Favorite pistol powder

[Rick McC.]

1. VV N320; my top pick for loading 9mm. It shoots very clean, pretty hard to find.

2. 700-X; my top pick for loading .45acp. Shoots pretty dirty (shotgun powder), is very accurate and cheap. Right now it's pretty hard to find.

3. Bullseye. My pick for loading .38spl because it's cheap, accurate, and I like having it around. It's also hard to find right now.

Both Bullseye and 700-X are "old school" powders. I like them because you can load pretty much any handgun load with either one.

[mrerick]

It's been very hard to find any pistol powder here in NC, but it's finally starting to show up at some dealers at normal prices.

I finally started seeing TiteGroup at shows (overpriced) also.

Just bought some Hodgdon CFE Pistol. This may be the new HP-38 / Win 238 powder. Adds a component to reduce copper fouling. 8 pounds at $170.

Also found a new Alliant powder BE-86 which is pretty good. Probably a new formulaton of BullsEye. Burns well, and takes a bit more than the more compact powders (6.5 gn in a .45acp FMJ 230gn).

Marc