Hodgdon
Hodgdon Hybrid 100V
A high-energy medium-slow rifle powder for standard and magnum hunting cartridges.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Hodgdon |
|---|---|
| Product family | Hodgdon |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | hybrid |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 156 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 270 Winchester, 243 WSSM, 7mm Remington Magnum, 300 Winchester Magnum |
Hodgdon classifies its form as 'hybrid' — spherical-powder chemistry given an extruded, very short shaped granule, which is intended to give extruded-style performance with smooth metering.
Burn rate
Medium-slow rifle; Hodgdon places it between H4350 and H4831.
Chart agreement: consistent across the three charts that list it Ranked by: Hodgdon, 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:
- Accurate 4350 (position 153)
- Shooters World SW4350 (position 154)
- Norma 204 (position 155)
- Winchester StaBALL 6.5 (position 157)
- Hodgdon Superformance (position 158)
- Alliant Reloder 19 (position 159)
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.