Hodgdon
Hodgdon H380
A spherical varmint-class rifle powder for medium-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 | 138 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 22-250 Remington, 220 Swift, 243 Winchester, 257 Roberts |
Named by B.E. Hodgdon after the load he worked up in the wildcat that became the 22-250. Spherical form meters well; not an Extreme-series powder.
Burn rate
Medium-slow rifle, just slower than LEVERevolution and faster than Ramshot Big Game.
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:
- Alliant Reloder TS 15.5 (position 135)
- Alliant Power Pro 2000-MR (position 136)
- Hodgdon LEVERevolution (position 137)
- Ramshot Big Game (position 139)
- Vihtavuori N150 (position 140)
- Shooters World Long Rifle (position 141)
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.