alzo Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 What is your preferred powder for 230gr FMJ or JHP at about 168-170PF ? List your favorite load if you have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauza45 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 glock G21 kkm N320 5.0g 230 fmj hornady 1.230 oal winchester brass .470 crimp high 777 low 741 av 760 es 36 sd 11 10 shot string at 95 degrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmon Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 clays at 4.0 grains 230 berrys plated bullet 1.250 oal Federal 150 primer. Mixed brass (though its mostly winchester) seems i shot 5000 rounds of clays loaded ammo without cleaning the gun...infact its still like it was and im not gonna clean it for a little while more. harmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMITH Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Clays, by far. N310 is very nice, but not twice the price nice and it doesn't feel any better than Clays to me. Never tried 320 in 45, and 231 just plain sucks compared to Clays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganShootist Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 While it wasn't listed as an option I cast my vote for TiteGroup. I load 230 grain FMJs over 4.5 grains of TG and love how it meters. Every time I get chronoed there is virtually ZERO variation.....from the 171 PF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squishy Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 I have tried n310 and n320, universal clays, 231, bullseye, unique, clays. Clays works the best for me. 4.2 grs. Clays with a 230 fmj Zero bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFD Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 4.0 grains of Clays with 230 grain rainiers works for me. Clays also smokes the least of anything else on the list with cast bullets. N320 was good, but I felt stupid paying that much more for powder that gave me nothing that Clays wouldn't (except a hair more smoke). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD Niner Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 4.1 gr. of Clays, with a 230 gr. Zero JHP or FMJ works great for me. I use a mixed bag of brass and Winchester or Federal LP primers. I haven't tried any of the other powders based on what I've read on this forum. I am more than willing to accept the consensus of so many experienced reloaders and shooters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nontactical Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 w231... cheap and clean burning. I would love to use vit powders, but they are crazy expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robomanusa Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 (edited) While it wasn't listed as an optionI cast my vote for TiteGroup. I load 230 grain FMJs over 4.5 grains of TG and love how it meters. Every time I get chronoed there is virtually ZERO variation.....from the 171 PF. I cast my vote for other, as I like titegroup in my 45 loads....I was using 4.3-4.4grs in a 5" 625 revolver to make major with 230gr zero FMJ's 3.9-4.0grs to make major with 230gr LRN Edited September 24, 2006 by robomanusa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory_k Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 4.4 titegroup, win 230 FMJ. about 750 fps. ol ? I used a factory 230 AE to set the seating and crimp dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmercury2 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 titegroup 4.2 gr., 230 zero fmj,1.25 oal.= major Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOGA Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 clays and vv n320 for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medic21 Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 What is your preferred powder for 230gr FMJ or JHP at about 168-170PF ? List your favorite load if you have one. VV320 4.9, 230MG JHP, 0.470, 1.25, mixed brass, CCI, averages out around 763ft/sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Used Clays this last year instead of 231. I like how clean it is but get huge velocity variations. Load is 4.1, Win 230 fmj @ 1.250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKyle1 Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 OK guys, I am a tightgroup fan in just about everything 9mm, 40, 38 special (cowboy action) and 45acp ... with all of this talk about clays I am willing to try but I have a question, which one? I looked at midway and found: 1) Hodgdon Clays 2) Hodgdon International Clays 3) Hodgdon Universal Clays. Which one are y'all talking about? Thanks Kyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 They are referring to the plain Clays, also the fastest powder of the bunch. I have used a few powders that were more accurate than Clays, but none were softer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockchucker Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 (edited) 230 FMJ Round Nose (usually ZERO or WIN) 4.1 straight Clays 230 Plated RN (Ranier) 4.0 Clays Both loads do about 170-175 Power Factor out of a variety of 1911's I used to load 4.3 Grs of WST with a 230 Zero, but my chrono data was fluctuating below Power Factor if the weather was a little warm. Edited October 10, 2006 by Rockchucker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epj Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 4.0-4.2 gr REGULAR Clays. UNiversal Clays is very similar in burn rate to Unique, wheras the plain Clays is closer to Bullseye or 231. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Thomas Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I use titegroup in all of my 45 acp loads from 200 gr swc to 230 gr. fmj's. Seems as though titegroup deserve to be named in the poll. I am curious out of the 23 "other " votes: how many are titegoup. Clays has a big lead in the poll though. My vote was "other" -- titegroup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzShooter Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I'll be the Odd Ball here, but that's nothing new. 230 grn Jacketed 4.3 of Winchester Super Target (WST) 230 grn RNL 3.8 grains of WST 250 grn lead RNFP 3.4 grains WST All make major. I have tried Bullseye for many years and was happy but it's dirty compared to the newer powders. V V is too expensive for me to justify it although it does have less recoil than Bullseye, in my perception. Clays didn't do what I wanted although a lot of people like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 My favorite is VV N-320 but I don't buy it anymore. TOO EXPENSIVE! Now I use 4.1 grains of Clays for Precision Moly 230's at 1.25 OAL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Jensen Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 best by far is solo 1000. 5.0 with a 230 montana gold in S&W 25-2 makes 170. Don't understand why nobody else is using it. Better then 310 and alot cheaper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMartin Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 We have been using "True Blue" from Ramshot this year, seems to be very clean and meters wonderfully. RPM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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