Powder Alternative

[John5324]

My current powder of choice is Alliant Unique and Bullseye.
I am looking for a good alternative for these powders. need a little help, any suggestions???

[bsumoba]

hp-38 or win231

[stphnman20]

W231. Thats all I use for pistol.

[Bumslie]

It would help to know what you're loading for

But I mainly use 700x

[sargenv]

Alternate(s) for Unique...

IMR PB, IMR 7625, Win Super field, Accurate arms #5, Universal Clays (if you can find any).

Alternate for Bullseye...

231, 700x, Red Dot, Accurate #2, Hodgdon HP38, Hodgdon Titegroup, Hodgdon Titewad, Ramshot Competition, Ramshot Zip.

My opinion.. your mileage may vary

[wild_weasel]

You can pretty much do it all with Bullseye and Unique. That being said I have been working with Power Pistol in place of Unique.

[noylj]

Why? Can't find the powder or simply want something new?
I find 231/HP38 good for almost all pistol rounds.
AA2 is excellent for light target loads.
AA5 is another great general purpose powder that does well from light target loads to max.
Silhouette is great for most mid-range up to max loads.
For 9x19, I like Power Pistol, Silhouette, and WSF
For .45 Auto, I like 231/HP38 and AA2. For max loads, I like True Blue. 5.0gn and 6.0gn of Unique is hard to beat in guns that like Unique.
For .40S&W I like AA5 for light to mid-range (VERY accurate) and Silhouette for mid-range to max. AA5 is very hard to beat for almost any .40S&W usage.
For .38 Super, I like Herco, AA5, Silhouette, and AA7. WSF and True Blue are also very good. For light loads, Solo 1000 and AA2.
For 10mm Auto, I like AA5, HS6, HS7, and WSF.
For .45 Win Mag, 2400 is very hard to beat.
For .38 Special, AA2, N310 and Red Dot are great for light target loads. Trail Boss is fun. Unique is the go-to powder for anything more than light target loads.
A really off-the-wall powder for .32 S&W Long is 3N37. Even a light load and a 90gn L-HBWC does extremely well, though 231/HP38 and Red Dot are the norm.
So, I stock a lot of AA2, 231/HP38, AA5, True Blue, Unique, Herco, and Silhouette.

[John5324]

Thanks for all the Great Info......

[klewan]

You could find all of that in a reloading book; you do have one, don't you? When I wanted to get powder for .223, just looked in the books and ordered 5 different powders to try. Tac, H335, BL-C2, 748, H332. Already had the IMR 4064 and 3031.

Then you know how much to load behind a given bullet. I've never understood asking for reloading info on the net; everything you need is already out there. You just have to use it...Be safe, get a book and use it..

[socom2shooter]

Power pistol

[Fishslayer]

Alternate for Bullseye is Green Dot. Just a hair slower (depending on who's chart you look at.) Charge weights & velocities are very close. It is about 1/3-1/2 more bulky than Bullseye & you'll start getting a compressed charge in 9mm at about 4.5-ish grains or so.

My go-to .45ACP target loads are 4.2gr & 4.6gr and I will say that rectalcranial inversion would need to be pretty sever to miss a double charge.

[Bigedski]

Pistol .45acp, 9mm, 38--HP-38 or WW231.
.45 LC--unique, bullseye.
5.56/.223--IMR 4198 or Accurate 2230 the Accurate flows better and is my
1st choice but is very hard to find right now.
.308--IMR 3031