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Old 05-31-2016, 12:16 PM
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I've used:

Red Dot,
Unique,
Bullseye,
PB,
Titegroup,
Green Dot,
HS-5'
HP38/Win 231, and
700X

All of them work well in the .380 ACP with both 90 and 100 grain bullets.

The .380 ACP isn't any more challenging to reload for than the 9mm Para, but some hand loaders confuse the slightly greater difficulty in developing reliable loads for a blow back .380 ACP with the caliber, rather than with the operating system.

It is over all not a very particular cartridge in terms of powder preferences and assuming it's generating the recoil needed to operate well in the pistol, you won't see much difference between powders, and as noted the bullet weights are limited.

Just stay in the mid to middle upper range of the load data, and pay close attention to the OAL your pistol likes (rather than the published OAL), and you should be fine.
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