Equivalent Powder to Unique

[whelenshooter]

All you guys who don't like Unique, or think you don't like Unique, DON'T BUY IT AND DON'T USE IT! Then maybe I can find some at the store when I'm looking for it. I don't mind making the sacrifice of using that nasty dirty smokey old stuff so others don't have to! When I was younger, I tried to drink up all the beer as a public service to others. People said beer made people do stupid things. I figured if I drank it all up, nobody else would do stupid things any more. I imagine my offer to use all the Unique will have similar success.

All I've ever used is the "old" Unique. I still have several pounds that I've bought, or have been given to me over the years. I've heard the "New" Unique isn't as dirty and smokey (the manufacturer claims it anyway). Has anyone used the "New" stuff to see if the claims are true?

 

[Amici]

Originally posted by whelenshooter:
All you guys who don't like Unique, or think you don't like Unique, DON'T BUY IT AND DON'T USE IT! Then maybe I can find some at the store when I'm looking for it. I don't mind making the sacrifice of using that nasty dirty smokey old stuff so others don't have to!

A noble gesture. I'll reciprocate the courtesy.

I promise to buy only those radical new powders like WST, TiteGroup and 3N38, so they won't be able to temp those Unique individuals over to The Dark Side.

Everybody happy now?

 

[bmcgilvray]

Hah, works for me! I'm just sittin' here dribbling the ol' nasty stuff into .45 ACP cases and listening to the Beatles "Abbey Road" as we speak. Guess I'm a "molded oldie".

 

[Skip Sackett]

Originally posted by Amici:

Originally posted by bmcgilvray:Your achievement is how you've managed to show us just how special you really are.

No brag; just fact.

- "Will Sonnett"

Something else I found that was special about our friend.

Scrivener
Banned

It seems that others have a tad of a problem with his postings!

 

[rundownfid]

Skip;
All that occulating smoke must have dampened out the sound of some of those poppers getting hit. You didn't actually miss that many did you?

Tongue firmly in cheek,
Steve

 

[Skip Sackett]

Originally posted by rundownfid:
Skip;
All that occulating smoke must have dampened out the sound of some of those poppers getting hit. You didn't actually miss that many did you?

Tongue firmly in cheek,
Steve

Some were bowling pins so there isn't the resounding TWANG every time.

Truth be told though, yes, I did miss a time or two!

 

[whelenshooter]

Originally posted by bmcgilvray:
Hah, works for me! I'm just sittin' here dribbling the ol' nasty stuff into .45 ACP cases and listening to the Beatles "Abbey Road" as we speak. Guess I'm a "molded oldie".

I always listen to the Beatles reloading song when I'm working at the reloading bench. I figure it is fitting... At least I think it is a reloading song... I have a hard time telling what the words are some times. I think it goes, "Eight grains Unique, I la ah ah ah ove you, Eight Grains Unique, are not enough to blow you up..."

Well, maybe those aren't the words. I was singing it while typing this, and my wife gave me a dirty look and said the words are, "Eight days a week."

Oh well, I'll shut up now.

 

[Skip Sackett]

I always listen to the Beatles reloading song when I'm working at the reloading bench. I figure it is fitting... At least I think it is a reloading song... I have a hard time telling what the words are some times. I think it goes, "Eight grains Unique, I la ah ah ah ove you, Eight Grains Unique, are not enough to blow you up..."

You are messed up DUDE!

 

[Mule88]

From my experience Ive found universal cleaner and usually more accurate than Unique, I dont use Unique anymore, its been replaced by Universal Clays

 

[bmcgilvray]

Hey whelenshooter, so you get the subliminal messages too!

Besides the overt "Happiness Is a Warm Gun," the gun play in "Rocky Raccoon," the hunting theme in "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill," and a whole album titled "Revolver," there's:

Blue Dot Way
Yer Blue Dot
Hey Bulls Eye
And I Love Herco
Across the Universal
Leverlution
Revolution No. 9
When I'm (Loading Forty)Sixty Four
Why Don't We Do It With "The Load"
The Long and Winding Load
Fixing a Hole (The Lock on My New S&W)
Lucy In the Sky With Diamond Grips

I think Hercules was paying Apple a retainer by the late '60s at the very least.

 

[whelenshooter]

Hey bmcgilvray, I like the way you think! Like I always say, a sick mind is a terrible thing to waste!

 

[336A]

Count me in as another Unique user. I have had great success with Unique in my .38 SPl loads and my .41 magnum too. As a matter of fact I just got back from shooting up some 4.6gr loads using the excellent 158gr SWC from TVB. As usual the loads burned clean and was punching out the center of the target @10yd

It took me all of about 15 minutes to clean up my M10 afterards. Once again I got to give thanks where thanks is due for turning me on to this powder for my .38 SPL loads. Thanks bmcgilvray.

 

[bmcgilvray]

A belated, you're welcome!

 

[44wheelman]

I still prefer 231 in my 38/9mm/45acp; but, I have not found its equal in 44spl & reduced .41 mag loads with cast bullets. 7grains in either makes it easy to remember too. May have to bump it up to 8 just so I can sing along too.