Anyone use HP38 for .45ACP?

EvilSVT · January 15, 2006, 10:39 PM

I got a tub of this stuff and assuming it hasn't gone bad, is this decent powder for .45?

Leftoverdj · January 15, 2006, 11:28 PM

Yup, HP-38 is just a little faster than WW 231 which makes it a fine powder for .45 ACP target loads. I would not try for max velocity with it, particularly with 230 grain bullets, but it will do well in target and mid level loads. Good in .38 Special, too.

Lloyd Smale · January 16, 2006, 05:03 AM

I use a ton of it. Wish i could still get it. Ive heard that it was the same thing as 231 but never experimented enough to verify it. IVe still got a couple 8 lb jugs to use up first.

EvilSVT · January 16, 2006, 08:04 AM

Do y'all have any load data using this powder?

JDG · January 16, 2006, 08:55 AM

4.2gr-5.3gr 230gr jacketed 1.200 min oal
5.2gr-5.9gr 200gr jacketed 1.155 min oal
4.4gr-5.6gr 200gr lead 1.225 min oal
Data posted in Lee's Modern Reloading. JDG

Buzzard · January 16, 2006, 09:35 AM

this is what I used for my .45
HP-38 5.3gr 832mv 16,800 CUP and this is from the Hodgdon site
shot very nice and accurate too, I had a Firestorm .45

Leftoverdj · January 16, 2006, 11:01 AM

Lloyd, the version I heard, but have no way to confirm, is that HP-38 was the remains of the very shortlived WW 230. WW 230 was reformulated to become WW 231, but the changes were minor.

skeet47 · January 22, 2006, 07:15 AM

I had heard that HP-38 and 231 are the same powder much as H110 and W296 are the same.

WESHOOT2 · January 22, 2006, 11:36 AM

HP38 = W230
like
H110 = W295

yep........maybe.

January 15, 2006, 10:39 PM	#1
EvilSVT Member Join Date: October 17, 2001 Posts: 27	Anyone use HP38 for .45ACP? I got a tub of this stuff and assuming it hasn't gone bad, is this decent powder for .45?

January 16, 2006, 08:55 AM	#5
JDG Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 2005 Location: West Michigan Posts: 673	HP38 Data 4.2gr-5.3gr 230gr jacketed 1.200 min oal 5.2gr-5.9gr 200gr jacketed 1.155 min oal 4.4gr-5.6gr 200gr lead 1.225 min oal Data posted in Lee's Modern Reloading. JDG

January 16, 2006, 09:35 AM	#6
Buzzard Senior Member Join Date: July 13, 2005 Location: Kingman AZ Posts: 479	this is what I used for my .45 HP-38 5.3gr 832mv 16,800 CUP and this is from the Hodgdon site shot very nice and accurate too, I had a Firestorm .45 __________________ Rick in Kingman AZ , Super Comanche 45LC/410 , ,Armscor .38 4, Marlin 60 & An UGLY 12ga , Savage Axis .223

January 22, 2006, 07:15 AM	#8
skeet47 Member Join Date: November 2, 2005 Posts: 50	Hp-38 I had heard that HP-38 and 231 are the same powder much as H110 and W296 are the same.

January 22, 2006, 11:36 AM	#9
WESHOOT2 Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 1999 Location: home on the range; Vermont (Caspian country) Posts: 14,324	or maybe (just maybe) HP38 = W230 like H110 = W295 yep........maybe. __________________ . "all my ammo is mostly retired factory ammo"

January 15, 2006, 11:28 PM	#2
Leftoverdj Senior Member Join Date: October 15, 2004 Posts: 934	Yup, HP-38 is just a little faster than WW 231 which makes it a fine powder for .45 ACP target loads. I would not try for max velocity with it, particularly with 230 grain bullets, but it will do well in target and mid level loads. Good in .38 Special, too.

January 16, 2006, 05:03 AM	#3
Lloyd Smale Junior member Join Date: February 11, 2005 Posts: 822	I use a ton of it. Wish i could still get it. Ive heard that it was the same thing as 231 but never experimented enough to verify it. IVe still got a couple 8 lb jugs to use up first.

January 16, 2006, 08:04 AM	#4
EvilSVT Member Join Date: October 17, 2001 Posts: 27	Do y'all have any load data using this powder?

January 16, 2006, 11:01 AM	#7
Leftoverdj Senior Member Join Date: October 15, 2004 Posts: 934	Lloyd, the version I heard, but have no way to confirm, is that HP-38 was the remains of the very shortlived WW 230. WW 230 was reformulated to become WW 231, but the changes were minor.

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