Cleanest powder for 9mm AR

bimmerland · February 3, 2017, 06:19 PM

Just bought my first 9mm AR. Have been using titegroup for my pistol loads but find it very dirty for my AR. Can anyone recommend a cleaner powder. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks

egd · February 3, 2017, 06:30 PM

Some may be a little bit cleaner, but 9mm carbines are just plain diety anyway because of the blowback design. Sometimes it seems that after only three shells its dirty. Just the nature of the beast.

muncie21 · February 3, 2017, 08:04 PM

N320 is a very clean pistol powder. Also look at Prima V, I haven't used this but have some on the way to evaluate.

I'm not an expert, but I'm told that single base powders burn cleaner. Both N320 and Prima V are single base powders.

HJ857 · February 3, 2017, 08:49 PM

I recently switched to Titegroup from WSF for this exact reason. So, if you don't like Titegroup then definitely cross WSF off your short list!

jmorris · February 3, 2017, 10:26 PM

N310 is what I use, it's as clean as they get.

IMtheNRA · February 3, 2017, 10:40 PM

I use N340 and I can't imagine a cleaner load. Except for those Wincleans from Winchester back in the late 90's. Now THAT was some clean ammo!

February 3, 2017, 06:19 PM	#1
bimmerland Member Join Date: January 14, 2011 Location: NC Posts: 64	Cleanest powder for 9mm AR Just bought my first 9mm AR. Have been using titegroup for my pistol loads but find it very dirty for my AR. Can anyone recommend a cleaner powder. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks

February 3, 2017, 06:30 PM	#2
egd Member Join Date: April 15, 2016 Posts: 73	Some may be a little bit cleaner, but 9mm carbines are just plain diety anyway because of the blowback design. Sometimes it seems that after only three shells its dirty. Just the nature of the beast.

February 3, 2017, 08:04 PM	#3
muncie21 Member Join Date: April 30, 2008 Posts: 40	N320 is a very clean pistol powder. Also look at Prima V, I haven't used this but have some on the way to evaluate. I'm not an expert, but I'm told that single base powders burn cleaner. Both N320 and Prima V are single base powders.

February 3, 2017, 08:49 PM	#4
HJ857 Senior Member Join Date: January 9, 2007 Posts: 448	I recently switched to Titegroup from WSF for this exact reason. So, if you don't like Titegroup then definitely cross WSF off your short list!

February 3, 2017, 10:26 PM	#5
jmorris Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 2006 Posts: 3,078	N310 is what I use, it's as clean as they get.

February 3, 2017, 10:40 PM	#6
IMtheNRA Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2001 Posts: 298	I use N340 and I can't imagine a cleaner load. Except for those Wincleans from Winchester back in the late 90's. Now THAT was some clean ammo!