Hodgdon Extreme
Hodgdon H4831SC
Ballistically the same powder as H4831 in a short-cut kernel, for the same slow-burn big-game and long-range applications.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Hodgdon |
|---|---|
| Product family | Hodgdon Extreme |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | extruded |
| Composition | single-base |
| Temperature stable | Yes — claimed by the manufacturer |
| Burn-rate position | 166 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 270 Winchester, 25-06 Remington, 280 Remington, 300 Winchester Magnum |
'SC' means short cut. The shorter kernels flow more smoothly through a measure, reduce kernel cutting, give more uniform thrown charges, and pack more compactly for better loading density.
Burn rate
Slow rifle, charted at the same position as H4831.
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:
- Vihtavuori N555 (position 164)
- Hodgdon H4831 (position 166)
- Vihtavuori N560 (position 167)
- IMR Enduron 4955 (position 168)
- Norma MRP (position 169)
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.