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I load 380, 9mm, 38 spl, 357Mag, 40S&W, and 45ACP with Universal Clays from Hodgdon and it works fine in them all. It is widely available too.

It may sacrifice a few fps in some loads over other optimum powders, but it works good to excellent in them all.

Yeah, if I want max velocity out of magnum cartridges I have some AA#9 and H110 around, but ya know, it is just gathering dust for over 5 years now.

Bass Pro in Grapevine had some decent stock yesterday for powders.

I also found some primers and powder at Ray's Hardware over in Oak Cliff. They only had one box of small rifle primers and they wouldn't split it into 100 count boxes. They wanted $50 for the 1000, so I passed.

I did pick up some Hogden HP38 at Ray's and some IMR4350 at Bass Pro. Now if I could find some decent prices on .355 90 grain bullets, I could actually load some .380 rounds. I am still without a 9mm die set, and pretty much out of 9mm ammo.

Another pretty universal powder is IMR- PB.
To me, its kinda like Unique, has many uses.

Another powder is Trail Boss. I mainly use it for slow/medium lead loads.


Don2

I recommend calling Hodgdon to speak with one of their ballisticians. 913-362-9455 They can give you useful advice. There are a lot of choices these days, including a number which have lower flash which can help to approximate factory loads which are formulated to reduce muzzle flash which can impair night vision.

The one recommendation I will make is do not use Bullseye! The problem with it is that such small charges of it are used that it is frequently possible to get a double charge of powder in the case without it overflowing. The result can be catastrophic. When you read various reloading manuals, there are sometimes pictures of revolvers with the cylinder destroyed and the top strap blown back. A great many of those examples involve a double charge of Bullseye. Read the books or watch the videos and ask questions if something is unclear to you.

For those in the Austin area there is a class being offered by the Austin Rifle Club. http://austinrifleclub.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I do no know if other clubs are conducting such classes, but you might ask around.