Concerns with Titegroup

[BD]

I can't speak to a wide range of loadings using Titegroup, but I'm just starting into my 4th 8 pounder of Titegroup in .45acp. The first three were in the 90's and early 2000's, (I shot through 24 lb of HPC-18 surplus in the interim). I was surprised that after 15 years the charge weight and velocity are still virtually identical and still very consistent.
4.8 grains TG behind a H&G #68 @ 1.50 OAL in my 5" 1911 makes major at an Av Vel of 840fps with no individual shot vel ever falling below 820. This was more important in my past when I often traveled out of town for matches where they regularly chronigraphed our loads to make sure we really were shooting "major". It is also a reliable "sweet spot" in my gun landing 10 yard double taps in the A zone more times than not. I have a magnetic LED light that shines directly into the case at the boolit seating station and I would have no trouble seeing a double charge if one ever made it past the powder check die.
It may not be the perfect powder, but it works very well at a reasonable price.

[jim 44-40]

I use it my 12 gauge, works fine.

[YoungGun88]

Question regarding "position sensitivity" with Titegroup:

Would adding a small card atop the powder, using a material such as cardboard or thin(but somewhat firm) felt, to help maintain the powder in a relatively "set" position within the case?
I can't see how a very thin(like a single layer of manila file folder thin) wad would add any undue pressure to the powder, especially on lighter loads where there might be dead space within a case such as 38Spl or 357Mag.
But as a reloading newbie, this might be an easy question to answer for more experienced shooters, but it came to mind so thought I'd ask

[BD]

I can't really answer the question about using a small card wad as I've never done anything like that. But it would sure defeat my whole reason for using Titegroup in the first place; inexpensive, easy metering for loading several hundred rounds at a time on a progressive press.

[waco]

Titegroup is not position sensitive. It likes air space. IMO it would be foolish to put any kind of card or wad on top of it.

[Coopaloop86]

I like titegroup for overall range fodder. I prefer it for light projectiles and/or short barrel firearms. Where I have been kicked in the teeth by it is with cast 9mm. For some reason I have had poor luck with it and have sworn it off in 9mm cast. I personally believe its just too fast of a burn rate and too sharp of a pressure curve for my particular cast use in 9mm. I really like it for what I call my "tactical 12ga loads", 9 pellet 00 buck. Its perfect for light to moderate loads in short shotgun barrels. Recoil is manageable, velocity is acceptable and flash is nonexistent.

[guzma393]

Started with titegroup, read about the same woes and worries, tried different pistol powders, and ultimately went back to titegroup being my all around pistol powder. Only bad thing I can say about it is it sticks on everything including itself (clumps overtime, shaking the jug well before pouring fixes this), but interestingly, meters just fine.

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[Bmi48219]

My only concern with TiteGroup is running out of it.