Accurate
Accurate 2700
A medium-capacity rifle powder centred on the 30-06 class, and called out by the manufacturer for the Winchester Super Short Magnums.
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 | 145 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 30-06 Springfield, 22-250 Remington, 220 Swift, 243 Winchester |
Spherical grain with the metering behaviour that implies. Made in the USA.
Burn rate
A medium-slow rifle powder, charted just past Winchester 760 and ahead of Norma URP.
Chart agreement: consistent across the three charts that list it Ranked by: Hodgdon, Vihtavuori, Wolfe/LoadData.
Powders charted near it — neighbours on the chart are not substitutes, and adjacency tells you nothing about what charge either one takes:
- Alliant Power Pro 4000-MR (position 142)
- Hodgdon H414 (position 143)
- Winchester 760 (position 144)
- Norma URP (position 146)
- Vihtavuori N550 (position 147)
- IMR 4350 (position 148)
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.