Clean powders for 9mm

[cptkeybrd]

I just picked up a wolf 9mm barrel for my glock 23, very cool. It shoots both 4o and 9 just great, two guns in one.
I did my initial loads with 115 gr 358345 and 4.4 of Bullseye. It was accurate but sure seems dirty. I also put the 38 s&w expander in my lee die, it works great.
Question is would like to find a cleaner powder for range shooting, I know we all have favorites but I would like something not too dirty for this. Thanks and keep shootin.

[bobthenailer]

Even though BE is a excellent powder and ive used probley 40 lbs of it over the years I switched to Tightgroup powder which is cleaner burning and gives the same excellent accuracy , and in most cases the same accuracy & velocity with the same powder charge as BE.
So far ive probley used 25 lbs of TG and recently bought 2 more 8 lb jugs .

[sig2009]

WSF is the only powder I use for my 9mm loads!

[garym1a2]

Ditto on WSF. Also WST work well in 40 and may be a good 9mm plinker.
I have not tried WST in 9mm but in 40 and 45acp it gives BE preformance only cleaner.
Mine is a glock 22 conversion for 9mm

[sbeatty1983]

I have pretty good luck out of win 231. lighter charges tend to be dirtier than heavier charges for me though.

[GabbyM]

If your aim is velocity you'll need one of the slower burning powders in the load data. AA#5 is very good. Unique burns cleaner in a 9mm than in lower pressure rounds. I've never tried WSF or True Blue but have heard many happy users recommend it.

With any of the faster powders like 231 and up. You will get case head expansion and primer pocket stretching well before reaching the max published loads. However the most accurate 9mm loads I ever made were with Sierra 90 grain HP over a slightly reduced charge of Bullseye. With a 115 grain cast bullet I'd personally not use any powder faster than Unique. Unless I was loading substantially reduced charges. That leaves out WW231.
One powder I seriously do not like and is very popular in 9mm is Power Pistol.

[fredj338]

BE is only one step away from black powder in cleanliness. I don't think they changed the formula since it was introduced 100+ yreas ago. For light loads, I find just about anything faster than W231 works better. WST ia a great choice, but limited data. For medium to full power loads, WSF is tough to beat unless you go to one of the VV powders.

[ipijohn]

I have pretty good luck out of win 231. lighter charges tend to be dirtier than heavier charges for me though.

I've had the same experience with 231 so I tend to load it at about 90% of max to make it burn cleaner.

[zomby woof]

I'm for WSF also

[Cherokee]

WST works great in my 9mm guns with 120 TC cast. 231 is also good near top end loads. Best I have found is HS6 but not as clean as WST.

[cptkeybrd]

Thanks all seems like I'm seeing a trend. I too really like 231, Unique and wst. I've been looking at trying silhouette but don't know how it is for cast, anyone have any experience with it?

[fcvan]

I've been running that boolit with 5 grains of Unique and it was not as dirty as W231. My boolits are weighing 125 grains and sized to .358 with Lars BAC lube. Good stuff, good times. Frank

[MtGun44]

+1 on bobthenailer, I like and have used BE for many years, but now use TG instead.

Almost interchangable with BE, at least in the .45 ACP where I use it most.

Bill

[flipajig]

I started with W231 and have swiched to HP38 same powder charge according to Hodgen they are the same powder and HP38 is cheeper.

[Tag]

I don't shoot the 115gr. but with 125gr. and the 147gr. I use HS6 its might not be the cleanest but its not the worse you could do either and I get zero leading with the lone wolf barrels

[Wilson]

American Select works well for us. We've got a group of kids that shoot with us. We usually run about 1,200 round per secession. AM Select is clean and economical in the 9mm. we use it in .40 also.

[Petrol & Powder]

WSF is the only powder I use for my 9mm loads!

/\ For 9mm it's WSF !
Accept no substitutes !

[Dakotared]

I have just switched to blue dot and what I have seen so far I like a lot more then W231/hp38

[jonp]

I just clean my gun when I'm done shooting. As long as it goes bang when I pull the trigger I'm pretty happy

[Wizard]

Try some Accurate No 7. Burns real clean in anything I load it in. Just don't underload it too much. Most any powder will tend to be nasty and will not seal the chamber when loading too lite. Usually make's one side of the shell sooty.