Hodgdon (Hornady)
Hodgdon Superformance
The canister version of the propellant used in Hornady Superformance factory ammunition, intended for high-velocity loads in a deliberately limited list of cartridges and bullets.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Hodgdon |
|---|---|
| Product family | Hodgdon (Hornady) |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 158 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 22-250 Remington, 243 Winchester, 300 WSM |
Hodgdon states the powder is tailored to specific applications, so the published cartridge and bullet list is narrow — stay inside the published data rather than extrapolating. Spherical, so it meters well.
Burn rate
Medium-slow rifle, near Winchester StaBALL 6.5 and Alliant Reloder 19.
Chart agreement: mostly consistent - Hodgdon and Wolfe both place Superformance faster than H4831, but Vihtavuori bands 'H4831 SuperPerformance' together with H4831 as one step. 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:
- Norma 204 (position 155)
- Hodgdon Hybrid 100V (position 156)
- Winchester StaBALL 6.5 (position 157)
- Alliant Reloder 19 (position 159)
- IMR 4831 (position 160)
- Ramshot Hunter (position 161)
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.