357 Mag Recipe?

[RLH70]

I have been thinking of changing from Blue Dot to Unique in order to get more rounds per pound, does anyone on here use Unique and if so how do you like it?

[wwillson]

Just remember that Unique is a medium burn-rate powder and Blue Dot is a slow burn-rate powder. You will get less velocity from Unique, but that's usually acceptable for range/plinking. I loaded Unique a long time ago, so I don't remember much about it, but don't remember anything negative.

What type of loads will these be?

Wayne

[RLH70]

These are just my general plinking loads using ZERO 158gr JHP, so the loss of 150fps or so is fine. I will still use 2400 for my hot loads.

[steves]

I quit using unique powder in the 80s because it was really dirty now I have 4 lbs of Win. 231 for the only reason it was cheap and I'll use it for plinking use ,,, who woulda thunk it. Will the loads be target type loads ? This is one of the things that makes reloading so much fun IMO. I am now just shooting the reloads I did in the late 80s. They are 296 and unique. These days I never do max loads . The 357 loads were max loads and the 296 seem way hotter than the unique. Even though I am on a sell the guns I am not using mode the 8 shot Smith 357 seems to interest me.

[Bill_in_Utah]

The newer Unique is much cleaner. For my plinking loads I use anything from Clays to W231 to Unique to Clays Universal.

Hotter loads in the .357 get 2400 or /W296/H110.

Unique is a great powder for the loads the OP is wanting. So is Clays Universal (close to the same burn rate BTW)

Take care, Bill