TruthTellers
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I've relied on Unique and Bullseye for most of my reloading over the past couple years, but now that I'm moving into reloading higher pressure cartridges like .327, .357, and 10mm I decided I needed some more energetic powders. I looked thru my Lyman reloading book and saw that Accurate #9 and Power Pistol seemed to yield high velocities.
One thing I noticed was that Accurate #9 would have more wiggle room for charge weights vs other powders. By that I mean one load using Acc #9 started at 12.0 grains and the max load was 13.0 grains, but other powders would start at something like 8.0 grains and the max would be 8.5 grains, so when I see that I'm inclined to think that Accurate #9 is a safer powder because there's less chance of going over the max if you had a throw set at 12.5 grains because you've got .5 grains until you reach the max, but with the other powder if you set the throw at 8.2 grains, you only have .3 grains until reaching the max.
IDK, am I wrong about that? Is Accurate not as safe a powder to work with? It's like, when I load with Trail Boss powder I never get an overcharge when using my Lee Auto Drum.
Anyway, between Accurate #9 and Power Pistol, which do you guys find is more accurate at higher velocities? Which do you find to burn cleaner?
One thing I noticed was that Accurate #9 would have more wiggle room for charge weights vs other powders. By that I mean one load using Acc #9 started at 12.0 grains and the max load was 13.0 grains, but other powders would start at something like 8.0 grains and the max would be 8.5 grains, so when I see that I'm inclined to think that Accurate #9 is a safer powder because there's less chance of going over the max if you had a throw set at 12.5 grains because you've got .5 grains until you reach the max, but with the other powder if you set the throw at 8.2 grains, you only have .3 grains until reaching the max.
IDK, am I wrong about that? Is Accurate not as safe a powder to work with? It's like, when I load with Trail Boss powder I never get an overcharge when using my Lee Auto Drum.
Anyway, between Accurate #9 and Power Pistol, which do you guys find is more accurate at higher velocities? Which do you find to burn cleaner?