Alliant Sport Pistol

Specifications

Alliant states it is optimised for polymer-coated bullets, noting that comparable powders can dissolve the coating at the bullet base during ignition. Also claims outstanding temperature stability and low muzzle flash.

Burn rate

Fast pistol burn speed; sits between American Select and Green Dot.

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, 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 Clay Dot (position 14)
• Hodgdon Hi-Skor 700-X (position 15)
• Alliant Bullseye (position 16)
• Hodgdon High Gun (position 18)
• Hodgdon Titegroup (position 19)
• Alliant American Select (position 20)

What reloaders say about it

Unverified community anecdote. The following is a summary of what handloaders report in public forums. It is not manufacturer information, it has not been tested, it may be wrong, and it contains no load data by design. Treat it as colour, not guidance.

Sport Pistol had a loyal competition following for its metering and cleanliness, and the threads about it in 2025-2026 are essentially eulogies — users working through their last supply and asking what to move to.

• reported to meter very well
• liked for coated/plated bullets and competition minor loads
• conversation is dominated by users planning around its absence

Availability: Users describe it as discontinued or indefinitely unavailable, consistent with the broader Alliant supply situation. People report rationing remaining stock.

Reported cautions:

• Users report N320 as behaving similarly for them, but this is a user impression across cartridges, not an equivalence — new load development is still required.

Consensus level: commonly held. Drawn from thread 1.

Sources

• Alliant product page
• alliantpowder.com/products/handgun.aspx
• alliantpowder.com/resources/catalog/AP399_2023AlliantPowderReloadersGuide_Sing

Other Alliant powders

• Alliant 20/28
• Alliant 2400
• Alliant 410
• Alliant AR-Comp
• Alliant American Select
• Alliant BE-86
• Alliant Blue Dot
• Alliant Bullseye

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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.