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I really like Unique, partially because it was the first powder I bought for my 357 along with a Lee Loader. Then as I progressed with reloading and additional calibers Unique kept working well. I watch for it listed on local forums and buy it when I can. I haven’t seen it on a shelf in over 2 years.

A friend called this morning wanting me to load 1K of 9mm ammo for him, I agreed when he offered 8# of Unique and 1K of CCI LRP as payment. I've avoided high prices on reloading components by bartering for them, works out really well.

I'd say your winning here. A fun pastime,helping a friend, and coming by good quantities of tough-to-find items!

I got a decent deal on an 8 pounder of be86 and an 8 pounder of vvh110. I've never been big on unique or 2400 but I do have a bit.

I've used a lot of tightgroup, Longshot, power pistol and a few others over the last 25 years or so. Before that it was mostly hs6 and some others. I've always wished for a better metering 800x because it's s great speed for 10mm and moderately hot 44s.

I started using vv powders a few years ago as everything else started getting just as pricey. I really like vv and just leaned to love n105 and it was discontinued. I'll be staying some lighter loads of vvn110 as a substitute this spring.

Bb

Sad how prices have gone up.. It was only about 13yrs. ago I bought a a few lbs of Unique for $13.50 with tax. I thought to myself that is very reasonable. I shoudl have bought 5 lbs.. I dont shoot much anymore . I used to but am mostly a bow hunter and do more fishing than anything.. We can control the price. Just shoot a little less. I go and shoot 20 rounds, four five shot groups and I'm happy with that.

Yeah,

I've got a 4 or 5 pound container of Unique, that was marked $59 or something close to that in the 50 to 60 dollar range.
Wonder how old that is....

Last year I played with Unique in the 223 for like 5 months. Went thru 750 rounds of it.

With a charge of 8.5 to 9.5 grains, I use a hair over 1 pound of it.

Right scope and right settings, it was pretty consistent at ringing Steel at 300 and 400 yds.

I used it at times further out, but by that point, the bullet was so much out of gas, you couldn't hear the 'tink' when it hit..
BUT it still would make it out there...