700x

[shooterbob]

I picked up 15 lbs of 700x yesterday for an unbelievable price of 24$. Anyone ever use it for pistol loads?

[zuke]

I thought I did good when I picked up a 14lb keg for $75!
I'm using it for reduced load's in just about everything.

[jakec]

i got 1 pound for free. i havent loaded any yet with it but its listed for a lot of pistol calibers. thats what i got it for.

[C. Latch]

I use it for .38 special and .45 acp. Works great.

[375RUGER]

Use it in 45ACP, 44 mag, 9mm

[Hamish]

I've used a bunch of it in .38 and .45. Love the accuracy, low recoil, and low cleaning factor. Outstanding score, would you care to double your money?

[dale2242]

It works great for all auto pistols
Also good for revolvers.
I was given 15# of it a few years ago.
It seems to meter best through my RCBS Little Dandy.....dale

[zuke]

I'm just starting to use in in my 577-450

[Leslie Sapp]

I use it for .38 special and .357 loads.

[boho]

I worked up a beautiful load for my 9mm with plated pills. Checkout Sierra's 5th edition for load data, hogdon's is quite conservative. About to start working up 38 special.

[rbstern]

I picked up 15 lbs of 700x yesterday for an unbelievable price of 24$. Anyone ever use it for pistol loads?

That's a score!

700x is my favorite powder for cast 9mm loads. It's an excellent pistol powder.

[shooterg]

It's all I use for .38's, got a Square Deal that does nothing but chunk out 158gr. SWC loads with it.

[smkummer]

That is a proven target 12 gauge shotgun powder for over 40 years. And while I still use it for that, it also works great in 9mm, 40 and 45 ACP. My Lee pro 100 doesn't meter well for target 38 special but for a plus P 38 and 125 grain lead bullet. 4.2 grains works well. This is also my load for the 9mm with a 125 grain lead bullet. 4.5 grains is what I am sending a 230 cast lead slug in the 45 ACP. works great. Also, 700X is hard to find in anything over 1 lb. containers. The 15 lb. steel jugs have not been available since shortly after 9/11. The biggest is 12 lb. plastic jugs but everyone is out.

[Iowa Fox]

Its great stuff, rifle, pistol, or shotgun. The older Lyman manual has a load for just about everything using it and I have tried a lot of them with good sucess. Its also a good keeper if kept cool and dry. 15 pounds will last you a long time. Good score on a great powder

[CWME]

I also have been using 700X in the 38/357 19 years. It was the first powder I used when I started reloading at 15 in an old taurus 357. For a kid with a only a summer job the price was great, I could shoot a lot of cast boolits with those 8OZ cans. I now run it in the 45ACP and many more too.

[w5pv]

I have used it in al of my pistols from 32 to45 and it works good.

[farmallcrew]

I use it in 32acp, 38spl, 357mag, 45 all with good results

[hickfu]

15lbs for $24.00? geeeeze I wish I could find some at that price.... If you were loading a 45acp at max load you would have enough powder to load 21,000 boolits. Even more if you were loading a 9mm You may want to stock up on primers!!!


Doc

[Hardcast416taylor]

I called it the "Grey Ghost" powder when used in my shotguns. After a night of skeet shooting 3 or 4 boxes my barrel would have a grey dusty coating as long as a foot back from the muzzel. It did the same dusty thing with handgun shooting over a 2 or 3 box shoot. Good powder, just a mite dusty.Robert