The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - Unique in the .44 Special and .45 Colt https://sixshootercommunity.com/forum/ The Frontier Sixshooter Community Private Message Board en Unique in the .44 Special and .45 Colt (reply) I used it for many years in my 44 special (and some 44 magnum)loads with no complaint. It left a few flakes of powder and a greasy soot behind on the 44 special loads, but was accurate and worked well. When Hodgdon came out with Universal Clays I tried it and got the same ballistic results, but without the powder flakes and greasy soot left behind. So, I switched. I still have some Unique, but as long as Universal Clays is around I will go with it. There are others in this burning rate that I will try when the chance comes. I have no bone to pick with Unique though, it's a great powder. Unique!

]]> https://sixshootercommunity.com/forum/index.php?id=66852 https://sixshootercommunity.com/forum/index.php?id=66852 Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:57:59 +0000 jgt Unique in the .44 Special and .45 Colt (reply) Unique was my go to powder for a long time. I never could figure out the dirty part, that people often talked about. Using cast bullets with a soft lube they all were a little messy but never required cleaning just an occasional wiping down.

]]> https://sixshootercommunity.com/forum/index.php?id=66850 https://sixshootercommunity.com/forum/index.php?id=66850 Fri, 12 Sep 2025 11:37:42 +0000 Jared Here's the barrel of my 1851 Navy after a Shooting Session (reply) [image]

]]> https://sixshootercommunity.com/forum/index.php?id=66845 https://sixshootercommunity.com/forum/index.php?id=66845 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:30:05 +0000 JimT I am in agreement with you Bob! (nm) (reply) ,

]]> https://sixshootercommunity.com/forum/index.php?id=66844 https://sixshootercommunity.com/forum/index.php?id=66844 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:26:15 +0000 JimT Unique in the .44 Special and .45 Colt (reply) I still use & enjoy the stuff.

]]> https://sixshootercommunity.com/forum/index.php?id=66843 https://sixshootercommunity.com/forum/index.php?id=66843 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:11:22 +0000 Creeker Unique in the .44 Special and .45 Colt (reply) All my years of shooting black powder in percussion revolvers and having to clean up that mess makes me see Unique in a modern revolver as super clean and not sooty at all with no worry about corrosion being another plus.

Bob

]]> https://sixshootercommunity.com/forum/index.php?id=66842 https://sixshootercommunity.com/forum/index.php?id=66842 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:11:02 +0000 Bob Hatfield Unique in the .44 Special and .45 Colt all the oldtimers used to say that with a 250 or 260 gr. bullet in the those calibers, when using Unique figure 100 fps per grain of powder. It usually worked out really close to that.

A lot of my friends that reload often talk about "dirty" powders .. Unique being one mentioned .. but I never noticed it. Others mentioned the smell of Unique or other powders, which is another thing I never noticed.

My only concerns and what I noticed when shooting ... Is it a safe load? Is it accurate? Will it do the job I need it to do?

]]> https://sixshootercommunity.com/forum/index.php?id=66836 https://sixshootercommunity.com/forum/index.php?id=66836 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 22:35:08 +0000 JimT