Hodgdon
Hodgdon H335
A military-origin spherical powder used mainly for high-volume varmint and service-rifle loading in small-capacity cases.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Hodgdon |
|---|---|
| Product family | Hodgdon |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 103 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 223 Remington, 5.56 NATO, 222 Remington |
Being spherical it meters very consistently through volumetric measures, which is why it is a common choice for progressive loading. Not part of the Extreme line, so Hodgdon does not claim temperature insensitivity for it.
Burn rate
Fast-medium rifle, essentially alongside Benchmark and Ramshot X-Terminator.
Chart agreement: consistent across charts - listed in the same relative neighbourhood by every publisher that carries it 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:
- IMR 3031 (position 100)
- Vihtavuori N133 (position 101)
- Hodgdon Benchmark (position 102)
- Ramshot X-Terminator (position 104)
- Shooters World AR-Plus (position 105)
- Accurate 2230 (position 106)
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.
H335 and Win 748 are named together as the classic, well-metering ball powders for .223-class cartridges. Users like them specifically because they flow through progressive-press measures without the cutting and bridging that extruded powders cause.
- ball powders, reported to meter very well on progressives
- classic bulk .223 choices
Availability: Generally treated as available, unremarkable shelf powders rather than unicorns.
Reported cautions:
- A thread participant initially asserted H335 and Win 748 were the same powder, then walked it back after searching — the thread's own conclusion was to assume they are different and not cross-apply data. A good illustration of how equivalence rumors propagate.
Consensus level: commonly mentioned. Drawn from thread 1.
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.