Favorite powders for .40 S&W

[boogalou]

I've only used Titegroup and Unique so far in my CZ40 with 165 grain plated Raniers. Any other powders out there that work well with this cartridge?

 

[HSMITH]

Power Pistol is the best 40 powder going. Clean, meters well in anything that works properly, and offers performance from mild to wild. One drawback is flash, it has a bright white flash. Universal is good with jacketed bullets but it is a little sensitive on OAL and pressures, small changes in load can make big pressure differences. Blue Dot works OK. IMR SR4756 works well. Winchester Super Field is a VERY good 40 powder, good performance and low flash and offers very good accuracy for me and everyone that I know that has tried it. I have tried a lot more powders than above but the ones listed are the ones I have found work well.

 

[Jeeper]

Titegroup and VV N320 are the most common in IPSC. Some also use 231. I use N320

 

[MoNsTeR]

I also use N320, but I load to 1.200"

 

[lycanthrope]

Titegroup. Meters like a dream and cheaper than VV. The only downside is that is hard to see in the case.

 

[Grump]

My favorite was WW-WAP, but that's discontinued. I *hear* that Ramshot Silhouette is the same, and plan to try it out. Pressures appeared reasonable, speeds almost as good as Power Pistol (boy, I LIKED that one except for the flash!), and WAP was very low-flash.