Accurate
Accurate 2200
A small-bore varmint powder covering the 223-class cartridges and the AR-platform intermediate rounds.
A small-grain rifle ball aimed at the .223 class and the AR intermediates, 6.5 Grendel and 6.8 SPC. Accurate's own pitch is that the granules pour through small case necks without hanging up, and that is the practical reason to pick it over a stick powder of similar speed. It is one of the quieter powders in the line with almost no user record, so you will be working from published data rather than from other people's experience.
- 223 Remington
- 6.5 Grendel
- 6.8 SPC
- progressive AR loading
Who has Accurate 2200 today
Checked October 10In stock at 2 stores — lowest in hand $45.33/lb (8 lb at Lohman Arms)
| Store | Size | Shelf | In hand /lb | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lohman ArmsHazmat charged, amount not published | 8 lb | $331.18 | $45.33 est. | In stock ↗ |
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 8 lb | $343.99 | $47.68 | In stock ↗ |
| Lohman ArmsHazmat charged, amount not published | 1 lb | $45.22 | $76.66 est. | In stock ↗ |
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 1 lb | $46.99 | $84.44 | In stock ↗ |
“In hand” is the shelf price plus that store’s hazmat fee and shipping, spread over one container. Stock is checked once a day — confirm on the store’s page before ordering. Compare all powders →
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Accurate |
|---|---|
| Product family | Accurate |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Lee VMD (bulk density) | 0.0694 cc per grain · 0.93 g/cc |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 86 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 223 Remington, 6.5 Grendel, 6.8 SPC |
Grain shape
Spherical, so degressive - energy comes off early as the burning surface shrinks - and the small ball size is why it drops cleanly through a progressive measure and past a small neck.
Why geometry decides burn rate more than chemistry does: Shape Is the Product.
Manufacturer highlights that the spherical granules flow through small case necks and meter precisely, making it suited to progressive loading. Hodgdon publishes a separate reference sheet for it.
Burn rate
A fast small-bore rifle powder, charted just past Norma 200 and ahead of Alliant Reloder 7.
Chart agreement: consistent, but single-publisher - ranked only by Hodgdon (and echoed by the Wolfe/LoadData compilation). No second manufacturer's chart carries it, so the position is uncorroborated. Ranked by: Hodgdon, Wolfe/LoadData.
Powders charted near it — neighbours on the chart are not substitutes, and adjacency tells you nothing about what charge either one takes:
- Accurate LT-30 (position 83)
- Hodgdon CFE BLK (position 84)
- Norma 200 (position 85)
- Alliant Reloder 7 (position 87)
- Accurate LT-32 (position 88)
- IMR 4198 (position 89)
This powder is obscure enough in the US that its practical character is thinly documented. The note above is deliberately short rather than padded.
Sources
The specifications above come from Accurate's own published documentation, linked below. The two “RCM's read” sections are ours, not theirs — our assessment of what this powder is like to load, drawn from its published characteristics and from what handloaders consistently report. No manufacturer endorses them and no source below backs them. If you think we have one wrong, tell us — we would rather fix it.