ACC #7 or Unique for 357 mag 158 grain lead SWC?

[oldcrab]

I'm running low on Accurate #5 for the above load in my GP100.

I can get Accurate #7 or Unique to get me bye until Acc#5 is back on the shelves.

Velocity will be between 1,000 and 1,100 fps.

Which do you recommend I pick up, and why?

Thanks for your feedback.

 

[dannyd]

if you look at the specs Unique is closer to #5. I switched from Unique in the 1980's when #5 came out. Mainly because it was more uniform in a Dillion powder measure.

loaded over 20,000 30/20 rounds for pistol silhouette with number #5 good powder, but for these days can't go wrong with Unique ether.

I mostly use Unique with cast bullets in my 308 Winchester rifle.

 

[oldcrab]

Thanks Danny.

 

[seasterl]

I love No.5 and No.7. They meter consistently well and shoot clean, so I stopped there. I've never tried Unique but a lot of folks like it. Probably can't go wrong with either.

 

[contender]

I use a lot of Unique,, and it's one of my "go to" powders. I'd try that one first.

 

[Johnnu2]

I've been using Unique for a bazzillion years with no problem; AND, it's a go to powder for a LARGE number of calibers. It's always my choice !!!

IMHO

J.

 

[peachhead]

Unique all day long

 

[Sam Summey]

Skeeter used 7.5gr Unique and 158gr LSWC and swore by it. I use Skeeter's load with Unique. I like the 7.5 gr with Universal Clays too. I have used AA #7 too. I've only been in the reloading game for about 60 years. It is always best to consult reloading manuals or manufacturers website before using someone's suggested loads from the internet. Best to be safe and not sorry. (my disclaimer)

 

[dannyd]

I don't give out load data because it's to easy to look up, but I just loaded my 204,504 round, so I am starting to get the hang of reloading.

 

[Paul B]

I've never used Accurate 7 but have used Unique just about since I started reloading my ammo back in 1954. Unique may not be the "perfect" powder but it darn well work in just about everything I've tried it in. Not bad for a powder that came out in 1890 something.
Paul B.

 

[Bigbore5]

If you can get it, Universal Clays seems to burn cleaner and gives lower spreads in my 357's and 38's.

 

[GasGuzzler]

When I load .357, I load it as a magnum. No Unique for me. Save the Unique for .38 Special. It's works decent in a lot of things but does nothing spectacular in anything. At your lower speeds, it will do fine. I don't load Accurate powders so no advice there.

 

[oldcrab]

If you can get it, Universal Clays seems to burn cleaner and gives lower spreads in my 357's and 38's.

Bigbore5,
Right now, only Unique and ACC#7 are available close to me.

But, thanks for the "nod" to Universal Clays... I will buy a pound the next time I see it, and give it a try. (always good to have some alternatives)

Crab

 

[dannyd]

Because all I shoot is paper, so I use the 38 special load data in 357 magnum cases; the chronograph doesn't notice the difference. Just easier on me I have two 5 gallon bucket's of 357 brass.

 

[3manfan]

I'm running low on Accurate #5 for the above load in my GP100.

I can get Accurate #7 or Unique to get me bye until Acc#5 is back on the shelves.

Velocity will be between 1,000 and 1,100 fps.

Which do you recommend I pick up, and why?

Thanks for your feedback.

I've been hand loading for over 40 years & of course have used all the common brands of powder. About 10 years ago I gave AA#2 a try & fell in love with it. I then tried the others in the line, #5, #7 & #9. They've all replaced all of the other brands, except H110 which I use for heavy straight walled handgun cartridges like .41, .45 Colt & .44. The AA#'s 2 - 9 burn cleaner. meter better & don't stink, more so than any other brand of powder I've ever used & they're all I buy now.

 

[buckeyeshooter]

I have been shooting 7 grains of unique for 46 years. It is my first choice.

 

[Mobuck]

AA#7 is my 'go to' powder for 9x19. It's designed to give a powder volume suitable to fill the available space in 9mm cases with 115/124 grain bullets. I've never even tried it with other cartridges.

 

[dannyd]

I am into the "What Phase" of reloading. I use Whatever Powder I can find now at a somewhat good price.

But in the passed have used many different powders.

 

[Mobuck]

That's quite a list. How do those numbers relate to 5 gallon buckets of brass?

 

[dannyd]

That's quite a list. How do those numbers relate to 5 gallon buckets of brass?

Back in 1980's when everyone was going to semiautomatic pistols as they would sell their revolvers they would give me their revolver brass.