9mm Luger Favorite Powder

Praxus · February 10, 2011, 08:03 PM

I currently have Accurate No. 5 & 7 along with blue dot. I have loaded and fired both No. 5 & 7 but I have not had a chance to fire the rounds I loaded with blue dot. I was wondering if anyone had any other suggestions for powders that they have had success with or are particularly fond of. I am shooting 115 gr JHP Montana Gold bullets in my reloads currently. I would be very interested in any powders that can also be used effectively to reload 45 ACP as I intend to buy dies nd start reloading that caliber in the near future.

oneounceload · February 10, 2011, 08:32 PM

Unique, Universal Clays and Bullseye have all given me decent results

zxcvbob · February 10, 2011, 09:07 PM

I'm fond of Green Dot and Bullseye in 9mm. (the Bullseye gives better performance, so I didn't replace the GD when I ran out) WSF is on my short list of powders to try.

Lefty Shotlow · February 10, 2011, 09:37 PM

Bullseye and Unique are both great performers, though I've also had good luck lately with Titegroup.

golfnutrlv · February 10, 2011, 09:40 PM

Try Hodgdon HS-6. Gives good, accurate, clean results from all my 9mm's.

Shootest · February 10, 2011, 11:09 PM

I hear say that the US Army has loaded over 1,000,000,000 rounds of 9mm with Power Pistol, but Bullseye is my tried and true favorite.

armoredman · February 11, 2011, 12:36 AM

You started with my fave, AA#7, best thing I've found so far.

1SOW · February 11, 2011, 01:25 AM

n320 for light loads

HeroHog · February 11, 2011, 01:38 AM

Bullseye or 231 for me!

m&p45acp10+1 · February 11, 2011, 04:46 AM

For plated 124 grain 9mm I use Titegroup exclusively. I shoot the plated exclusively in my G26 and the Titegroup does just fine. I save the Bull's Eye for loading my homecast lead for .45 acp.

overkill0084 · February 11, 2011, 09:47 AM

I've used AA#5, Bullseye & HS-6 for 9mm.
For day to day practice loads, I found that Bullseye was a bit more accurate that AA#5 for my application, YMMV. HS-6 worked really well for higher power loads.

Waldog · February 11, 2011, 10:45 AM

Power Pistol followed by 231/HP38

That'll Do · February 11, 2011, 11:24 AM

I primarily use Power Pistol, followed by HS-6. I just started working up some loads with Ramshot True Blue, and Vihtavuori 3N37, and I'm excited to see the results.

I've used pretty much all common powders in 9mm with success. It is a high pressure cartridge, but it is pretty easy to load.

peter_s · February 11, 2011, 11:33 AM

I use HS-6 and Win 231. HS-6 fills the casing pretty well and is my personal favorite, but I use the W231 when I have a lighter bullet that needs to be seated a bit deeper and would compress the HS-6.

BigJimP · February 11, 2011, 12:35 PM

I use Hodgdon TiteGroup for both 9mm and .45 acp ( and .40S&W, .38 spl, .357 mag and .44 mag as well ) ....its a good powder.

Charge volumes are low in TiteGroup ....so you do have to be careful with it / hopefully have a Powder Check Die option on your press ideally ...

azklmsr · February 11, 2011, 11:43 PM

Power Pistol is my favorite for 9mm. I go through embarrasing amounts

I also like HS6, and AA5

mineralman55 · February 12, 2011, 09:42 AM

+1 HS6, incredible clean burn in the 9mm ad .45ACP. Also Ramshot Silhouette if used in a barrel >4". In subcompacts it throws off a great muzzle flash.

FrankenMauser · February 12, 2011, 02:19 PM

Unique (but you can't use it for super wimpy stuff - Unique burns cleanest at moderate to high pressures).

For certain loads, I might use W231/HP-38 or Titegroup.

wowie_howie · February 12, 2011, 02:25 PM

For high vel stuff I'd say WSF, Unique, and Longshot. For standard loads gotta go with 231.

Xfire68 · February 12, 2011, 02:43 PM

I like a number of powders in 9mm depending on the bullets weight.

I like Power Pistol with the light 90g XTP.

AA #5 with 124g XPT or Gold Dots.

Bullseye with 115g XTP'.

And last but not least Tightgroup with 147g.

I know that any of these powders would work for all of the bullet weights but, I have found some great loads for my CZ 75B that these different powders provided.

JerryM · February 12, 2011, 03:45 PM

Universal Clays.
Jerry

chris in va · February 12, 2011, 04:21 PM

My standard is Universal, having tried Bullseye, 231 and Unique. I'd like to try Power Pistol some time.

February 10, 2011, 08:03 PM	#1
Praxus Member Join Date: February 1, 2011 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 25	9mm Luger Favorite Powder I currently have Accurate No. 5 & 7 along with blue dot. I have loaded and fired both No. 5 & 7 but I have not had a chance to fire the rounds I loaded with blue dot. I was wondering if anyone had any other suggestions for powders that they have had success with or are particularly fond of. I am shooting 115 gr JHP Montana Gold bullets in my reloads currently. I would be very interested in any powders that can also be used effectively to reload 45 ACP as I intend to buy dies nd start reloading that caliber in the near future.

