Alliant Pistol/Shotshell
Alliant e3
A competition-grade 12 gauge target shotshell powder. Alliant markets it for clay target work where clean burning and reduced charge weight matter.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Alliant |
|---|---|
| Product family | Alliant Pistol/Shotshell |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | shotshell |
| Grain form | flake |
| Temperature stable | Yes — claimed by the manufacturer |
| Burn-rate position | 7 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 12 gauge |
Alliant describes it as its cleanest-burning 12 gauge shotshell powder and emphasises environmental stability for consistent year-round performance. Made in the USA.
Burn rate
Second-fastest on Alliant's list, just behind Extra-Lite and ahead of Red Dot.
Chart agreement: consistent across charts - listed in the same relative neighbourhood by every publisher that carries it 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 Extra-Lite (position 4)
- Shooters World Sparta 100 (position 5)
- Accurate Nitro 100 NF (position 6)
- Hodgdon Perfect Pattern (position 8)
- Hodgdon Titewad (position 9)
- Ramshot Competition (position 10)
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.