I went to Titegroup some time ago due to it's extreme cleanliness in my 625 in 45 ACP. It's a little sooty, but sott won't tie up the gun like some of the gunk and unburned powder I'd been seeing from some other powders.
This year for the IRC I went from IPSC major down towards the ICORE power floor at 120,000. A discovery: When loads get light, Titegroup gets grubby. Must need pressure to burn cleanly. PF 145 was as low as I could go reliably, and that with a hard roll crimp. Sooty? Some. Otherwise, it's a clean propellant, and I can go 1k rounds plus wihtout having to brush out my cylinder, which I like a lot. I'll keep using it.
My current favorite 45 ACP load is 4.1 gr titegroup under a 230 gr Rainier PRN with a hard roll crimp. Gotta go to max load for IPSC major in the revolver, though.
Steve
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