Jack Spade Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 With reloading supplies being kind of hard to come by my local shop has found a supplier that has Vectan powder. Have any of you ever used it? How do you like it? I looked up the load data for Ba9 and decided to try some in some 45 acp I was loading for wild bunch. Their starting load called for 5.1 grains with a 200 gr lead swc bullet and said it would shoot at 826 fps. I thought I would try some at 5.0 grains and see where they chronographed and go from there. The load data said they were shot from a standard 1911. Well I took my loads to the range yesterday and 5.0 grains wouldn't even cycle the gun. Averaged about 580 fps. I will say even at that low velocity the powder burned very clean. I am going to go to 5.5 grains and see what happens. The stated max load was 6.3 grains at 918 fps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickel City Dude Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 When powder was hard to find a couple of years ago I got some Vectan Prima V for my shotgun loads and it worked just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Rich Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Some powders do not work well below the minimum recommended charge. kR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack, SASS #20451 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Looking on QuickLOAD there are about 8 different Vectran powders. I can't help you without knowing which one you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Spade Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 I posted in the original post that I am using Ba9. Thanks for your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack, SASS #20451 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Jack, QuickLOAD shows 5.6gr of BA 9 in 45ACP with a 200grain bullet gives pressure of 11500 PSI MV of 805+- So that is where I would start. 800FPS gives a PF of 160 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Half-a-Hand Henri Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I have used Ba10 exclusively for about 10 years. It is an extremely consistent powder. I use it for .45ACP, .44-40, .38 spl, .32 H&R, 9mm, .45, and used to load 12 gauge shotshells with it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Spade Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 I didn't know about quickLOAD, I will look it up. I really like the way the Ba9 flows through the powder measure. My store has quite a bit in stock but no Ba10 yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack, SASS #20451 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Unless you are a serious reloading experimenter on many calibers QuickLOAD is a bit of overkill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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