Now this is kind of eerie....

[HammerMTB]

Let me start this story here- I got the .40 kick, and wanted a load that made major but would shoot lead reliably, no leading, and wasn't too close to max. Oh, and made major. I had several powders to choose from, but had 5 lbs of Hi-Skor 700X from back in the days of shooting trap. So I hoped to find a way to use that. After some load development, I found 4.9 of 700X was just right. so I made 1000's of them. They work well.
I kinda missed my old slabsides 1911's. So I wound up with a nice High Standard. Needed a load to dupe GI hardball with it. Turns out, 4.9 of 700X behind a 230TC does it nicely.
Wanted a load that was low recoil and easy to shoot for my wife, in a .357 snubbie. Fooled with a few different loads, but it turns out, 4.9 of 700X behind a 148wc is pretty good.
Got a pointy boolit for my .40. More bearing length, shorter seating, but it turns out, 4.9 of 700X is just fine.
Got a 200SWC mold for my .45. Yep, 4.9 of 700X is OK there too.
I have loads for .44 Mag and .45 Colt in 700X, too, but it takes a bit more than 4.9 in those cavernous cases.
Dang! Once I thought about it a bit, it seemed like that recipe worked in a lot of places. I wondered if I had run across Unique in a different can.
Anyone else got a powder or recipe that works in a lot of places?
Do I haveta put in the warning that you need to work up loads in your own gun(s) yourself and not just throw something together that you read on the 'net?

[HangFireW8]

I started reloading for trap, umpty-ump years ago *cough cough*, and later when I did mostly handgun and rifle I used up my remaining Red Dot powder loading 45. Later I got back into trap again, and then recently used up a half empty can of 700-X with rifle loads of cast boolits.

It works great, and I would use it more often but... other powders meter better.

[geargnasher]

That is weird. I've found ten grains of Unique works in just about everything that it won't overpressure.

I've also found that 25 grains of Reloder 7 is an optimum charge for a whole bunch of things, but I won't get specific.

Gear

[Kraschenbirn]

28-29 gr H4895 as a starting load in almost any (roughly) .308-sized case...i.e. 7.5 Swiss, 7.65 Argie, .303 Brit, 8x57, etc.

Also, AA#5 (Accurate's clone of Unique) in just about any handgun cartridge.

Bill

[HammerMTB]

I've never heard of AA#5 referred to as a clone of Unique before. I must admit, it's at least close, tho I think better measured than Unique.

[Mavrick]

I never thought of #5 as a clone, as #7 is closer, but #5 keeps several of my smaller-capacity handguns happy.
I don't use Unique as much as I used to, but it will always be on my bench, oops, I mean, in my cabinet. Don't want to grab the wrong can, you know. lol
Have fun,
Gene

[randyrat]

I just found today that 16 grs 700X under a 1 ounce of 71/2 works great for trap shooting.

I've use 700X in a bunch of handgun loads and shotgun now. It is a good powder.

[HangFireW8]

Also, AA#5 (Accurate's clone of Unique) in just about any handgun cartridge.

Bill,

AA#5 is not a clone of Unique.

AA#5 is externally retarded by coating, Unique by its composition. Even though they occupy a similar place in the burn charts, the way they act in very small and very large quantities differ.

In particular, #5 will build pressures faster when compressed & overloaded than Unique, and is more position sensitive in oversized cases than Unique.

Both are fine powders with many uses, but Unique is more versatile for the reasons stated above.

[runfiverun]

i use 24.5 grs of aa 2230 in a bunch of cases.
the 223 with jaxketed for the ar's
the 30-30 with a 150 fn
the 0-6 and the 311014
the 308 with the 165 silh
i also use the 2230 in the 357 max and the 25-20
i almost tried it in the 375 win today but went with aa-1680 instead.

i use a lot of 16-18 grs of 2400 also.
the 308, 7.5,7.65,7.7, both x57 cases, the 45 and 44
i could go 17 across the board and be happy.
and i also use it in the 223 for light duty. not that much though.

i look at the 4895 powder's too it's the top velocity king in my 223 [with cast] and my most accurate powder in my 0-6 and 308 28.5gr [with a filler]
and with a 168gr boolit [no filler] in the 7 mauser it's extremely accurate.
could go across the board too with similar case and 30 cal sizes.