Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Are any of the new pistol powders better than Unique?

That is my experience, too. It is all I use in .44 Special loads for my 696.

I just loaded 250 rounds of 10mm with Power Pistol.

Commenting about the cleanliness or uncleanliness of a powder without mentioning the accuracy obtained with said powder, shows you are nothing more than a neat freak who just happens to like to shoot. I'll take a dirty burning powder that give me excellent accuracy over a clean burning powder that exhibits so-so accuracy any day. Just MHO.

Don

Accuracy in my 696 is superb and far out classes any of my other handguns other than my contender. It is also available. I haven't seen any Unique in almost 2 years. Velocity with all bullets from 180 gr. XTP's up to 255 gr. Keith-type has been spot on.

Agreed. I've shot groups at 100 yds with a revolver that were just a tad over MOA, and I was burning Unique.

I've used Unique in 9mm, 38 sp, 357 mag, 44 mag, 45 acp, 45 colt and 480 Ruger and used with an appropriate weight bullet and an appropriate charge accuracy has been as good as or better than any other powder.

I've also used it for cast bullet loads in the .308, 35 whelen and 500 Jeffery.

As my boss once said when being asked about cleaning guns, "I don't mind cleaning guns, cleaning guns means I've shot them, and I like shooting guns."

Power Pistol delivers better accuracy than Unique plus it is cleaner. If you give the two an honest comparison, Power Pistol will beat Unique every time.

saleen322,

There is no one powder that will CONSISTENTLY deliver the most accuracy over another powder with every firearm it is used in. Otherwise, load development would be totally unnecessary.

Don

I was in Cabelas in Anchorage yesterday and they had so much powder it reminded of "way back when". This was the first supply of Unique I have seen in forever. They had all the usual suspects plus a full stock of Norma powder.

Unfortunately all I had money for was what I REALLY needed, IMR4350, so Unique and PowerPistol both were left sitting on the shelf.