Hodgdon
Hodgdon High Gun
A dedicated 12-gauge shotshell powder for light target, handicap and super-handicap trap loads.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Hodgdon |
|---|---|
| Product family | Hodgdon |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | shotshell |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 18 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 12 gauge |
Flattened spherical granules. Hodgdon points to consistent metering, good ignition and clean burning for uniform patterns, and says it closely duplicates a well-known factory handicap load.
Burn rate
Fast, between Alliant Sport Pistol and Titegroup.
Chart agreement: consistent, but single-publisher - ranked only by Hodgdon (and echoed by the Wolfe/LoadData compilation). No second manufacturer's chart carries it, so the position is uncorroborated. Ranked by: Hodgdon, Wolfe/LoadData.
Powders charted near it — neighbours on the chart are not substitutes, and adjacency tells you nothing about what charge either one takes:
- Hodgdon Hi-Skor 700-X (position 15)
- Alliant Bullseye (position 16)
- Alliant Sport Pistol (position 17)
- Hodgdon Titegroup (position 19)
- Alliant American Select (position 20)
- Accurate Solo 1000 (position 21)
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.