there are many that will meet your needs. if you asking for just one and only one - Id say Unique.
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if you are just plinking and target shooting: Clays Universal is about as clean as it gets, while maintaining accuracy in all pistol calibers.
I use Red Dot because it is cheap and accurate, but it is DIRTY.
Clean Powders that I really like: I have also used AA#5, Universal Clays, and regular Clays - only good for light loads.
So dirty that a tight 1911 will jam if not cleaned every few hundred rounds: I have found all Alliante "Dot" powders that I have used to be very dirty-BlueDot, Red Dot, Unique, and BullysEye.
I use Red Dot because it is cheap and accurate, but it is DIRTY.
Clean Powders that I really like: I have also used AA#5, Universal Clays, and regular Clays - only good for light loads.
So dirty that a tight 1911 will jam if not cleaned every few hundred rounds: I have found all Alliante "Dot" powders that I have used to be very dirty-BlueDot, Red Dot, Unique, and BullysEye.
If I had to pick one powder to load 9mm and .45acp it would be HP38 / WIN231
I like Titegroup for 147 gr projectiles (mostly shot suppressed), meters well. Also have good luck with bullseye and HS6 for 115 and 124 gr. Also keep unique on hand for its versatility, but it meters terribly for me. Had decent results with Accurate No 7 with 124 gr but would leak from my check lee powder measure. Win231/HP-38 is on my list to try as well as BE-86.
Looks like everybody uses a different powder!
We have learned to use what we can find. Luckily 9 and 45 are the most popular and there are many powders which work well in both. I used to use Unique for both .45 and 9mm and due to the shortage I decided to limit my use of Unique to 9mm and started using TiteWAD for .45. I've also bought a lot of 700X which is also useful for both and some say it is quite a bit like BullsEye. Buy a lot! there may be another run on powder!
Which powder?
