[mayor]

Currently using Powder Pistol, burns clean and consistent performance; Longshot powder is medium flake so how is its burn rate, complete burn rate @ 7 grains for 800 FPS in 230 grain bullet. I had used Longshot powder for Shotgun hunting loads and didn't always burn completely @ 1330 fps behind 1 1/4 oz of lead.

 

[Nitro.45]

You are going to have to experiment to figure it out. Placement on the burn rate chart means little when you consider the differences between barrel length, use of a different primer, chamber seal, type of projectile and a partridge in a pear tree. Worse case scenario is you don’t like it as much. It still won’t go to waste.

 

[yeti]

Longshot is much much slower than Power Pistol. Heck it is slower than Blue Dot even. Longshot needs pressure, you will get a mess and it will be pointless at modest PSI.
The recoil is also um.....more pronounced compared to other powders. IMHO, there are better choices.

What are you trying to accomplish with this potential new load?

 

[slayer61]

Longshot is one of my first choices for 10mm, but I wouldn't consider using it for 45 ACP. I want a faster powder for that. Something in the WST or #2 range.

 

[Kent Dorfman]

Really slow burning powder. You will get a lot of muzzle flash. And shotgunners dont call it Loud-Shot for nothing...

 

[RetiredRod]

Well, you might get acceptable results with it...but.......it's a longshot. :rofl:

(The devil made me do it)

 

[Snapping Twig]

Look at medium/fast powders like W231/HP38.

 

[oger]

Been using longshot in almost all of my 45acp since the last powder shortage. I guess I'm nuts or idiot. No flash problems or messes,7gr with a 68 H&G works perfectly.

 

[Kevin Rohrer]

I use Longshot in my .40, and it does a good job. Would not consider it in a .45ACP.

 

[Nitro.45]

Well, you might get acceptable results with it...but.......it's a longshot. :rofl:

(The devil made me do it)

:biglaugh: My friend, I think you have been quarantined a bit too long! :biglaugh:

 

[oger]

Actually I'm not quarantined. I use Longshot because it is the best powder for my Rowland and 10 mm so I tried it in the Acp with excellent results. I have used 231 and found it no better so I stayed with Longshot.

 

[Nitro.45]

Nope, not giving you the quarantine business.
That was directed at Rod.....thus the quote...

 

[larryf1952]

I use Longshot quite a bit in my 357, 44 Mag and 45 Colt Ruger loads. I specifically chose it to replace Blue Dot. It is a boomer, especially in the 45 Colt. Like these other guys have already said, though, it wouldn't be on my list of powders for the 45ACP. It's too slow for a low pressure cartridge like that.

If I'm wanting to get some velocity out of the 45ACP, I'll go to #5, WSF or Power Pistol and a 185 grain bullet. Most of the time, I stick with Bullseye or #2.

 

[flechero]

All of my colorful, little 100 count ammo boxes are filled up. I've always kept a good stock, but over the past few weeks I've accumulated enough powder and other components to last me for the rest of my life, and on into infinity and beyond!

My daughters are probably gonna hate me even more some day.

If they marry gun guys, you may make a resounding comeback and finish strong! ...lol

 

[johnnyreloader]

I load Longshot in 9mm, 45ACP, .357 magnum and 10mm. It's ine of my 'do all' powders for when times get tough. At 7.0grs with 230gr projectile, you are over Hodgdon's recommended max charge. I run 230gr coated cast and JHP at 6.4grs and use CCI magnum primers in both SP and LP brass. Pretty clean, very accurate.

 

[45acpskng]

Why do you guys use anything but Bullseye in 45acp? It's almost as if this powder was developed FOR 45acp! It meters great out of Dillon 550, accuracy is unrivaled, it's match history proves that, and at 4.0grs per charge with 200/230gr bullets, powder lasts twice as long!

 

[flechero]

No doubt Bullseye can do just about anything but it's not necessarily best at everything.

For my own answer, at least with target loads- Bullseye was more expensive, than other powders I could get locally, much dirtier and a little less consistent with the bullets I was using. That doesn't mean I don't have a couple lbs of it squirreled away, but it's not out on the bench.

There are a 1/2 dozen powders (at least!) that are as good as Bullseye... since we all rank a powder's attributes differently our preferences vary a slightly.

 

[oger]

I use 7gr of longshot with 200 gr bullets not 230s my normal max for 230s is 6.5.