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    I shoot cast boolits only.

    .357 Mag. 4227, Blue dot. Longshot (lately) & HP-38 (for light loads that are too heavy for .38 spec.)
    .38 Spec. WST & HP-38
    .44 Spec. WST, HP-38 & Red Dot
    9mm WSF
    .45 ACP WST & HP-38

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    .38Spl;
    Bullseye, W231, Unique, TiteGroup, Clay's
    .357Mag;
    Unique, 2400, W296
    9MM;
    Bullseye, W231, Clay's
    .44Spl;
    Unique, W231, TiteGroup
    .44Mag:
    Unique, TiteGroup, Clay's, 2400, W296
    .45ACP;
    Bullseye, W231, Clay's, WSF
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    If I had to I could make Bullseye, Red dot, and Unique work in all you listed and would't be giving up much.
    Favorites are
    357- Blue dot
    38 wadcutters- Unique and HP-38
    38 158's-Hp-38 and Bullseye or Tightgroup
    44 special- Bullseye
    44 mag- 4227 and HS6
    9mm- power pistol
    45 ACP- Bullseye
    I can and have made other powders work, but if I had to trim the herd these would be the last to go.
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    Red dot , Unique and Be-86 work well in all of those , for the magnums I also use 2400 and WW 296.
    I use very little 2400 and 296 the way I shoot now but keep a pound or 2 of each around.
    Red dot can be picky on how consistent it throws from some presses and measures but I like the way it bulks up for its weight and it seems to shoot well for me even in really light loads .

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    Ive used hodgdon cfe pistol for all except 44sp. Mostly I load 357 sig and have had good luck using it in that and 38spl.

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    Of those I load for:
    9mm Luger using Win. 231, 700X, and just recently I got some Vectan A1. For 38 Special I use Bullseye, and Clays. For 357 Magnum it's 2400.

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    So is "Clays" that or is it actually "Universal"? I've always been confused of that.

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    Lots of options, but I generally use 2400 in the magnums and bullseye or W231 in the rest. I use titegroup mostly for subsonic 9mm and 38spcl. I’ve been using a lot of ramshot silhouette lately, have about 5 of 8lbs left, just trying to reduce inventory.

    Someone above mentioned ww452, never heard of it but have a case of AA452 that I’ll load in 45acp if some old trap shooter doesn’t talk me out of it.

    If you need some powder to get started and are close enough to Charlotte to visit send me a PM. I have a couple 15lb kegs of Bullseye that I’m not using, but also lots of 1lb bottles of any of these powders (except red dot and promo). We’ll come to a fair price on a few pounds.

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    Gunpowder

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    I set the bar low, if it can be used I use Unique in everything. I have a few other powders but I always start out with Unique.

    I don't hunt except for dove and hogs, the dove win most of the time, hogs die. Paper targets in between at the private range for fun.

    I just don't need to get MOA anymore, Minute of Torso works for me.

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    I concur with Unique. I might add 2400 for use when heavy magnum loads were needed.
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    Myself when I say clays it's the actual clays powder. Universal clays is alright, a lot of people prefer it over unique. I've found that like unique, universal clays does best at the upper end of the load data.

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    I started out with Unique and have strayed very little. Since I'm a plinker mostly, it doesn't matter to me. Getting too old to learn new tricks.

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    It is called Unique.

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    I have quite a bit of Promo powder left over from my Trap and Skeet shooting days. Use it with Red Dot data for 45 Colt, 45 acp, .38 spl, 44 and 357 magnum reduced loads.

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    I started loading trap around 13 or 14 years old. I had red dot and unique. When I started on pistol loads they got tried first. I have several powders in the cabinet but I still go back to those.

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    357 Magnum A2400 for mid range and H110 for full power

    38 Special Bullseye, W231, Unique, Titegroup, AA #5

    44 Special W231, IMR 4227, Unique, Titegroup, A2400, V-V N320

    44 Magnum IMR 4227, A2400, H110

    9mm Bullseye, Power Pistol, W231, Titegroup

    45acp WST, Bullseye, Titegroup, W231, Unique
    What could possibly go wrong?

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    Bullseye, Unique, 2400.

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    IMR Red for 38 Special.

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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
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