Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
CFE pistol powder?
abbafandr:
Wondering if any of my fellow reloaders have tried this? Opinions?
SemperFiGuy:
In-depth Evaluation Here:
http://www.shootingtimes.com/ballistics/fast-look-hodgdon-cfe-pistol-powder/
sfg
SS_N_NE:
My experience:
A co-worker had picked up some CFE and wanted me to try it out. I loaded 50 rounds of 230 grain FMJ .45 ACP with a light load (don't remember the grains at this time...seems 780-800fps with crony). Usually use W231 and some Power Pistol (makes a neat flame outta a .45 ;D ) the PP is mostly a 9mm powder I was playing with and available against shortage at the time.
The 50 rounds with CFE were very accurate...enough that I would like to load more. Haven't seen any around. Co-worker had the powder tip over in car going home and he tossed out the remains.
The powder metered consistently. As to the "CFE" part, was not able to tell any difference in cleaning the gun (Springfield RO with stainless barrel).
OnTheFly:
I started loading 9mm with 4.8gr of WSF under a 124gr bullet. During the great shortage of 2014, I was desperately searching for a replacement powder since my supply of WSF was dwindling and there was none in the stores. Found 12# of CFE Pistol at DE Guns in Lincoln, read some positive reviews about it, and snatched it up. I would say the pistol powder is VERY similar to WSF as I worked up some test loads in 0.2gr increments. Ended up settling on exactly the same load as I had been loading with the WSF.
No more, or less, dirty than WSF. Accuracy seems to be good for a hack like myself.
Fly
tstuart34:
--- Quote from: SS_N_NE on February 11, 2016, 08:09:27 PM ---My experience:
A co-worker had picked up some CFE and wanted me to try it out. I loaded 50 rounds of 230 grain FMJ .45 ACP with a light load (don't remember the grains at this time...seems 780-800fps with crony). Usually use W231 and some Power Pistol (makes a neat flame outta a .45 ;D ) the PP is mostly a 9mm powder I was playing with and available against shortage at the time.
The 50 rounds with CFE were very accurate...enough that I would like to load more. Haven't seen any around. Co-worker had the powder tip over in car going home and he tossed out the remains.
The powder metered consistently. As to the "CFE" part, was not able to tell any difference in cleaning the gun (Springfield RO with stainless barrel).
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I'm pretty sure deguns in Lincoln has some right now... Check out deguns.net
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