Accurate
Accurate 4100
A magnum revolver powder for full-power, high-performance handgun loads.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Accurate |
|---|---|
| Product family | Accurate |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | pistol |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 67 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 357 Magnum, 41 Remington Magnum, 44 Remington Magnum, 454 Casull, 460 S&W Magnum, 500 S&W Magnum |
Manufacturer calls out its metering as a particular strength. Made in Belgium.
Burn rate
A slow handgun powder, charted immediately after Accurate No. 9 and just ahead of Alliant Steel.
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:
- Ramshot Enforcer (position 64)
- Vihtavuori N105 Super Magnum (position 65)
- Accurate No. 9 (position 66)
- Alliant Steel (position 68)
- Shooters World Heavy Pistol (position 70)
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.