Hodgdon
Hodgdon H4227
A fast-burning extruded powder historically used in small rifle cases and heavy magnum handgun loads.
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 Canisters still circulate, but the maker no longer produces it — and load data for it may be withdrawn or archived.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, pistol |
| Grain form | extruded |
| Burn-rate position | 77 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 22 Hornet, 357 Magnum, 44 Remington Magnum |
No longer catalogued or sold by Hodgdon, but load data remains published in the Reloading Data Center. Physical and chemical details beyond the extruded form are not stated on any current Hodgdon page.
Burn rate
Very fast rifle powder in the IMR 4227 class; not shown on Hodgdon's current burn rate chart.
Chart agreement: coverage gap - absent from Hodgdon's own 2024 chart. Vihtavuori bands it with H110 / H4198 / Lil'Gun, and Wolfe/LoadData places it just slower than IMR 4227. Positioned here per Wolfe. Ranked by: 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:
- Winchester 296 (position 74)
- Accurate No. 11FS (position 75)
- IMR 4227 (position 76)
- Alliant Power Pro 300-MP (position 78)
- Accurate 5744 (position 79)
- Shooters World Buffalo Rifle (position 80)
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
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.