Hodgdon
Hodgdon Perfect Pattern
A fast-burning shotshell powder for light and extra-light 12-gauge field and target 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 | 8 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 12 gauge |
Flattened spherical granules. Hodgdon cites its geometry and density for good ignition, superb metering and low charge weights, with mild report and low recoil.
Burn rate
Very fast; the fastest Hodgdon-branded powder charted, just faster than Titewad.
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:
- Shooters World Sparta 100 (position 5)
- Accurate Nitro 100 NF (position 6)
- Alliant e3 (position 7)
- Hodgdon Titewad (position 9)
- Ramshot Competition (position 10)
- Alliant Red Dot (position 11)
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.