GasGuzzler wrote:Nope. Opposite a couple times though. Squibs because it won't meter in an Auto Disk Pro, won't meter in a Uniflow, dirty, inaccurate.
Won't meter??? I have been using a Uniflo and Unique since 1975. Always metered ok for me. I never go below 5.0 grains of unique though as with it being bigger flakes, it does not do well metering such a small amount. Power pistol, bullseye,HP38, or ball powders get the nod for low charge weights.
Dirty? well yes, I cannot deny that. BUT there are a few reasons for that besides the makeup of the powder, that tends to make it a lot worse.
Most of the time Unique is loaded in a round at less than max pressures. Because it is a "mid range powder" we tend to load it down more, I know that I do. So at this reduced pressure level it will definitely make more soot. Like almost every other powder out there.
ALSO, the sooting problem is compounded because of the lube on the bullets. The grease makes the soot stick to everything it touches.This was brought back to me over the holidays cause one of my grandsons was in town and his dad and I wanted to take him shooting. I had a box full of 38 specials that I had loaded years ago before I started powder coating my bullets. 3.5 gr of bullseye and a 160 round nose so they were nice mild loads for someone that had never shot a rifle before. Of course, we were shooting the R92, along with a blackhawk. After we all had shot a few cylinders full through the ruger, the gun and our hands were covered in sticky soot. With the powder coated slugs, you still get the same amount of soot, but it doesn't stick to you or the gun, and will blow or wipe right off. And all that SMOKE OMG i had forgotten about the smoke. It was like shooting a black powder gun "almost".
BTW the kid loved the 92 better than the other guns we shot. We were shooting a remington model 12 22 rem special, r92 357, 357 blackhawk, 22 blackhawk, and RioGrande 45-70. My son really liked the 45-70 and was amazed at how easy it was to hit rocks at the 100 yard mark. Grandson liked the 92 and light load but soon wanted to try some of "those loud ones" like we were shooting. 13.5 grs 2400 and a 173 grain 358429 bullet. He shot several through the 92 then wanted to try one in the ruger, he ended up emptying the whole cylinder.
INACCURATE ???..........no comment