February 10, 2011, 09:07 PM	#3
zxcvbob Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Location: S.E. Minnesota Posts: 4,720	I'm fond of Green Dot and Bullseye in 9mm. (the Bullseye gives better performance, so I didn't replace the GD when I ran out) WSF is on my short list of powders to try. __________________ "Everything they do is so dramatic and flamboyant. It just makes me want to set myself on fire!" —Lucille Bluth

February 10, 2011, 11:09 PM	#6
Shootest Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2011 Location: Just outside Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 722	I hear say that the US Army has loaded over 1,000,000,000 rounds of 9mm with Power Pistol, but Bullseye is my tried and true favorite. __________________ The private ownership of firearms is an American Heritage. Anyone who disputes that is Anti-American and unpatriotic. NRA Life Member

February 11, 2011, 01:38 AM	#9
HeroHog Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2008 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 486	Bullseye or 231 for me! __________________ Speedy AKA: Hero Hog, Dr. Speed, "That fat, old, balding, Grey-bearded gimpy guy" *I don't have NEAR enough ammo on hand. `Nuff said.*

February 11, 2011, 04:46 AM	#10
m&p45acp10+1 Senior Member Join Date: May 3, 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,930	For plated 124 grain 9mm I use Titegroup exclusively. I shoot the plated exclusively in my G26 and the Titegroup does just fine. I save the Bull's Eye for loading my homecast lead for .45 acp. __________________ No matter how many times you do it and nothing happens it only takes something going wrong one time to kill you.

February 10, 2011, 08:32 PM	#2
oneounceload Junior member Join Date: April 18, 2008 Location: N. Central Florida Posts: 8,518	Unique, Universal Clays and Bullseye have all given me decent results

February 10, 2011, 09:37 PM	#4
Lefty Shotlow Member Join Date: August 25, 2009 Posts: 19	Bullseye and Unique are both great performers, though I've also had good luck lately with Titegroup.

February 10, 2011, 09:40 PM	#5
golfnutrlv Senior Member Join Date: November 5, 2008 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 1,347	Try Hodgdon HS-6. Gives good, accurate, clean results from all my 9mm's. __________________ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ VIGILIA PRETIUM LIBERTATIS "The price of liberty is vigilance" America is at an awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.

February 11, 2011, 12:36 AM	#7
armoredman Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,295	You started with my fave, AA#7, best thing I've found so far.

February 11, 2011, 01:25 AM	#8
1SOW Senior Member Join Date: December 2, 2007 Location: South TX Posts: 269	n320 for light loads

February 11, 2011, 09:47 AM	#11
overkill0084 Senior Member Join Date: August 7, 2010 Location: Northern, UT Posts: 1,162	I've used AA#5, Bullseye & HS-6 for 9mm. For day to day practice loads, I found that Bullseye was a bit more accurate that AA#5 for my application, YMMV. HS-6 worked really well for higher power loads. __________________ Cheers, Greg “At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child – miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.” — P.J. O’Rourke

February 11, 2011, 10:45 AM	#12
Waldog Senior Member Join Date: March 28, 2007 Location: SOCAL Posts: 359	Power Pistol followed by 231/HP38 __________________ I am the Christian Conservative that CNN warned you about!! “Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy.” Winston Churchill

February 11, 2011, 11:24 AM	#13
That'll Do Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 546	I primarily use Power Pistol, followed by HS-6. I just started working up some loads with Ramshot True Blue, and Vihtavuori 3N37, and I'm excited to see the results. I've used pretty much all common powders in 9mm with success. It is a high pressure cartridge, but it is pretty easy to load.

February 11, 2011, 11:33 AM	#14
peter_s Member Join Date: January 25, 2011 Posts: 46	I use HS-6 and Win 231. HS-6 fills the casing pretty well and is my personal favorite, but I use the W231 when I have a lighter bullet that needs to be seated a bit deeper and would compress the HS-6.

February 11, 2011, 12:35 PM	#15
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	I use Hodgdon TiteGroup for both 9mm and .45 acp ( and .40S&W, .38 spl, .357 mag and .44 mag as well ) ....its a good powder. Charge volumes are low in TiteGroup ....so you do have to be careful with it / hopefully have a Powder Check Die option on your press ideally ...

February 11, 2011, 11:43 PM	#16
azklmsr Member Join Date: December 17, 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 32	Power Pistol is my favorite for 9mm. I go through embarrasing amounts I also like HS6, and AA5

February 12, 2011, 09:42 AM	#17
mineralman55 Member Join Date: September 29, 2009 Location: deep south Posts: 99	9mm Powder +1 HS6, incredible clean burn in the 9mm ad .45ACP. Also Ramshot Silhouette if used in a barrel >4". In subcompacts it throws off a great muzzle flash.

February 12, 2011, 02:19 PM	#18
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,421	Unique (but you can't use it for super wimpy stuff - Unique burns cleanest at moderate to high pressures). For certain loads, I might use W231/HP-38 or Titegroup. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

February 12, 2011, 02:25 PM	#19
wowie_howie Junior Member Join Date: January 29, 2011 Posts: 2	For high vel stuff I'd say WSF, Unique, and Longshot. For standard loads gotta go with 231.

February 12, 2011, 02:43 PM	#20
Xfire68 Senior Member Join Date: March 31, 2010 Location: Communist State of IL. Posts: 1,562	I like a number of powders in 9mm depending on the bullets weight. I like Power Pistol with the light 90g XTP. AA #5 with 124g XPT or Gold Dots. Bullseye with 115g XTP'. And last but not least Tightgroup with 147g. I know that any of these powders would work for all of the bullet weights but, I have found some great loads for my CZ 75B that these different powders provided. __________________ NRA Life Member, SAF Member

February 12, 2011, 03:45 PM	#21
JerryM Senior Member Join Date: April 4, 1999 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,889	Universal Clays. Jerry __________________ Ecclesiastes 12:13 ¶Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

February 12, 2011, 04:21 PM	#22
chris in va Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2004 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 13,806	My standard is Universal, having tried Bullseye, 231 and Unique. I'd like to try Power Pistol some time.

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