Accurate
Accurate 5744
The go-to Accurate powder for reduced rifle loads and for large-capacity black-powder cartridge cases, plus magnum handgun use.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Accurate |
|---|---|
| Product family | Accurate |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle, pistol |
| Grain form | extruded |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 79 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 17 Hornet, 45-70 Government, 45-90, 50-90, 50-120 |
Manufacturer emphasises low bulk density and strong ignition, which is what makes it usable across an unusually wide performance range including heavily reduced rifle loads. Extruded rather than spherical, unlike most of the fast Accurate line. Made in Canada.
Burn rate
The fastest of the Accurate rifle powders, charted just past Alliant Power Pro 300-MP and immediately ahead of Accurate 1680.
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:
- IMR 4227 (position 76)
- Hodgdon H4227 (position 77)
- Alliant Power Pro 300-MP (position 78)
- Shooters World Buffalo Rifle (position 80)
- Accurate 1680 (position 81)
- Shooters World Blackout (position 82)
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.