What's your Powder and Caliber??

Changes as I change weapons.

Currently - 300 Blackout -147(150) bullets - Olin 630 powder
One back - .223/5.56 - 55grHP / H4895
And.. - 308/7.62 / 147(150) / 748
and... - 40S&W / 155 JHP&lead / 231
This continues on for 50 years.

Generalities, I like 748 powder for rifles and 231 for pistols, but also have used: BLC(2), IMR 4831, IMR 4895, 3031, H110/296, Olin 630, unique, 2400, varget, tighgroup.....

 

Only got (2)-- Powders I stock,,, Unique & H 110...I don't load rifle ammo, if I did i'd shoot cast with Unique ; ) PS That would be LOW velocity

Y/D

 

if I have only 1 cal and powder

im going with the 243 shooting 80 or 85 Gr Barnes
pushed with 44.5 gr IMR 4831

 

12 ga - GOEX FFG
45 Colt, 38 Special - Trail boss
45 Schofield - APP FFG
45 ACP - Bullseye

 

Not an exhaustive list:

• 9mm - Bullseye
• 9x18 - Green Dot
• .30 Carbine (pistol) - 2400
• .38 Special - American Select
• .380 - International, Unique
• .357 Mag - Herco, Promo, AA#7
• .41 Mag - Rex3 (will switch to Herco or Power Pistol when I run out of Rex)
• .45 Colt - Promo, Herco
• .223 - Varget (just bought some W844 but haven't tried it yet)
• .30/06 - Promo, Reloder12

 

9mm Luger - HS6
357 Mag - W296
40 S&W - W231
44 Rem. Mag - HS6
45 ACP - W231, Bullseye
10mm Auto - AA7
223 - Varget
30 06 - IMR4350

 

270 Win IMR 4831
30-30 Win IMR 3031
222 Rem IMR 3031, IMR 4198, 4227, 4759 Tried more powders in this than anything.
45 ACP Unique, 231, Titegroup
44 Spl Unique
38 Spl Unique, 231, Titegroup
357 Unique, Titegroup Haven't tried hot loads as its my wife's gun.
44 Mag Unique, 2400
380 Auto Titegroup

I have tried some other powders, but these are my standbys. I just recently bought a can of Varget. Want to try it in 222 and 30-30. Its been so darned cold lately I can't get excited about being outdoors shooting. Brrrrrr. Oh well, its January.

 

32 acp - Unique
9x18 Mak - Unique
38 Special - Unique
9mm - Unique
7.62x38r Nagant revolver - Unique and Goex (sometimes I feel like shooting BP loads from the old Nagant)

303 British - IMR 4064 and Unique for gallery loads
7.62x54r - IMR 4064 and Unique for gallery loads
8mm Mauser - IMR 4064
30-06 - IMR 4064 and Unique for gallery loads
30 M1 Carbine - H110

 

.223 = Varget
.260 Rem = H4350
.38spl and .45acp = A#5
.357 and .44 magnum = H110 and Tightgroup

 

RL-15 for .30-30 & 7mm-08
H335 for .223 Rem
2400 for .357 mag
W231 for 9mm Luger and .45 acp
A1680 for 7.62x39

I've got some H322 on the shelf that I keep meaning to load for either .223 Rem or 7.62x39, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

 

.25-06 H4831SC
.32 ACP Win 231
.380 Win 231
9mm Win 231

 

.223 varget w/ .55 gr Vmax out of Bushmaster Predator
.270 H4350/IMR4350
.243 IMR4350
.25-06 IMR4064
.44 2400, or H110 for a little hotter load
.9mm Bullseye

 

.380 Universal, No.2
9mm Universal
.38 SPL Universal, Bullseye
.357 Universal, 2400
.40 Universal, No.7
.45 Colt Universal, 2400 (Ruger Only)
.454 Casull Universal, 2400, A1680, Trail Boss
.223 H4198, Benchmark, H4895, Varget
7.62x39 A1680
.308 H4895, IMR 4064
.30-06 H4895, IMR 4064
.358 WSSM IMR 3031, Benchmark, H4895, IMR 4895

 

38 = 231
30 06 = IMR 4350
223 = Benchmark
9mm= 231

 

9mm - HS 6
40 s&w HS 6
357 2400
308 4064

 

38sp unique
44mag 2400
7mm08 imr 4064- 42.5g with 140g PSP
30.06 imr 4350- 52g with 165g PSP

 

Unique for .32 H&R Mag; .38 spl & .357 mag; 20 Gauge Shotshells
American Select for 12 Gauge Shotshells

 

9mm - WST, Titegroup, HS-6
38 spcl - Titegroup, Bullseye
357 mag - Titegroup
45 auto - WST, Bullseye, HS-6
223 - H335, WC844, BLC2, W748

 

45acp 357mag--unique
280 308--R15
30/06--R19
45/70--R7

 

357, 44 Mag, 500 S&W Mag.......Accurate 4100.

 

.45 ACP gets W231
.44 mag gets 2400
.308 IMR 4895 with 150 grain bullets
.30-06 IMR 4064 with 150 grain. IMR 4350 for 165, or 180 grain
.325 WSM RL17 with 200 grain
.444 Marlin uses IMR 4198

 

.357 mag= Blue dot
38 spec= hp-38 favorite shooter
.45 acp= hp-38

In my first year of loading so list is short. Favorite shooter was the 45acp. Funny how picking up brass quickly changed that to the 38.

 

Right now I only load two calibers

9mm/Unique
30-30/Trailboss for plinking
30-30/H4895 for hunting

 

380acp- Bullseye, Hp38
38 special -Bullseye, titegroup
9mm- Bullseye, titegroup, ACC#2,
40s&w- Bullseye, Acc#5, Acc#7, HP38, unique, SR4756
45 ACP- Bullseye, HP38
223 REM- AA2230, WC844, WC846, Blc-2,
243 win H4831sc
270 win H4831sc, Reloader22
7mm rem mag Reloader 22, Imr 7828
30-30 H4895, BLC-2
44 mag Lil gun, 2400
I go through alot of bullseye

 

9mm - PowerPistol for jacketed and WST for lead.
.40 SW - only tried PowerPistol so far.