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What are your Favorite Loads for Common Pistol & Rifle Calibers


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Thanks everyone. Great stuff - this is going to help a lot of beginners out. Keep 'em coming.

When it dies down I'll type a decoding chart to help newbies know what letters like VV, AA, WST means.

;)

Did you get the time to make this chart?

Thanks

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.308 Win

Winchester brass

FGMM 210M Primer

.001 neck tension

155 Berger VLD

COAL 2.915

47.8 gr Varget

3050 fps out of 26" 1/10 Broughton

Winchester brass

FGMM 210M Primer

.001 neck tension

190 SMK

COAL 2.81

43.2 gr Re-15

2740 fps out of 26" 1/11.25 Bartlein

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9mm Luger (minor load for bullseye shooting):

Rottweil P804 (made by Bofors) with 121 HAP

very expensive but not hard to get in Germany

.38SA (major IPSC):

3N38 with 121 HAP

I´ve tried 7625, Power Pistol, N105, N350 and 3N38. 3N38 seems to work best in my SVI Open.

.44 mag:

N350 with 240 grs. L SWC

.45 ACP (load für bullseye shooting):

N310 with 200 grs. L SWC

Classic bullseye load. Very clean.

.45 WinMag (just for fun):

N350 with 230 grs ball

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.380 acp----------------Solo-1000

.32-20------------------Unique

.38 Special-------------Unique

9X19mm---------------Solo-1000

.38SC------------------3n-38, but I have trouble getting it, so I often end up using N350 or True-Blue

.40 S&W---------------Solo-1000

.45 acp----------------Solo-1000

.223-------------------Varget

.308-------------------Varget

.358 Win-Mag--------Varget

12 Guage-------------Solo-1000

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9mm 125gr.........................VV-N320

9mm 147gr..........................VV-N330

38spec 158gr.......................VV-N340

357mag 158gr......................VV-N110

40S&W................................VV-N320

44mag.................................VV-N110

44mag light target.................VV-N340

45ACP target........................VV-N310

45ACP major PF....................VV-N340

These powders are clean burning, always available and the cheapest for me.

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38 Super.............

VV N105, for me, is soooooo far ahead of anything else I have used in my open guns. List includes 7625, 4756, 3N38, and 3N37. N105 is just plain better in every way than all of them.

Only problem is availability but, after the order I received a feww months ago, I should be set for a long time.

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223 w/ 69MK = Varget

308 w/ 155 or 168 MK = IMR 4895

9mm 125 RNL = Clays

9mm 147 FMJ = Titegroup

38 spl 158 RNL = Clays

40 s&w 175 SWC minor = Clays

40 s$w 180 FMJ = Titegroup, but experimenting with WSF

45 230 RNL or FMJ = Clays

44 Mag 240 SWC target = Universal Clays

44 Mag 270 GDot = 296

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12ga - 1oz load

Hodgdon Clays

Clean burning. Light recoil. Very reasonable chamber pressures. Inexpensive and can be found anywhere.

12ga - 1 1/8oz - 2 3/4 or 3 dram load

Hodgdon International Clays

Clean burning. Light recoil compared to Titegroup. More reasonable chamber pressures compared to Clays. Inexpensive but not often carried in stock in local stores. Usually have to order.

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9mm major Ramshot Sillouette 124g bullet

38 super and 38 super comp. VV 3N38 124g bullet

40SW Winchester super target WST 180g bullet with a para P-16

If I had a STI limited gun I would use Clays. (high pressure) :surprise:

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I feel like an odd ball after reading the prior posts. The first powder I picked up was Unique (local and easy). Have not noticed (with my particular shooting routines) any excessive (out of the norm) powder build up. I haven't noticed any smoke accumulation but perhaps it is because I haven't used anything other than Unique. Still experimenting. I am using Lee/Lyman load data.

.45 ACP, 230grs, RN (Rainer), Unique 5.9-6.0grs (Lee) for plinking / target practice

Am I barking up an old tree? Should I "get with the program" and move on to Clays?

Thanks,

Acetyl :unsure:

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I mainly load .40 major, a little 9mm and stick with two powders. N320 is my preferred powder with Titegroup as a backup.

N320: light recoiling, very clean burning, expensive and can be hard to obtain

Titegroup: snappier recoil, burns a little dirty, half the price of N320

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.40 - N320 for any type of head

.38 Supercomp - N105, baby. Nothing flatter, and its well within SAAMI spec!!! Sweet! Its on the dirty side, relative to the IMR stuff, so its a tad higher maintenance, but the dot movement and stability of the gun is far better in my gun...

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Question: I have reloaded 9mm and .40 on a buddy's machine a while ago, and recently bought my own for 9mm and .45acp; what would be a good powder to use for both? I used VV320 previously, but the concensus here seems to be Clay's or Titegroup for .45. Thanks.

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I use WST in 9 mm, 40, and 45 all make good loads, both jacketed and Moly coated lead.

9 mm 125gr Jacketed at 4.4 gr

40 S&W 180gr Jacketed at 5.1 gr

45 acp - 200gr lead at 4.7 gr.

40 S&W with 185gr Precision Moly Coated aka black bullets 4.8 gr.

Cleaner than Tight group and less temp sensative. Mild report and fairly soft. I tried N320 in 40 and 45 and it is very clean and more of a push than a snap, took more powder than it should, also $33.00 per pound, WST I paid $111.00 for 8 lbs.

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