|
|
 |
|
07-28-2017, 04:21 PM
|
 |
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Eastern Kentucky
Posts: 353
Likes: 27
Liked 147 Times in 87 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by JBnTx
Bullseye was my first powder in 1976.
Today it's still one of my favorites.
I guess I haven't learned a thing?
|
I'm not far behind you, my first pistol powder 30+ yrs agon and still loading itt today, First rifle powder was IMR3031 still my favorite rifle powder. I'm 73 and loaded a few .38spc shot cartridges with #4 shot this morning...
|
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
07-28-2017, 04:30 PM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Eastern Kentucky
Posts: 353
Likes: 27
Liked 147 Times in 87 Posts
|
|
Bullseye got a little hard to get here in E.KY, but I did find some in pigeon Forge TN. I bought a can of REDDOT and it is very similar to Bullseye.
|
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
07-28-2017, 08:10 PM
|
 |
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: New Mexico & Arizona
Posts: 1,630
Likes: 735
Liked 1,460 Times in 644 Posts
|
|
Bulls eye and Unique are my favorite powders.
__________________
Support your Police, & NRA
|
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
08-06-2017, 02:57 AM
|
|
US Veteran
Absent Comrade
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: San Diego, PRK
Posts: 9,237
Likes: 11,531
Liked 11,249 Times in 3,916 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by sarg1c
Bullseye got a little hard to get here in E.KY, but I did find some in pigeon Forge TN. I bought a can of REDDOT and it is very similar to Bullseye.
|
Red Dot gained lots of fans during the Great Powder Drought. I went with Green Dot because it was what I could get. Data nearly identical to Bullseye.
Stocked up mass quantities of both BE & GD (and others) in anticipation of the next round of Kalfornistan gun & ammo laws. 
|
08-06-2017, 04:39 AM
|
 |
SWCA Member
Absent Comrade
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2006
Location: South Florida, USA
Posts: 3,577
Likes: 7,970
Liked 4,671 Times in 1,606 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by les.b
Well, I'm true blue. Bullseye for me is one of the most versatile powders for the calibers that I reload for, although I have about 8 or 10 others that I use on occasion, including Unique.
For revolver shooting of the .32 S&W Long and the .38 Special, Bullseye is still my favorite. I'm talking target loads, not barn burners here.
But I am a traditionalist, and I love loading rounds with a powder that has been around for over a hundred years in cartridges that were designed over a hundred years ago, to shoot in guns that are closing in on a hundred years old. Just sort of fulfilling.
Best Regards, Les
|
Les, I agree. I've been using Bullseye for so long and never a problem, it burns clean, so, if it "ain't" broke ... don't fix it.
I'm 63 and loyal to product brand that has been loyal to me. Beside that it was one of Phillip Sharpe's favorites.
__________________
ANTIQUESMITHS
LM1300 SWHF425
Last edited by model3sw; 08-07-2017 at 02:07 PM.
|
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
08-06-2017, 07:20 AM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Enola, Pennsylvania
Posts: 3,369
Likes: 592
Liked 2,596 Times in 1,132 Posts
|
|
I too started with Bullseye for .38 Special wadcutter loads but over the last 40 years, I've changed powder favorites many times. Bullseye worked well but is so dirty that I sought replacements and found several. TiteGroup, as others have mentioned, is good. I settled on IMR SR4756 for all my target revolver handloading. Of course, it is now discontinued but I've been able to lay in a supply large enough to do me AND our son for a long, long time - at age 70, well past my life expectancy.
Just as a clarification, when I refer to a powder as "dirty" I do not mean it leaves dirt in the bore - all powders do. But Bullseye leaves a sticky black coating on my guns and my hands, something other newer powders do not. If I can realize the same performance without the mess, it's a no-brainer for me.
Ed
|
08-07-2017, 12:41 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 1,545
Likes: 2,636
Liked 2,268 Times in 863 Posts
|
|
Intresting. I started reloading in 1966 and never have loaded a grain of bullseye. I mostly used unique and 2400 in my handgun loads.
|
09-02-2017, 07:19 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Indiana USA
Posts: 1,144
Likes: 3
Liked 200 Times in 106 Posts
|
|
Bullseye.............
When I started reloading in 1973 my first pistol powder was Bullseye, while I still shoot some Bullseye loads I have switched to Unique due to its versatility. I use Unique with cast bullets in my rifle loads, mainly .35 Whelen but some .30-06 too.
|
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
09-02-2017, 09:34 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,464
Likes: 3,979
Liked 2,918 Times in 803 Posts
|
|
I'm nearly 80 and I began with Bullseye and Unique many many years ago and I still use them today for .38 Special, 357 Magnum and .45 ACP.
|
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
09-03-2017, 12:01 PM
|
 |
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Northeast TX
Posts: 1,276
Likes: 622
Liked 993 Times in 412 Posts
|
|
A feature that Bullseye has over other fast powders is that it is not pressure spikey near the top end, it is very consistent and dependable. Back when I started reloading I used a lot of it in top end 357 and 44 Mag loads. I don't do that practice anymore but Bullseye was very consistent when I did.
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
|
|
|
|
