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If you plan on using your reloads in a carbine or rifle as well as a revolver it may be better to use the slighty slower burning powders like Herco, even Unique may be preferable to Bullseye, Red Dot or 700x in these dual purpose loads. I'm talking standard non magnum loads of course ,in mags even slower like 2400 or Blue Dot. No ,I'm not shilling for Alliant, it's just what I have experience with. The slowest burning with out excessive fouling in handgun length barrel will allow highest perf. in longer barrels.

Thanks for letting us know.

One of these days I'm gonna get into reloading.

lately for my dual use ammo Ive been using Hodedons Tight group. its much cleaner , and I use much less. its also not position sensitive, so those small charges in a large 45 case dont just fizzle from poor ignition. before I found this powder I used to pack wadding in the cases to keep the powder back near the primer. that alone has been a real time saver. DR.

Great info guys! It's good to have some reloading guru's around to help us soon to be reloaders out!

I couldnt shoot near as much without reloading. Ape, you need to get started. just the cost of 5 boxes of ammo will pay for a begining setup that will last a lifetime. Lees aniversery kit has everything to get you started for around $125. I still do all my loading on a single stage press. DR.

That's actually the set up I plan on getting DR. And for as much as my family and I like to shoot it'll easily pay for itself. I just need to get going and make it happen.
I already have MANY pounds of once fired brass waiting for me too.

Ditto, the top dollar stuff is not needed, I've been using a Lee Challenger for years, thousands of rounds.

I use 45 Schofield cases alot, so as not to have the space problem and because the loaded ammo was so much cheaper, when I bought it. Have never really experienced fizzle in 45C cases though. I'm not talking SASS type loads here but not magnum either. However not all 45 rifles will handle Schofield ammo reliably, so always test before buying much .

the time it happened to me I was shooting Unique under 250 gr bullits. I was shooting down into a wash. the first one fizzled and hit the ground about 10 ft from me. the second one [ about an hour later ] made it 20ft. I dissasembled the rest of the ammo to see if Id made a mistake somewhere. then I read about position problems. so little powder in a large case can spread out and not ignight all at once. to cure this I packed wadding into each case to hold the powder at the back of the case. it works but is time consuming. when hodgedon came out with tight group Ive been using it ever since. I dont know why it works but it does. DR.

I'd heard of this but thought it was usually in case of super light loads. Using slower burning powders means more grains and better performance in longer barrels but can get dirty in handguns.