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Wyosmith · November 22, 2011, 08:26 PM

16.5 grains of Unique was a very accurate and low pressure load, that gave the same velocities as black powder when firing a 400 to 435 grain bullets.
I used 16 even with 500 grain bullets.

That was the old Unique. The new "cleaner burning" Unique may not be the same, but I bet a call to Alliant would tell you.

November 22, 2011, 08:26 PM	#2
Wyosmith Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2010 Location: Shoshoni Wyoming Posts: 2,713	16.5 grains of Unique was a very accurate and low pressure load, that gave the same velocities as black powder when firing a 400 to 435 grain bullets. I used 16 even with 500 grain bullets. That was the old Unique. The new "cleaner burning" Unique may not be the same, but I bet a call to Alliant would tell you.