Hodgdon
Hodgdon H110
A full-power magnum revolver powder and a leading choice for 410-bore competition shotshell loads.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Hodgdon |
|---|---|
| Product family | Hodgdon |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | pistol, shotshell |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 73 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 44 Remington Magnum, 454 Casull, 475 Linebaugh, 460 S&W Magnum, 500 S&W Magnum, 410 bore |
Hodgdon markets it strictly for full-power magnum loading — it is not a reduced-load powder, and Hodgdon's data range for it is deliberately narrow. Spherical, so metering is consistent. Magnum primers are the norm with powders in this class; follow Hodgdon's published component list exactly.
Burn rate
Slow handgun powder, charted immediately beside Winchester 296.
Chart agreement: consistent; published as the same powder as Winchester 296 - Wolfe/LoadData lists each as the other's equivalent, and Vihtavuori bands H110, H4198, Lil'Gun, CFE BLK and H4227 together in one step. Ranked by: Hodgdon, Vihtavuori, Shooters World, Wolfe/LoadData.
Powders charted near it — neighbours on the chart are not substitutes, and adjacency tells you nothing about what charge either one takes:
- Shooters World Heavy Pistol (position 70)
- Vihtavuori N110 (position 71)
- Hodgdon Lil'Gun (position 72)
- Winchester 296 (position 74)
- Accurate No. 11FS (position 75)
- IMR 4227 (position 76)
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.
Like HP-38/W231, H110 and W296 are treated by the community as the same powder under two labels, confirmed to a poster directly by the manufacturer. It has a strong following for magnum revolver cartridges and .300 Blackout supersonic loads.
- treated as the same powder under two brand names
- strong following for magnum handgun cartridges and .300 Blackout supersonics
- described by some as running dirty behind heavy rifle-cartridge bullets, where a faster rifle powder is suggested instead
Availability: Both labels are reported as reasonably findable, and users describe buying whichever is on the shelf.
Reported cautions:
- This powder has a well-known manufacturer prohibition on reduced loads. Community threads assume this; we do not restate charge guidance here — consult the manufacturer's published data.
Consensus level: widely held. Drawn from thread 1, thread 2.
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.