Accurate
Accurate High Country
A recent addition engineered around the Federal 7mm Backcountry cartridge, and applied more broadly to modern magnum and short-magnum rifle rounds.
The newest thing in the Accurate line, engineered around Federal's 7mm Backcountry and applied outward to the modern magnums and short magnums - 7mm PRC, 300 PRC, .300 Winchester Magnum. It is too new to have a real user record; what exists is the manufacturer's own claims about ignition and metering. Worth watching, not worth building a season's ammunition around until people have run it through a full temperature cycle.
- 7mm Backcountry
- 7mm PRC
- 300 PRC
- 300 Winchester Magnum
Who has Accurate High Country today
Checked October 10In stock at 1 store — lowest in hand $50.43/lb (8 lb at Graf & Sons)
| Store | Size | Shelf | In hand /lb | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 8 lb | $365.99 | $50.43 | In stock ↗ |
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 1 lb | $47.99 | $85.44 | In stock ↗ |
“In hand” is the shelf price plus that store’s hazmat fee and shipping, spread over one container. Stock is checked once a day — confirm on the store’s page before ordering. Compare all powders →
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 | 176 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 7mm Backcountry, 7mm PRC, 300 PRC, 300 Winchester Magnum, 270 Winchester, 243 Winchester |
Grain shape
Spherical, so it meters like the rest of the ball line and drops repeatably even at magnum charge volume. Thick web to place it this slow, degressive like any ball - energy off earlier than a stick powder of the same speed.
Why geometry decides burn rate more than chemistry does: Shape Is the Product.
The newest powder in the Accurate line — it is absent from Hodgdon's previous burn-rate chart and was added in the current revision. Manufacturer cites consistent ignition and metering.
Burn rate
A slow magnum-class rifle powder, charted just past Alliant Reloder 25 and ahead of Vihtavuori N565 — slightly faster than Accurate MagPro.
Chart agreement: Ranked from Hodgdon's current revision, which charts it between Alliant Reloder 25 and Vihtavuori N565. Not present on the older revision used as this list's spine. Ranked by: Hodgdon.
Powders charted near it — neighbours on the chart are not substitutes, and adjacency tells you nothing about what charge either one takes:
- Vihtavuori N165 (position 173)
- IMR 7828 SSC (position 174)
- Alliant Reloder 25 (position 175)
- Vihtavuori N565 (position 177)
- Vihtavuori N170 (position 178)
- Accurate MAGPRO (position 179)
This powder is obscure enough in the US that its practical character is thinly documented. The note above is deliberately short rather than padded.
Sources
The specifications above come from Accurate's own published documentation, linked below. The two “RCM's read” sections are ours, not theirs — our assessment of what this powder is like to load, drawn from its published characteristics and from what handloaders consistently report. No manufacturer endorses them and no source below backs them. If you think we have one wrong, tell us — we would rather fix it.