Alternative for Nitro-100 Old Formulation

d'Artagnan · Mar 15, 2017

I'm down to the end of my Nitro-100 (old formulation) powder. It was quite good with target loads of 45 Auto and 45 Colt, and 12 gauge trap loads. Quite economical too. Its only drawback was that I had to weigh each charge. What should I use now?

EKing · Mar 15, 2017

Try Unique. It works in handgun and shotgun rounds, only costs about $20/pound.

Seabee · Mar 16, 2017

Nitro 100 NF or Unique, or universal. All are great in the 45

Biggfoot44 · Mar 16, 2017

Are you looking for a good all around powder that also good with .45acp and .45Colt, or to be reasonably close to N100 ? Are 12ga target loads with same powder also a priority ?

d'Artagnan · Mar 16, 2017

I am looking for a single powder to replace Nitro-100 (OF). 12 gauge shotgun load data for new formulation N-100 only go up to 1oz of shot. I have for decades used 1 1/8oz of shot. Unique is useful for full bore loads of 45 Auto, 45 Colt and 12 gauge but wasn't in the target loads I use:
45 Auto/mv=about780fps - 4.0gr Nitro 100 (OF)/200gr lead SWC/50+ year old Remington LP primers (cause they're very fast)/recent R-P 45 AUTO cases;
45 Colt/mv=about 849fps - 6.0gr N-100 (OF)/218gr soft lead bullets (from a Lee 200gr RNFP mould)/Magtech LP primers/Magtech 45 Colt cases;
12ga target/mv about 1145fps - 15.6gr N-100 (OF)/1 1/8oz 7 1/2 shot/Claybuster CB8118 (figure 8) wad/Fiocchi 616 primers/Remington STS or Gun Club Hulls (actually the Gun Club is more accurate but doesn't last as long).

Biggfoot44 · Mar 16, 2017

Look at Clays and Red Dot .

Fast, easy to ignite in pistol context, popular for target type 12ga .

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