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Old 03-28-2006, 08:33 PM   #1
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Default Did you ever wonder which powder is the hottest?

This should help you out.

Burn Rate Chart

Disclaimer;

Parts of this list could be out of date.
Manufacturers reformulate powders all the time.
Never start out with maximum loads with any powder.



1. NORMA R1
2. Vihtavuori N310
3. Hodgdon TITEWAD
4. Alliant Red Dot
5. Hodgdon Clays
6. IMR, Co "HI-Skor" 700-X
7. Alliant Bullseye
8. Hodgdon TITEGROUP
9. Alliant American Select
10. Accurate Arms Solo 1000
11. Alliant Green Dot
12. Hodgdon International
13. IMR, Co PB
14. Vihtavuori N320
15. Winchester WST
16. Accurate Arms No. 2
17. IMR, Co SR 7625
18. Hodgdon HP-38
19. Winchester 231
20. Alliant Unique
21. Hodgdon Universal
22. Alliant Power Pistol
23. Vihtavuori N330
24. Alliant Herco
25. Winchester WSF
26. Vihtavuori N340
27. IMR, Co "HI-Skor" 800-X
28. IMR, Co SR4756
29. Accurate Arms No. 5
30. Hodgdon HS-6
31. Vihtavuori 3N37
32. Vihtavuori N350
33. Hodgdon HS-7
34. Alliant Blue Dot
35. Accurate Arms No. 7
36. Hodgdon LONGSHOT
37. Alliant 2400
38. Accurate Arms No. 9
39. NORMA R123
40. Vihtavuori N110
41. Hodgdon LIL'GUN
42. Hodgdon H110
43. Winchester 296
44. IMR, Co. IMR4227
45. Hodgdon H4227
46. IMR, Co SR4759
47. Accurate Arms 1680
48. NORMA 200
49. Alliant Reloder 7
50. IMR, Co IMR4198
51. Hodgdon H4198
52. Vihtavuori N120
53. Hodgdon H322
54. Accurate Arms 2015 BR
55. Vihtavuori N130
56. IMR, Co IMR3031
57. Vihtavuori N133
58. Hodgdon BENCHMARK
59. Hodgdon H335
60. Vihtavuori N135
61. Accurate Arms 2230
62. Accurate Arms 2460
63. Hodgdon H4895
64. IMR, Co IMR4895
65. Alliant Reloder 12
66. IMR, Co IMR4320
67. Accurate Arms 2495BR
68. IMR, Co IMR4064
69. NORMA 202
70. Accurate Arms 2520
71. Alliant Reloder 15
72. Vihtavuori N140
73. Hodgdon VARGET
74. Winchester 748
75. Hodgdon BL-C(2)
76. Hodgdon H380
77. Winchester 760
78. Hodgdon H414
79. Vihtavuori N150
80. Accurate Arms 2700
81. IMR, Co IMR4350
82. Hodgdon H4350
83. Accurate Arms 4350
84. NORMA 204
85. Vihtavuori N550
86. Alliant Reloder 19
87. IMR, Co IMR4831
88. Accurate Arms 3100
89. Vihtavuori N160
90. Hodgdon H4831 & H4831 SC
91. NORMA MRP
92. Alliant Reloder 22
93. Vihtavuori N165
94. IMR, Co IMR7828
95. Vihtavuori N170
96. Hodgdon H1000
97. Alliant Reloder 25
98. Hodgdon Retumbo
99. Accurate Arms 8700
100. Hodgdon H870
101. Vihtavuori 24N41
102. Hodgdon H50BMG
103. Vihtavuori 20N29

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Old 03-28-2006, 11:46 PM   #2
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Thank you Mr. wc846,

a valuable resource, and I make so many typos , I wouldn't trust myself to type it up!

Instant Stickey!

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I'm not so sure about that list. Red dot is slower than both Bullseye and 700x, at least in my manuals.
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Hmm, curiouser and curiouser!

I thought so too ......... but .....
Now I've good sources showing it both ways!

HOGDON site shows it this way;

1. NORMA R1
2. Vihtavuori N310
3. Hodgdon TITEWAD
4. Alliant Red Dot
5. Hodgdon Clays
6. IMR, Co "HI-Skor" 700-X
7. Alliant Bullseye
8. Hodgdon TITEGROUP
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While Alliant says Red Dot burns 5.9% slower than Bullseye!
but they also state their figures don't mean anything and their comparative listing page is defunct!

Another good Argument for only using the latest manual and always checking and double checking.

For anyone who doesn't know why we're concerned about this, these are extremely fast burning powders, which means they're closer to exploding than burning, and load changes of even 1 or 2 TENTHS of a grain of powder could be very bad news indeed.

I'll keep checking, anyone who has any information, please join in.
I do know that Alliant has been reformulating powders to make them burn "Cleaner", whatever the answer is, thats probably at the bottom of it!
It wasn't broke, so some idiot couldn't pass up the chance to "fix" it!



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Agreed, I've seen it listed both ways along with a few others on the list. And of course it is always smart to stay with published load data in a manual. For everybody else, don't ever try to substitute one powder for another because of any burning rate list.
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Agreed, I've seen it listed both ways along with a few others on the list. And of course it is always smart to stay with published load data in a manual. For everybody else, don't ever try to substitute one powder for another because of any burning rate list.
Agreed!

By way of further explanation, the ONLY valid use of a burning rate list is this:

You've worked up loads and had good luck with "XYZ" powder.

You got a bunch of empties to reload, you're out of powder, and no one in town has any.

You could check and see that "ABC" and "KLM" are on either side of "XYZ"!

You would NOT substitute either of those powders!

You MIGHT look for a load in a loading manual using the same bullet and using either "ABC" or "KLM" powder. and work up a load using that, with some expectation of similar performance to your old "XYZ" load.

The Steps between powders on these lists are NOT even, sometimes they're baby steps and sometimes they're giant steps.

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