Best all around Powder for .45 ACP

I've also switched to Titegroup from the other powders, although I still use Clays for .45 ACP sometimes. They are both pretty clean.
 
Ok Great. So, for me its down to 231 and A#5.... I might get them both and do a few test. Thanks so much for all the info. This looks like it'll be a great place for info.
 
I must confess I have ulterior motives :o
Bullseye,W-231 and AA#5 work very well in other cartridges I reload for.
 
This question has been asked so many times.

The powders traditionally used are Unique, Bullesye, and 231. More modern powders are Universal and Power Pistol, to name a few.

The "best" powder is one that fills the case at least half way so you will know if you get a double charge.
 
I've settled on Bullseye for .45ACP. Tried other powders, but had the best luck so far with it. Note I shoot .45 ACP in revolvers.
 
Not saying this to be mean or start a pewter fight but this has always bothered me.:(
This question has been asked so many times.
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The guy has signed in to ask this question. He probably has read some posts here and figured it was a good place to ask. No he probably didn’t use search most people don’t. Give them a break if its something that has been ask a 100 times you don’t have to post a reply just grin and keep on trucking..:rolleyes: Be nice . And it’s not just you and it’s not just this forum you see it I think way to often. I’m just saying posts don’t have to start this way.:D And I bet there was a time you didn’t know what powder to use either.:eek:
 
W231/HP-38,AA#5,WSF,WST,N320,N340,N350,Power Pistol,HS-6,Sillhouette,AA#2,SR4756,Auto Comp,Longshot,SR7625,Bullseye,Unique,Blue Dot,and Universal are the best for 45 ACP. I probably forgot one or two though.

Unfortunately any powder "we" like or works for us, may not work for you. Every gun is different.

PS. when I started loading,I looked through several loading manuals,they almost always say what was their most accurate powder. I then picked what powders I wanted to try. That is how a person learns things. While yes,it is rude to complain, but just look back the last four pages,the answer IS in there five or six times. Lately it has been getting bad.

My $.02
 
works for us, may not work for you. Every gun is different.
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I've been hearing this a long time, and I'm not so sure that I buy it anymore, in a practical sense. A good load is a good load and many many times, a load that shoots good in my gun will also shoot good in my other guns or someone elses gun.

If this (myth) is true then how can they sell Match ammo without people grumbling that they can't hit anything with the it? People whine over anything nowadays, and ammo is expensive. Where's the threads calling Federal Premium Match junk?

So many well known and established loads are used and referred, and again confirmed after trying it. For example;

44 Mag 245gr/8.5 Unique
44 Mag 245gr/19.0-20.0 2400
45Colt 255gr/8.5 Unique
45ACP 225gr/5.5 WW-231

These are well known loads and work great for me and for a lot of others. Perhaps the occasional gun has a quirk which makes it not like some ammo, but for most part, good ammo is good ammo.
 
Where's the threads calling Federal Premium Match junk?

I don't know a single bullseye or benchrest shooter who would buy his match ammo. They all load their own, for exactly this reason.

The benchrest guys re-load on the spot, at the match, to use the same case.

Go to a match, there's a lot to learn, even if you don't enter.
 
Edward ; I will agree with you on the fact that "some" loads are quite good in many guns,that there is. Not a whole bunch and generally with lead bullets,but good "standards".
 
The results are in!

The OP asked for opinions on the best all around .45 ACP powder. So I decided to count the times in this thread that a given powder was mentioned as a good choice. Here are the results from the above posts:

Powder Times mentioned
231 16
Bullseye 10
AA #5 6
Unique 5
Power Pistol 3
Universal 1
Universal Clays 1
Clays 2 (same as above?)
WST 1
AA #2 1
Bluedot 1
HS-6 1
Tightgroup 1
AA #7 1
Red Dot 1

So, It appears that the majority of those who have posted an answer to the OP's question believe that 231 is the most versitile .45 ACP powder available! One of the Worlds' mysteries has been solved!
 
Add another one for 231. :-)

Come to think of it, I use 231 for most of my pistol loads except the magnums.

--Wag--
 
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