I do agree with the lots of smoke comment, anything to lesson smoke cloud would be best, Unique also seems to dirty my gun much more than other powders but I was lead to believe that the culprit for the smoke was usually the bullet lube. I have a container of Unique,Bullseye and also 2400 but I picked the Unique because it seems to meter better for me than Bullseye wich is what I have been using in my 45 acp loads. Im thinking about (3) batches of loads varying the powder from 7 to 9 grains, I will see what benefits each end of the spectrum on this load gives me, thanks for all the replies