What's Your Favorite All-round Pistol powder

[mallc]

If you were going to buy one powder to drive 9mm to 45 ACP, what would you choose?

Thanks in advance for your reply.
Scott

 

[onehungwaylow]

I'm currently using Win231 for both 9mm and 45 and it works great for the light to medium loads that I shoot. Meters very well and pretty clean. Haven't tried anything else.

 

[bluetopper]

Why?????
Powder is the cheapest component in reloading. Use the powder that performs the best in your particular caliber/bullet combination.
Experimenting is a large part of the fun.

 

[TheGrimReaper]

I really Like Unique. I use it in 9mm-10mm

 

[XD-40 Shooter]

I load Unique in 38 spl, 357 mag, and 40 S&W, works great in all. If there was only going to be one pistol powder on my bench, no doubt it would be Unique.

 

[RustyFN]

I use Titegroup in 9mm and 45 auto. I like TG because it meters very good in my pro auto disk. There are a lot of other good powders.
Rusty

 

[tiger rag]

I use unique for a wide variety of pistol calibers.

 

[dakotasin]

power pistol is my favorite autoloader powder.

 

[cliffy]

Hodgdon Clays works for me

Talk about clean-burning powder. Clays does that and more. cliffy

 

[elkhuntingfool]

I shoot 9mm and 45acp - use HP38 and W231 - bought 10lbs of unique so I'll use that as well in the future

 

[depoloni]

+1 W-231

Love that stuff. Behind that, Power Pistol, HS-6, Unique would be the other three I've literally tried in darn near everything with good results. Just my opinion.

 

[tbtrout]

Win 231

 

[CRITGIT]

Yep....Win 231!


CRITGIT

 

[loneviking]

Unique--unless I'm loading heavy slugs and then I use 'Lil gun'.

 

[The Bushmaster]

I've been playing with AA #7 (too dirty) and WSF (works real good for the upper velocities).

BUT...My go to powder is still W-231...

 

[Archie]

For the 'one pistol powder':

Unique or WW-231, whichever is cheaper that purchase cycle.

 

[ultramag44]

I like HERCO, it's flexable enough, and doesn't fuse the bases on cast bullets.

 

[NotSoFast]

Hodgdon HS-6. I'm using it for both 0mm and .40 S&W. It has a little sharper kick to it than what I was using previously, but there are no signs of overpressure so I'm fine with that. And it seems cleaner too, even compared to factory ammo.

 

[evan price]

I use Titegroup for everything anymore. There's even a .223 load for it.

 

[ants]

Titegroup.

It is economical and very very flexible, from light loads to full power.

I use it in shotshells, too.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

W-231

 

[ForneyRider]

W231. Lots of load data, easy to meter, works in a lot of pistol loads.

But looking for a cleaner one with less smoke.

Hard to use up at 5gr at a time.

 

[Dirtypacman]

another W231 user

 

[putteral]

HP 38 (231) and Titegroup. Love them both

 

[funnelcake]

Another HP-38/ 231.

Funnel