Accurate No 7 - Propellant Profiles 

Glad to see my favorite gun magazine on youtube. Powder profiles will be an excellent series i am sure. Thanks for all the great work you guys do!

My first job offer I received after Army service was from Accurate Arms back in 1992 to work sales and help develop data. They flew my then wife and myself to Nashville where they reserved a rental car and a hotel for us. The operations address said McEwen, but the actual area is called Bucksnort. My contact Harold received us so well, and made us feel at home the whole three days we were there. The interviews went well, was shown around the area and met everyone from the President to the folks in packaging. I was a kid in candy shop on Christmas morning... At lunch one of the white collar folks was shooting a .350 Rem Mag on the properties outdoor range, Marty the chief ballistician and I had some nice conversations while looking over the test equipment. If I recall correctly the only mishap they ever had was something dealing with a .270 Weatherby mag, and I can't remember exactly what happened. Also at the time (and still) high explosives were stored in bunkers on the property, which was a familiar sight to me from the Army. Today since there are only explosives on this property, the new company is named: Accurate Energetic Systems LLC. I also have to say It was refreshing to see just how down to earth everything was: The "reloading lab" was a single wide trailer with multiple single stage Lee presses and some scales. Packaging was several nice ladies scooping propellant (some from China) from 55 gal paper drums onto scales for further packaging. The whole place had a nice laid back vibe and I really enjoyed all of it. Soon after I received a call and was asked to join them... I was so, so happy. We started getting ideas of where to live, getting a U-Haul, etc... Then about a week later Harold called me and said the position was dropped, and another made up (HR) for the president's college friend. I was devastated to say the least, but at least I had the opportunity to see the nuts and bolts and make a new friend. Didn't mean to go on so long, but though some of you might have found it interesting. Also, nice work Jeremiah. I taught myself to reload in 1981 at 15; got my first copy of HANDLOADER MAGAZINE in 1986 while in college and always found it interesting and informative. Thank you.

One of my favorite powders, mostly for 10 mm. I was in Billings six years ago for a wedding. With a day off and an unlimited mileage rental car, I drove out to Miles City to find Accurate and acutally got a tour of their place. Nice folks.

Very good video! I myself am fan of Accurate powder and use the Mag-Pro when loading .300 Wby & .300 RUM. Good shooting and nice guns you have there. Thank you for sharing.

I appreciate you loading the 10mm to full power for the powder. Keep up the good work.

Love these videos!

Huge help to a new reloader. Hope more powders are in the works. Thanks.

One of my favorite columns. Great job!

One of my ol favorites for 10mm!

Just another great video and some awesome shooting .Thanks for the video to, Slim.

Thanks. Excellent presentation. Was unsure if I’d be reloading my 454 brass but you just sealed the deal. Sub’d.

Looking very forward to these upcoming series of videos.

Originally AA7 was developed for 9mm NATO carbine applications, where AA5 was developed for use in .45 ACP.

Very nice video for Accurate #7 powder. I have been using this powder for my 9mm for decades and have had very good results using 7.2 grains for 115 gr RN bullets. I recently purchase a S&W 2.0 M&P 4.6 inch in 10mm and checking what others are loading for this caliber to get some feedback. So many powders to chose from but I like Accurate #7 for my 9mm and Winchester Super Target for my 45 ACP and 40 S&W. I have been sold on the more spherical powders to get great flow through the powder measure on my Dillon 550B. Thanks again for the video and now to look for the 10mm video for your featured Sig 10mm pistol and load work up.😂

Thanks for the great video’s!

Great video - That Glock is a shooter!!!!!!

Thanks for the history lesson on Accurate powders, back in the day Accurate powders mainly 1680 was a powder I used in 7.62 x 39, and it produced some of my most accurate loads in my SKS rifles. For some reason, it disappeared off the shelves locally for a number of years but finally showed up again about a month ago in many varieties, so I picked up a couple of lbs. of my favorite 1680. Of all the powders in the store, it was the cheapest as well at $33 a lb.

Great content!

I just started using Accurate powders this year. I've only using rifle powders like 2015 & 2200 but I'll have to give pistol powders a try! Great video!!!

Thank you for the informative video

Great job, I’ve always loved the column, and this is a nice addition. A-7 is my favorite powder in.38 Super, especially with 147/148 grain jacketed and cast bullets. It also works really well at 1150-1200 fps with 290 grain LBT WFN’s (my mould throws heavy) out of my 7.5” SBH.

Great magazine, great channel. I use Accurate #7 in my .357 loads topped off with Missouri Bullet 158 grain Lead RNFP bullets. Nice loads for ringing steel.

Good info

Excellent results with .45 auto +p 230 with Accurate 7

I use AA # 7&9 for my .357 Sig. Both are great pistol powders. I also like Power Pistol in my 9mm, and an oddball I bought a conversion barrel for one of my 1911s; .400 Corbon. So many great powders available for the handloader these days.

Awesome video explaining the powder! Hey let me ask you, what’s the brand on that nice portable bench you have. Assume it’s fairly easy to pack up and unpack and setup eh? Thanks a lot!

Dang an 8.2 grain charge in 9mm sounds really stout! Are you getting into compressed load territory with that load? I don't have much experience with No. 7 so I don't know the case fill it has but it doesn't look like an overly fluffy powder. Awesome video!

I started using AA#7 over 20 years ago when I shot IPSC. Was and still is my go-to powder for 9mm and 10mm, the thing I love about it the most was that it flowed like water through the Dillon powder measures. I guess I haven't bought any lately, when did the canister label go from purple to red?

You're right about +P loads in the 9mm, very good velocity and accuracy in my 5906. I also prefer A-7 in my 357 SIG with 147 GDHPs.

This Great..WELL DONE . Now If Ya Want Fun.. 3006 n Subsonic loads with Trailboss... which would be good for one of these..As Its One Interesting Powders..

I had intended to purchase a pound of this for my .40 and 10mm, the last time I saw it on the store shelf was pre pandemic. I wanted a pound of AA9 to go with it. It wills show up soon I'm certain.

If I may , can I ask a question on a different subject? Are Tumble lubed bullets going to cause lead fouling of the barrel? I am trying powder coating, but results are not good . Will lead hardness be a factor? Thanks.

Is No. 7 good for the 45 ACP?

Haven't used a lot of accurate powders ...where is the best source to give a good line of use description and comparisons to IMR and Hodgdon ? Let me know!

what pistol rest is that?

Only thing i don’t like about Accurate 7 is that it’s dirty.

I’ve used it for years, it’s good stuff