Accurate
Accurate No. 5
A broadly useful handgun powder that covers everything from light target and Cowboy Action loads to full-power defensive 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 | 46 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 9mm Luger, 38 Super, 357 SIG, 357 Magnum, 40 S&W, 45 ACP |
Manufacturer positions it as the cost-efficient middle of the Accurate handgun line. Spherical grain meters consistently.
Burn rate
A medium-fast handgun powder, charted between Alliant BE-86 and Hodgdon HS-6.
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 Auto Pistol (position 43)
- Vihtavuori N340 (position 44)
- Alliant BE-86 (position 45)
- Hodgdon HS-6 (position 47)
- Winchester AutoComp (position 48)
- Hodgdon CFE Pistol (position 49)
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.