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Hi Guys
I've been loading 38 special with Bullseye and 45 ACP with Unique for 50 years and been happy with that. But for the last few years I have been shooting at an indoor range with marginal air flow, and rapid fire with those powders has me shooting thru a smoke cloud. A friend suggested Winchester 231 as being much less smoky and I have been trying that; not much better :(
Can anyone suggest a powder for these cartridges that will help me with this problem?
Are you using cast bullets? If you are, a great deal of the smoke will be coming from the lubricant on the bullets. I shoot cast bullets and I get smoke no matter what powder I use.
You suggested that the cast bullet lube was making all that smoke and not the powder. today I loaded up a bunch of 45 acp jacketed bullets with 231 and shot up a storm at my local range. No smoke cloud!! Thanks for the tip, appreciate it! It has been years since I shot jackets in a pistol I was blind to the effect.
I like my cast bullets, I seldom shoot jacketed. For me, smoke is part of getting a good bullet at a good price and good performance. Glad you have pin pointed the source.