Accurate
Accurate 4350
A versatile medium-slow hunting rifle powder spanning the 243-to-338 range.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Accurate |
|---|---|
| Product family | Accurate |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | extruded |
| Composition | single-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 153 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 243 Winchester, 6mm Remington, 270 Winchester, 280 Remington, 300 WSM, 338 Winchester Magnum |
Short-cut extruded grain; the manufacturer specifically credits that cut for accurate metering and shot-to-shot consistency. Made in Canada.
Burn rate
In the widely used 4350 speed range, charted just past Alliant Reloder 17 and ahead of Norma 204.
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:
- Alliant Reloder 16 (position 150)
- Hodgdon H4350 (position 151)
- Alliant Reloder 17 (position 152)
- Shooters World SW4350 (position 154)
- Norma 204 (position 155)
- Hodgdon Hybrid 100V (position 156)
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.