Ramshot
Ramshot Big Game
A general hunting rifle powder centred on the 30-06 Springfield and the 22-250 class.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Ramshot |
|---|---|
| Product family | Ramshot |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 139 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 30-06 Springfield, 22-250 Remington |
Manufacturer emphasises clean burning, case fill and metering. Made in Belgium. Currently out of stock on Hodgdon's own shop but still a catalogued product.
Burn rate
A medium-slow rifle powder, charted just past Hodgdon H380 and ahead of Vihtavuori N150.
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:
- Alliant Power Pro 2000-MR (position 136)
- Hodgdon LEVERevolution (position 137)
- Hodgdon H380 (position 138)
- Vihtavuori N150 (position 140)
- Shooters World Long Rifle (position 141)
- Alliant Power Pro 4000-MR (position 142)
Sources
Other Ramshot 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.