Hodgdon
Hodgdon Longshot
A heavy-field and magnum shotshell powder that also serves as a high-velocity handgun powder at comparatively moderate operating pressures.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Hodgdon |
|---|---|
| Product family | Hodgdon |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | shotshell, pistol |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 60 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge, 28 gauge, 38 Super, 40 S&W, 357 SIG |
Spherical, meters well. Hodgdon publishes data across four gauges and specifically markets it for long-range shotgun games.
Burn rate
Slow pistol/shotshell, between Alliant Pro Reach and Alliant 410.
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:
- Alliant Blue Dot (position 57)
- Accurate No. 7 (position 58)
- Alliant Pro Reach (position 59)
- Alliant 410 (position 61)
- Accurate TCM (position 62)
- Alliant 2400 (position 63)
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.