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Picked up some 200gr LSWC bullets and was thinking of trying Titegroup. The pistol is a Norinco 1911. Has anyone tried TG in the 45?

Nah, too new. I use BE which has been around for 100+ years.

Don

I have, but I don't have my data with me at the moment. Clean burning and accurate with cast. It's worked well for me in several guns with 230 gr cast, but my Gold Cup likes BE a little more with 200's, even though it's a bit dirtier.

Unfortunately it hasn't been on dealers shelves for the past five years, and yes it's great stuff.

Bulls Eye is good powder but, as USSR1991 has pointed out, it's antiquated technology. Try Titegroup. You won't want to use another power for target shooting. It meters nearly 100% consistently, it burns very clean, and it's very accurate, so much so that it has become the powder of choice among competitive shooters.

Were more .45 ACP shooters to try Titegroup, Bulls Eye would become obsolete.

DUH?? That AIN'T what he said.. He said:



Bullseye / Unique have been the powders of choice for handgun shooters since before you were born and they still are for those who shoot handguns a lot. When I get below 5 pounds of either, I get worried and I ain't worried.

Ha, in your dreams.

Don

Speaking of old powder and 200gr 45 bullets. My 1911 shoots most accurately with the 200 Lee over PB. I was sad to hear it had been discontinued and I've never used it for any other caliber or load. Don't even know why I bought the pound I did but I wish I had an 8lber in the cabinet.
I suppose when it's gone I'll go back to BE or 700X but I wouldn't be opposed to trying TG or Clays or another of the newer powders

Nice stash. I remember those old Hodgdon cans lol

One of my shooting buddy's sold his house and moved. While he was packing up, he gave me 10 cans of that old Hodgdon stuff. I kept that one and gave others to reloading friends. But that's the way it was packaged when I first started reloading back in 1968. In fact, back then much, if not most of the Hodgdon powders were war surplus and I bought it 10 pound metal cans that were painted red and the powder number was hand stenciled on the side of it. I still have a can of it over at my hunting camp, but I don't know if it is still good.

JB designed the 1911 using Unique and 200gr,then 230gr hardball.


To answer the OP question.

TG is a good powder for 200gr lead. It is not a powder to get max loads out of.

The range from min loads to max loads is narrow. Make sure your scale is accurate.

It lights up easily, even with lots of room left in the case. Watch out for double ,triple charges.

It does burn hot. Feel your barrel after a magazine full compared to other powders.


My biggest question is.----


Why doesn't the 'fire have a Handgun section under the "Reloading" title.

Gibby

Come on down to the Bullet Casting Forum here on the Fire if you want to talk handgun reloading. Those ole boys do some neat things and you don't have all the usual BS you have here. When you scrounge up metal, melt it and cast bullets for your handgun, that is a serious shooter. They make their own bullets and then load them and they love to talk about doing that with those who are also interested.

Thanks for the invite.

I like less BS.

Try PowerPistol, AutoComp or BE-86..........they are all very good in a 45ACP.

MM

No one here likes WST?

I have been doing some data workups on BE-86 and CFE Pistol. Both touting "low flash".

So far the BE-86 is winning out. The BE stands for Bullseye formulation. I think it is going to be a winner. Very forgiving.

Currently my favorite "Business Load" for .45 ACP,230gr XTP load is using AutoComp.

My S&W 1911 with Titegroup and the Lee 200 SWC is the most accurate handgun and load combination I have ever experienced (except for Freedom Arms revolvers).

Comparing the two. I would say TG is the BE for the higher intensity rounds. It is a fine line.

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Nice stash, Bob. Looks a lot like mine.

Don

TG works fine as do many more stated here. When pistols powders were hard to find I got back to loading 45,s 200gr with Red Dot , for got how well it really worked. Damn close to same specs as Bullseye