Unique. Dirty but versatile.
Yup, probably the most versatile pistol, revolver and shotgun powder on the market and it's been around forever.
Unique. Dirty but versatile.
The last time I got it, I bought it at Bart's Sports World in Glen Burnie, but that doesn't really help you out there in W-MD.I have been looking for Unique but still have not found it.
That would be great Steve.Buck
I can maybe hook you up with a little unique. I also will be getting some 700-x tomorrow if that fits anything you will be loading.
The last time I got it, I bought it at Bart's Sports World in Glen Burnie, but that doesn't really help you out there in W-MD.
I see both Clays & Titegroup listed in 45ACP & 44Mag load datas.
Titegroup is not a position sensitive powder, and is supposed to be very good. I have a can of it, but have not developed loads with it yet.
I did recently use Clays as I have a few cans, and test fired the rounds out of my 1911 & Tommy. It cycled cleanly, and the cases were incredibly clean! No soot what so ever. I loaded 4.0 grains of Clays behind a 230 LRN. I plan on doing some thourough paper testing with a few hundred rounds of it this weekend.
I bought Clays, because my usual Win 231/ HP-38 is getting hard to find at the moment. Win 231/HP-38 is my go to powder for 45ACP.
Unique. Dirty but versatile.
Just did the test run of 200 rounds of 45ACP - 230grn LRN , loaded with Clays and was very pleased with both accuracy, and cleanliness. I plan on using it alot more!
Also did a cylinder full of 45LC loaded with Clays and was satisfied with it in that caliber too. We compaired the case, to a case of 45LC loaded with Unique. Clays was waaaaay cleaner.
Im sure j8064 will be along to post the pics of the difference. Unique is very dirty indeed!
Does this mean you are now ready to get your new toy?
I hear about unique being dirty all the time. I don't doubt any ones experiences. However, unique has been clean burning in all the applications I have tried it in so far.For me it has been both very accurate and very clean in 45 acp and 44 mag. It is my first choice in 45 acp and second best in 44 of my different loads. In my loads unique has been cleaner than h110 and 2400 in the 44. I have also used unique in 38 special, 357 mag, 38 SW, and 30-30.
Here's an example of "clean" vs. Unique. The .45LC case on the left was loaded with Clays. The one on the right?...You guessed it...Unique.
Don't get me wrong, Unique is one of the most versatile smokeless powders there is. Over the past 25 years I've worked up more loads than I can count in rounds from .380 to .303B and cast boolits using Unique. It always goes bang and performs as expected. But cleanliness is definately NOT Unique's most shining attribute.