Hodgdon
Hodgdon H414
A spherical medium-slow rifle powder long used for varmint and standard big-game cartridges.
Essentially Winchester 760 wearing a Hodgdon label, and a perfectly good medium-slow ball powder for .270 Winchester, .30-06, .243 and .22-250. It meters cleanly, fills standard hunting cases well, and shot plenty of good groups before anyone talked about temperature stability. Hodgdon has dropped it from the catalogue and the burn-rate chart, though load data is still published and canisters still circulate. There is no reason to hunt for it now — several better-supported medium-slow powders cover the same ground — but no reason to be shy of a jug you already own.
- 270 Winchester
- 30-06 Springfield
- 243 Winchester
- 22-250 Remington
Who has Hodgdon H414 today
Checked October 10Out of stock at every store we track
| Store | Size | Shelf | In hand /lb | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lohman ArmsHazmat charged, amount not published | 8 lb | $315.95 | $43.42 est. | Out |
| Lohman ArmsHazmat charged, amount not published | 1 lb | $45.95 | $77.39 est. | Out |
“In hand” is the shelf price plus that store’s hazmat fee and shipping, spread over one container. Stock is checked once a day — confirm on the store’s page before ordering. Compare all powders →
Discontinued. Canisters still circulate, but the maker no longer produces it — and load data for it may be withdrawn or archived.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Hodgdon |
|---|---|
| Product family | Hodgdon |
| Status | Discontinued |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Lee VMD (bulk density) | 0.0661 cc per grain · 0.98 g/cc |
| Burn-rate position | 143 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 22-250 Remington, 243 Winchester, 270 Winchester, 30-06 Springfield |
Grain shape
Spherical and degressive, so it throws accurately from any measure without cutting or bridging. Its density puts a usable charge column into a .30-06-class case, which is part of why it burned consistently in the cartridges it was built for.
Why geometry decides burn rate more than chemistry does: Shape Is the Product.
No longer offered on Hodgdon's store and absent from the current burn rate chart, but Hodgdon still publishes load data for it in the Reloading Data Center and canisters remain in circulation. Spherical form meters cleanly.
Burn rate
Medium-slow rifle, in the Winchester 760 / IMR 4350 region; not shown on Hodgdon's current burn rate chart.
Chart agreement: coverage gap - H414 is missing from Hodgdon's OWN 2024 chart. Vihtavuori, Shooters World and Wolfe/LoadData all list it and all treat H414 and Winchester 760 as occupying the same burn rate position (they are widely regarded as the same powder). Ranked by: 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:
- Vihtavuori N150 (position 140)
- Shooters World Long Rifle (position 141)
- Alliant Power Pro 4000-MR (position 142)
- Winchester 760 (position 144)
- Accurate 2700 (position 145)
- Norma URP (position 146)
Data confidence
We flag entries we could not fully verify rather than presenting them as solid:
- Discontinued — no live manufacturer product page; details drawn from archived or secondary manufacturer material.
Sources
The specifications above come from Hodgdon's own published documentation, linked below. The two “RCM's read” sections are ours, not theirs — our assessment of what this powder is like to load, drawn from its published characteristics and from what handloaders consistently report. No manufacturer endorses them and no source below backs them. If you think we have one wrong, tell us — we would rather fix it.