New Unique formulation?

[LaOtto222]

Unique is dirty, it has been commented on many times and has been my experience. I have been shooting it for years for just about all my cast bullet loads in 357 and 44 mag and had a stash that I am still not out of yet. My understanding was that Unique has a new formulation that is not as dirty. I just can not bring myself to throw away perfectly good powder, just to try the new formula. Any comments on the new formula?

[MZ5]

My only real comment is that "new" is a relative term. 

Unique has advertised its 'new' 'improved' 'cleaner-burning' nature for several years now.  I had a bit of the old and have a pound of the new.  I suppose it's a bit cleaner, but if clean is what you want, a different powder is the way to get there.

[LaOtto222]

While Unique is dirty, I shoot it in revolvers and single shot guns, so being relatively dirty, is not a big deal to me. If I was shooting a semi-auto, it might give me pause. One pass of some solvent down the bore will take most of it out; at least it does not look as dirty as an untouched barrel of "clean" burning powder. I have found that W748 is kind of dirty too, but that does not stop a plethora of folks from using it. I was just curious if the "new" Unique was that much different than the old or they just made it up to get some folks to try it out.

[stimpylu32]

My newest bottle is about a year old and I don't see much diffrence between it and the stuff I shot 20 years ago , I like to shoot Unique and don't mind cleaning up afterwards so its a non-issue for me . 

stimpy

[JustaShooter]

LaOtto222, I'm in the same boat - I've still got better than a pound of the old stuff to work through before I get to see what the new stuff is like.  Sounds like it isn't much different, but we'll see.

Just a Shooter

[victorcharlie]

Unique is still my powder of choice for .45acp.  I do think it's cleaner burning than the old stuff.

[Redcap]

LaOtto,
   I have read that universal is a direct replacement for unique and it burns much cleaner.  I have been using unique for many years and am happy with the results so I never looked into this.  Check it out if you want.