Accurate
Accurate No. 2
A high-volume, low-charge-weight handgun powder that spans a wide range of common pistol and revolver cartridges.
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 | 29 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 380 Auto, 9mm Luger, 38 Special, 40 S&W, 45 ACP, 45 Colt |
Manufacturer describes it as low recoil and low flash, which it recommends for short-barrel concealed-carry loads, and describes it as non-position-sensitive in the case. Spherical grain meters well in progressive presses.
Burn rate
One of the faster handgun powders, charted just past Vihtavuori N320 and immediately ahead of Ramshot Zip.
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:
- Shooters World Clean Shot (position 26)
- Hodgdon International (position 27)
- Vihtavuori N320 (position 28)
- Ramshot Zip (position 30)
- Hodgdon HP-38 (position 31)
- Winchester 231 (position 32)
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.