Accurate
Accurate 2460
A slightly slower alternative to 2230 that lets loaders fine-tune the same small-to-medium calibre range at higher loading densities.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Accurate |
|---|---|
| Product family | Accurate |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 107 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 223 Remington, 308 Winchester |
Manufacturer describes it as a slower derivative of 2230 and states it falls within the threshold limit for M14-pattern rifles. Hodgdon flags it as an extra-clean-burning powder.
Burn rate
A step slower than Accurate 2230, charted immediately ahead of IMR 8208 XBR.
Chart agreement: consistent across charts - listed in the same relative neighbourhood by every publisher that carries it Ranked by: Hodgdon, Vihtavuori, Shooters World, Wolfe/LoadData.
Powders charted near it — neighbours on the chart are not substitutes, and adjacency tells you nothing about what charge either one takes:
- Ramshot X-Terminator (position 104)
- Shooters World AR-Plus (position 105)
- Accurate 2230 (position 106)
- IMR 8208 XBR (position 108)
- Alliant AR-Comp (position 109)
- Ramshot TAC (position 110)
Sources
Other Accurate powders
Verify the charge, not just the recipe
Good data gets you a safe starting point. It does not tell you what actually went into the case on stroke 340 — a bridged measure, a double charge, a squib. That is what an RCM Laser Powder Check is for.