loaded up some 380 this afternoon. Been a while since i reloaded any, i forgot how little powder it takes(2.8 gn was my load for today with TG). I've used w231 and titegroup. It doesn't take much and the range from starting load to max is pretty close. I had issue getting my powder drop to meter that little amount. I broke out y old cheap lee plastic drop and got pretty consistent measures. Any suggestions for a powered that will fill up the case a bit more, and offer a wider range before max? I noticed X800 was 3.5 gn to 5 gn in my loading manual. I've never used any.
380 powder suggestions
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I like Power Pistol and BE86 in 380.
800X has more bulk, but it is like corn flakes, hard for some volumetric powder drops to measure. I would think it would be especially so with small charges.
I just use a cup and dip 3.8-4gr titegroup or cfe pistol I forget, for a 90gr HP. I can do 100 in 30 minutes.
CFE might be the ticket, Hodgen shows titegroup 2.6 to 3.0 grains with a 100p grain bullet, pretty narrow window. With CFE, its 3.3 to 4.0. Goofyfoot, I hope you are using CFE on that load, that's way over max for titegroup
It would have been CFE then. I always pick the powder that fits the cup on small rounds. The only time I use a scale is on rounds with a narrow window and large rifle rounds. On pistol and 300blk I haven't seen any accuracy issues by having loads off by a few tenths of a grain. I'm just not that good a shot to begin with. I am excellent at estimating powder in a cup and usually I'm spot on. Point being that if you measure every pour on a 380 round you're gunna be there all day.