im looking for a replacement for 800-x (now discontinued) powder since this worked the best and got 1500fps out of a G29. Ive seen test with longshot and they are underwhelming and Power pistol also. Liking at hodgdon reloading center they have data for a 120gr schp that is even longer than the barnes 125gr. The best powdered that performed there was cfe pistol. Additionally the 140gr barnes did best with CFE. Any suggestions? im using a g29
Power Pistol or BE-86 might be a choice to consider...
You might also give Silhouette a try. Barnes lists 8.2 - 9.2 gr with a max velocity of 1442 fps. I have not tested this load myself as I am concentrating on the 115 Lehigh XD bullets. So far it looks like CFE-P is going to be the velocity winner with Power Pistol 2nd and BE-86 3rd for the 115 bullet. None of these are as close to Underwood's 1700 as I would like but there are limits with what we have to work with! At least, not without exceeding common sense pressures! I sure would like to get my hands on a few pounds of whatever it is Underwood (and Lehigh) is using but after pulling a facory bullet, I have nothing that matches even close to theirs... and other than the VV powders, I think I have most of them! Plus UW says they're using flash suppressed powder and the only thing we reloaders can get is the "reduced flash" of the Accurate powders. Weeell, sometimes that's true and sometimes not!
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