Accurate
Accurate 2520
A service-rifle powder designed around the 308 Winchester, and used with heavy match bullets in the 223 Remington.
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 | 123 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 308 Winchester, 223 Remington |
Marketed by Accurate as its 'Camp Perry' powder. Manufacturer states it is within the threshold limit for M14-pattern rifles and calls out its flow characteristics.
Burn rate
Just slower than Accurate 4064 and immediately faster than Alliant Reloder 15.
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:
- Norma 202 (position 120)
- Accurate 4064 (position 121)
- Shooters World Tactical Rifle (position 122)
- Alliant Reloder 15 (position 124)
- Norma 203-B (position 125)
- Shooters World Match Rifle (position 126)
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.