Alliant Pistol/Shotshell
Alliant Extra-Lite
A fast shotshell powder aimed at 12 gauge target shooters moving down to lighter payloads. Alliant positions it as a lower-cost, lower-recoil option that still works with standard wads and cases.
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 | 4 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 12 gauge |
Alliant states it burns cleanly and combusts completely across a range of temperatures, and cites lot-to-lot consistency. Made in the USA.
Burn rate
The fastest-burning powder on Alliant's published burn-rate list.
Chart agreement: consistent across the three charts that list it Ranked by: Hodgdon, Alliant, Wolfe/LoadData.
Powders charted near it — neighbours on the chart are not substitutes, and adjacency tells you nothing about what charge either one takes:
- Vihtavuori N310 (position 3)
- Shooters World Sparta 100 (position 5)
- Accurate Nitro 100 NF (position 6)
- Alliant e3 (position 7)
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.