Alliant Power Pro
Alliant Power Pro Varmint
A spherical light rifle powder for standard-caliber varmint loads, with light medium-rifle loads as a secondary use.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Alliant |
|---|---|
| Product family | Alliant Power Pro |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Burn-rate position | 111 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | .22-250 Remington, .223 Remington, .243 Winchester |
Alliant cites improved density for proper cartridge fit and efficient metering. Made in the USA.
Burn rate
Between Power Pro 1200-R and Reloder TS 11.
Chart agreement: position varies - Alliant's own guide places Power Pro Varmint FASTER than AR-Comp; Hodgdon reverses the pair. Vihtavuori bands them together. Ordered here per Hodgdon. 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:
- IMR 8208 XBR (position 108)
- Alliant AR-Comp (position 109)
- Ramshot TAC (position 110)
- Hodgdon H4895 (position 112)
- Vihtavuori N530 (position 113)
- IMR 4895 (position 114)
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.