Lee PrecisionInline FabricationLoad DataRotoMetals2
RepackboxWidenersMidSouth Shooters SupplyTitan Reloading
Reloading Everything

View Poll Results: What is your best powder for accuracy?

Voters
596. You may not vote on this poll
  • H110/W296

    204 34.23%
  • Alliant 2400

    223 37.42%
  • IMR 4227

    42 7.05%
  • W231

    16 2.68%
  • Accurate No. 9

    26 4.36%
  • Other (please specify)

    85 14.26%
Page 9 of 9 FirstFirst 123456789
Results 161 to 170 of 170

Thread: 44 Mag powders, poll

  1. #161
    Boolit Bub parisite's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2011
    Location
    Paris, TX
    Posts
    60
    Accurate 4100/Ramshot Enforcer is as good as any of them and can be downloaded but it has no flash and fire like a like in 2400 and H110.
    Bullseye is the skill, everything else is just games.

  2. #162
    Boolit Man dla's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    SW Idaho
    Posts
    83
    Quote Originally Posted by GrayTech View Post
    Nobody likes AA#9 ?
    I do. But I like Enforcer more.

  3. #163
    Boolit Master S.B.'s Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    Illinois right on the cocaine hyway(I55)
    Posts
    611
    I guess I'm old school still use 2400 but, if someone here can show me some tangible better results from the more modern powders I'll listen?
    Steve
    "The Original Point and Click Interface was a Smith & Wesson."
    Life member NRA, USPSA, ISRA
    Life member AF&AM 294

  4. #164
    Boolit Buddy
    Join Date
    Jul 2016
    Location
    London, UK
    Posts
    161
    Quote Originally Posted by dla View Post
    I do. But I like Enforcer more.
    Any particular reason?

  5. #165
    Boolit Man Tn Jim's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2013
    Location
    1000 miles east of where I should be
    Posts
    82
    I love 2400 and Unique but due to them being MIA I've started with W296. At least I managed to find a few pounds of it.
    Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid. -- John Wayne

  6. #166
    Boolit Buddy
    Join Date
    Jul 2018
    Location
    Florida's Nature Coast
    Posts
    207
    I'm going with Accurate #9. Not only does it handle my 263gr. .44 Mag loads, but it is also a top performer in my 10mm with 200gr. loads and the 357 Max with 185gr. loads. . .these are all heavy hunting loads.

  7. #167
    Boolit Buddy
    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Posts
    181
    The slower a powder is, the less versatile it is. If you don't need absolute top velocities then powders like Accurate 7 & 9, Vihtavuori N105, and Blue Dot become very attractive. They use less powder, have less flash and recoil, don't require magnum primers, provide great accuracy and give you all but the last 50-100 fps. Even in a hunting situation (the only one I can think of that requires great power) the difference between the same bullet at 1300 and 1375 is a very negligible difference. Maybe 5 yards difference in the point blank range trajectory is about it.

  8. #168
    Boolit Master
    Mal Paso's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Location
    Carmel, Ca
    Posts
    4,121
    I started with a 4" Ruger and H110/296. It would light up the shooting bench but I never got the speed listed in the books because they use 8" receivers with no cylinder gap. I switched to 2400 and been there ever since although I have tried others. I think I still have a $120 Keg from before all this mess when they had Sales on powder.
    Mal

    Mal Paso means Bad Pass, just so you know.

  9. #169
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Dec 2021
    Posts
    546
    For full power loads, there is no accuracy for me. I love to shoot those heavy H110 loads with jacketed bullets for the experience of detonating a bomb in my hands. Love the concussion and blast but my accuracy falls apart. What I do shoot decently is 10.0 grains of Unique with any 240 to 310 grain cast bullet. Although far from full 44 Mag power, they are well above cowboy loads. I just recently bought a 8lb can of Unique for this reason.

  10. #170
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    New Jersey
    Posts
    563
    I guess I am old fashioned, but my vote goes to Herco.

Page 9 of 9 FirstFirst 123456789

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
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