110 for hot 357, 44mag, and big bore handgun rounds.

 

[RussellC]

Rifle: Only load .223/5.56 & 300 BO

Win 748
H-322
H-335
BL-2C
1680

Pistol: 9mm and .45

Acc. No.2
Acc. No.5
Bullseye
BE-86
Power Pistol
HP-38
Unique
Titegroup

Maybe a few others poked away

Russellc

 

[ImjinScout85]

We'll I only load pistol but here is what I have and use,

Pistol: 9mm, 40S&W, 45ACP

Powder:

HP-38
HS-6
VV N320
Titegroup

 

[hanno]

Currently, I only load for handgun - .38 Special & .45 ACP.

I have a pretty good stock of Bullseye and Win 231 on hand and a small amount of Red Dot & Clays.

 

[Potatohead]

Is their a word left out of the title or am I dyslexic? Could be both I guess..

Anywho, for 9mm I use: 7625,4756,AutoComp,BE mainly.

I have those, and also Amer Sel, hs6, zip, w231, hp38, LS, Herco, and my red headed step child-a pound of 800x way in the back! Oh yea, and be86 (that's some good stuff too)

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Is their a word left out of the title or am I dyslexic? Could be both I guess..

I didn't want to scroll the title across the entire screen so I made it as concise as possible. What is missing?

 

[Potatohead]

I think a "you"..but hell I could be reading it wrong..

And I know what you mean on keeping it concise, I always try to shorten mine as far as I can too. Didnt really mean to nit pick..

 

[Nashtn]

I only load for handguns.
Powder on hand:
Herco/Green Dot/Power Pistol/4756/HS6/800X/TiteGroup
Calibers:
45lc
44spc
Personally, I like Herco the best, but since it hasn't been available for what seems like forever, I am concentratin on developing a load using 4756/HS6.

--Nashtn--

 

[ironworkerwill]

On hand for 7-08:
Trailboss
RL17
RL15
IMR4064
BL-C(2)

223:
Imr4064
BL-C(2)

45acp
Trailboss
100grns of Unique

 

[gamestalker]

I'm very settled in with my handgun powders, HS and Longshot. Being an exclusive jacketed bullet reloader has much to do with this I feel. Blue Dot, Red Dot, Hi Skor 700 and 800 old formulations, Unique, Herco, 4756, and a few others have been a part of my inventory at one time or another, though not for some years now.

High powered rifle is a bit different though. I know I could easily settle on 2 powders for the cartridges I load, but I enjoy trying different one's for each cartridge. There was a stretch in my reloading in which IMR-4350 and Varget were pretty much my go to powders, not so much these days.

My bottle neck powders are:

IMR-4350
IMR-4831
IMR-7828
IMR-4895
H4350
H4831
H4895
H1000
Varget
RL25
RL22
RL19
RL17

GS

 

[Osageid]

Pistol

AA5
AA7
AA9
700x
800x
Titegroup
Win231/HP38
Unique
HS6
CFE pistol

Rifle
Varget
Ramshot
3031

 

[vaalpens]

Pistol: 9mm and 40S&W (357sig coming soon)

Powders in no order of preference yet since I am only 2 months into reloading and still working up loads:

AutoComp
Bullseye
Unique
700-X

 

[wankerjake]

Without going to look...

Pistol:
Titegroup
Unique
Herco
W231
Blue Dot
American Select
Bullseye
Lil' Gun
Ramshot Silhouette

9mm-Titegroup, American Select
38/357- Bullseye (mostly 38spl), Lil Gun
45 Colt-Unique and Herco
45ACP- W231, Silhouette
44 SPL-Unique

Rifle:
IMR 4895
Ramshot TAC
IMR 4831
AA3100
IMR 8208 XBR
AA2520
IMR 4064
CFE 223
IMR 7208

243 Win-mostly IMR 4895
30-06-mostly IMR 4895
45-70-IMR 8208 XBR, will transition to IMR 4064
300 WSM- IMR 4831 and AA3100
223-TAC, 8208 XBR, Blue Dot (hornet loads), Will eventually shoot heavy bullets with AA2520 and CFE 223
50 Beowulf-Lil Gun
30-30: TAC

 

[ljnowell]

I've used a bunch but all of my stuff is now loaded with: AA#2 and #5, Power Pistol, and 2400.

 

[cfullgraf]

From memory and currently used.

Pistol powders
700-X
Unique
AA#5
AA#7
True Blue
Blue Dot
W231/HP38
W296/H110

Rifle Powders
AA1680
AA2230/X-Terminator
H4895
W748
Varget
CFE223

I'll use IMR4895 if I cannot find H4895. Appropriate loads already developed.

I have some dregs of various powders that i will not replace once they have been used up. The trick is to use them up (H322, 20/28, Lil Gun, 2400, RL7, Clays, W760, TiteGroup). I may have missed a few others.

While I have my current favorite powder for a particular cartridge, I have alternate powders and loads developed for each cartridge.

 

[THe Dove]

"you" is missing.... But, I'm no grammar expert. ;-)

Rifle- Accurate #2520, Accurate #2460, H-335, IMR 4350.
Pistol- Accurate #5, Titegroup

The Dove

 

[tightgroup tiger]

Well, let's see
Alliant Bullseye just sits there, .38spl when someone else need them.
Alliant 2400 .357mag 41 mag 158gr and 210gr jacketed
Power Pistol .357mag 158gr plated and 41Mag 210gr plated
BE-86 .357mag 158gr plated
Little gun .327 FM 100gr jacketed
Universal .327 FM 90gr lead
Hp-38 9mm plated
Tite Group 9mm Plated
Long Shot 9mm jacketed HP
Auto Comp just sits there

Rifle is easy
Imr 3031 30-30 lever 150gr- 170gr
Imr 4064 308 150 gr
Imr 4350 30-06 165-168gr
Imr 4350 243 100gr
Imr 4895 8mm 150 gr

 

[wlkjr]

I only load for pistol and have accumulated these in the past year.

Titegroup 9mm, 10mm, .380, and .40S&W
Bullseye .45acp, .380,
W231-HP38 .380, 10mm

Others I have as backups:
Power Pistol
Autocomp
N320
SR4756
BE-86
HS5,6,7
AA7

We should probably have a bullet thread also.

 

[rchery59]

I only load pistol

W231
Universal
Unique.
2400
W296
The only one I'm low on is Universal

 

[Average Joe]

I am down to 3

Power pistol for 9mm
Red Dot for shot shells
W231 for .38 & .357 mag

 

[TfflHndn]

Working from memory:

Pistol powders I have:

Red/Green/Blue dot
Promo
Clays/Clay Dot
Bullseye
TiteGroup
WSF
WSH
WST
AutoComp
Silhouette
Herco
W296/H110
Lil'Gun
Longshot
Unique
Power Pistol
AA #2/5/7/9
IMR 4756

I use a lot of Red Dot, WST and Bullseye for .38 and .45 target shooting. Blue Dot and AA#9 for 357sig. H110/W296 for 22TCM and .44mag loads. Unique and Longshot for .32 H&R and .327FedMag. Herco and Green Dot for 9mm. AutoComp for .40S&W. I like trying different stuff, but when it comes to the bullseye competition loads I seem to always come back to Red Dot with coated lead SWC bullets.

Rifle powders I have (I only load for .223):

H322
H335
Varget
Benchmark
Reloder 10x
AR-Comp
Xterminator
8208-XBR
4198

I haven't developed enough loads to have a clear favorite, but the RL 10x and 4198 are looking promising.