I picked up some 165 grn HP Rainiers recently, and was wondering what powders you out there in reloading land like to use with this bullet/weight? I will be loading in a Glock 27.

I want to use the loads strictly for target (informal) and plinking, somewhere in the 900-1000 fps range. I have loaded Unique, Blue Dot, HS-6, and HS-7 in other cartridges in the past, but have only loaded Unique in the 40 S&W.

I am not looking so much for a specific load, just for a powder recomendation and why you like/use that powder.

I won't be shooting competitions, so don't need to "make" power factors. They are just for "fun" shooting, as my daughter says.

I won't be using them for ccw carry either; I'll leave that chore to the Golden Sabre's and the Win SXT's.

Thanks for the help in advance.

VihtaVouri VN340 is the go-to for my 40S&W in all bullet weights. It is a bit more expensive than some, but a friend who does VERY well in IPSC competition put me onto it. I have tried several others and keep going back.

It is reasonably clean, gets you very good velocities, and meters well...

I use Bullseye. For me it works great for informal target shooting and it works well not only for my 40, but my 45 and 9mm as well. I went with it because it worked well with all the pistol calibers I load for so I don't have to have several different powders around for pistol.

i was using imr "pb" in 9 mm, after seeing an article in an old issue of
'guns" magazine, tried it and stayed with it. i use remington's 155 gr. hp bought in bulk. gun is a star 31P.

I use a Lyman 175 gr. truncated bullet that I cast myself with an alloy of wheelweights with a little Ludlow metal to bring up the tin content. I use AA #7 with Rem. 5-1/2 primers. This is a nice all-around load in my Baby Eagle.

Unique should be pretty good. A bit dirty perhaps.... but accurate and the ideal speed powder for your purposes.

DaMan

Nothing wrong w/ Unique, HS6 is good also. Just about any of the fast to med. powders will get you safely to 1000fps w/ 165gr bullet. BlueDot & HS7 might be abit slow for 900-1000fps loads.