Hodgdon CFE
Hodgdon CFE BLK
Designed expressly around the 300 Blackout, covering both supersonic and subsonic loads, and useful in other small-capacity cases.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Hodgdon |
|---|---|
| Product family | Hodgdon CFE |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 84 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 300 AAC Blackout, 17 Hornet, 218 Bee, 221 Fireball, 6.8 Remington SPC, 7.62x39mm |
Carries the Copper Fouling Eraser additive. Hodgdon states it meters very accurately and gives full action cycling in modern sporting rifles across a range of bullet weights.
Burn rate
Fast rifle, between Accurate LT-30 and Norma 200.
Chart agreement: consistent across the three charts that list it Ranked by: Hodgdon, 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:
- Accurate 1680 (position 81)
- Shooters World Blackout (position 82)
- Accurate LT-30 (position 83)
- Norma 200 (position 85)
- Accurate 2200 (position 86)
- Alliant Reloder 7 (position 87)
Sources
Other Hodgdon 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.