Vista Outdoor · Flake
Alliant Unique
In continuous production since 1898, spanning pistol, shotgun, and light rifle in a single powder.
- Manufacturer
- Alliant
- Grain shape
- Flake
- Burn rank
- #20
- Category
- Pistol Medium
- Temp sensitivity
- Moderate
- Application
- Pistol
- Origin
- USA
- Status
- Active
Burn-rate position
FastestSlowest
Typical cartridges
.223 Remington, 12 Gauge, .38 Special, .45 ACP, 9mm Luger, .357 Magnum
By cartridge
.223 Remington also used: AR 2205, A0, Vectan A0
.38 Special also used: No. 1, CSB1, BA10
9mm Luger also used: No. 2, N310, Bull's-Eye
.357 Magnum also used: N310, Vihtavuori N320, Titegroup
Similar burn rate
Supply & handling
- Availability (US)
- Common
- Shortage-prone
- No
- Suppressor-friendly
- Yes
- Flash-suppressed
- No
About this powder
Unique has been loaded in virtually every pistol and shotgun cartridge imaginable since 1912. Its wide application range — 9mm through .45 Colt, .38 Spl, .357 Mag, 10mm, shotgun loads — makes it the most flexible flake powder available. Slightly dirty-burning compared to modern options but the consistency is hard to argue with after 125 years of production. The benchmark multi-purpose powder that all others are measured against.