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View Poll Results: If you could only have one powder?

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  • H4895

    39 5.52%
  • Bullseye

    33 4.67%
  • Unique

    359 50.85%
  • Varget

    22 3.12%
  • Benchmark

    4 0.57%
  • RL15

    3 0.42%
  • Red Dot

    63 8.92%
  • W 231

    21 2.97%
  • W748

    2 0.28%
  • H335

    6 0.85%
  • Lil'Gun

    3 0.42%
  • H4350

    7 0.99%
  • RL17

    1 0.14%
  • Other

    143 20.25%
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Thread: If you could have only one powder?

  1. #221
    Boolit Man
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    I could get by with Unique. Would it be stellar in every thing I load for, no, but I could get by without being too handicapped.
    A bumble bee is considerable faster than a John Deere tractor

  2. #222
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    Black Powder....................you can use it in any cartridge.
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  3. #223
    Boolit Buddy
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    UNIQUE for handguns and 4895 for rifles they dont compete but they cover everthing between them.

  4. #224
    Boolit Master Jack Stanley's Avatar
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    Life would be harder without Unique . Once it's stabilized in the measure , Uniflow or Dillon , it works just fine for anything I've put it to .

    Jack
    Buy it cheap and stack it deep , you may need it !

    Black Rifles Matter

  5. #225
    Boolit Master


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    I just got a couple of jugs of BR-5, it is supposed to be a ball powder replacement of Unique. It sings in 9mm and .45 ACP. 7 grs of it in a 30-30 with a 150 gr. bullet is sheer range fun.

  6. #226
    Boolit Grand Master Nobade's Avatar
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    Black powder of course. Any more it is the only powder I use so I'm there.

  7. #227
    Boolit Buddy
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    I use mostly Bullseye, it works very well with my hand guns 45 Auto and my 9mm
    The Soldier that Volunteers, fighting for his Country and his rights,
    makes the most reliable Soldier on Earth.

  8. #228
    Boolit Master
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    I would go with Smokes Wine Red, seem to give the best coverge for me!
    Take a kid to the range, you'll both be glad you did.

  9. #229
    Boolit Master schutzen-jager's Avatar
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    for decades it has been red dot - .32acp , .32 S&W , 9MM p , .38 super , .38 S&W , .38 spec. , .45acp. , 12 ga. , 30.30 cast , .308 cast , 30/06 cast -
    Last edited by schutzen-jager; 07-05-2022 at 06:36 AM. Reason: addendum
    never pick a fight with an old man - if he is too old to fight he will just kill you -
    in this current crisis our government is not the solution , it is the problem ! -

    ILLEGITIMI NON CARBORUNDUM

    as they say in latin

  10. #230
    Boolit Master
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    I use blackhorn 209 for most every thing, just need mag primers, sometimes hard to light, told by blackhorn factory>>

  11. #231
    Boolit Master
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    H4895...AR2206H as I use it in .223 and did use it in .308w it CAN be used in .270w...not ideal but it works, pretty sure it goes in the .45/70 too 2208 definately does.... but black smelly stuff works well... trail boss would just about have to be up there with most versitile,although pressures can be rather high compared to other powders for same velocity.

  12. #232
    Boolit Master Wal''s Avatar
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    AP70N which is Universal & Unique in American..........


    "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too."

  13. #233
    Boolit Master
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    I would choose IMR-Hodgdon 800-X. A little slower than Unique, but more forgiving, more velocity, & usually prints heavy boolits lower on the target.

  14. #234
    Boolit Master Rapier's Avatar
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    I choose 4227, Corn Flakes would go great with 4227.
    “There is a remedy for all things, save death.“
    Cervantes

    “Never give up, never quit.”
    Robert Rogers
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    There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
    Will Rogers

  15. #235
    Boolit Master
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    Might turn that Vihtavuori N350 works in every pistol I like to shoot. I’ll find out pretty soon.

  16. #236
    Boolit Master
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    Unique covers them all Universal is close.

  17. #237
    Boolit Master
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    I guess I would select Unique if forced to choose only one but it would sure neuter about half the rifles i own and make them worthless. I have a bunch of 22 centerfires, 17 Remington, 25-06, 257 Weatherby, 270 Winchester that would be so throttled back using Unique as to be useless.

    The handguns would be happy though as Unique shines there.

    The larger bore rifles that I shoot cast in would still be capable of killing deer. The 32-20 Marlin 1894 loves Unique so nothing would change.

    I prefer Red Dot in my shotgun loads because i like lighter loads with less recoil but have all the stuff I need to load Unique in 12 Gauge so that wouldn't be a significant problem there either.

  18. #238
    Boolit Buddy B1GB1RD's Avatar
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    was raised on bullseye for everything handgun, thats my go to for our matches, and most of my pistols.
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  19. #239
    Boolit Mold
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    Tite Group for what I shoot

  20. #240
    Boolit Buddy
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    For cast, Unique.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check