Alliant Pistol/Shotshell
Alliant American Select
A clean-burning target shotshell powder that Alliant also lists for Cowboy Action handgun loading.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Alliant |
|---|---|
| Product family | Alliant Pistol/Shotshell |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | shotshell, pistol |
| Grain form | flake |
| Composition | double-base |
| Burn-rate position | 20 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 12 gauge, .45 Colt, .38 Special |
Alliant's reloader's guide describes American Select as near single-base, containing only a small amount of nitroglycerin. Marketed for clean burning, good patterns and reduced felt recoil.
Burn rate
Fast burning, between Clay Dot and Sport Pistol on Alliant's list.
Chart agreement: DISAGREEMENT — Alliant's own Reloader's Guide orders American Select FASTER than Sport Pistol; this list, following the Hodgdon spine, reverses that pair. Ranked here per the Hodgdon chart used as this list's spine. Ranked by: Hodgdon, Alliant, 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:
- Alliant Sport Pistol (position 17)
- Hodgdon High Gun (position 18)
- Hodgdon Titegroup (position 19)
- Accurate Solo 1000 (position 21)
- Alliant Green Dot (position 22)
- Winchester Super Target (WST) (position 23)
Sources
Other Alliant 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.