Ramshot
Ramshot Enforcer
A magnum revolver powder for full-power loads in the largest handgun cartridges.
A slow magnum handgun ball for the top of the revolver range - .44 Magnum, .454 Casull, .460 and .500 S&W. Metering is the characteristic Ramshot leads with and it is worth something when you are loading heavy revolver ammunition in quantity. Very little user record has built up around it, and it has been out of stock on Hodgdon's own shop, so availability is the practical constraint rather than performance.
- 454 Casull
- 460 S&W Magnum
- 500 S&W Magnum
- full-power 44 Remington Magnum
Who has Ramshot Enforcer today
Checked October 10In stock at 1 store — lowest in hand $75.39/lb (1 lb at Lohman Arms)
| Store | Size | Shelf | In hand /lb | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lohman ArmsHazmat charged, amount not published | 1 lb | $43.95 | $75.39 est. | In stock ↗ |
| Bruno Shooters Supply$26.95 hazmat + $19.95 ship | 4 lb | $131.99 | $44.72 | Out |
| Lohman ArmsHazmat charged, amount not published | 4 lb | $155.95 | $46.85 est. | Out |
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 4 lb | $152.99 | $47.61 | Out |
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 1 lb | $42.99 | $80.44 | Out |
| Bruno Shooters Supply$26.95 hazmat + $19.95 ship | 1 lb | $35.99 | $82.89 | Out |
“In hand” is the shelf price plus that store’s hazmat fee and shipping, spread over one container. Stock is checked once a day — confirm on the store’s page before ordering. Compare all powders →
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Ramshot |
|---|---|
| Product family | Ramshot |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | pistol |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Lee VMD (bulk density) | 0.0693 cc per grain · 0.94 g/cc |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 64 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 44 Remington Magnum, 454 Casull, 460 S&W Magnum, 500 S&W Magnum |
Grain shape
Spherical with a thick web to place it this slow, and degressive, so it still front-loads gas relative to a stick powder. Like slow spherical revolver powders generally it wants pressure and a firm crimp to burn the grain through.
Why geometry decides burn rate more than chemistry does: Shape Is the Product.
Manufacturer calls out metering quality as the main handling characteristic. Made in Belgium. Currently out of stock on Hodgdon's own shop but still a catalogued product.
Burn rate
A slow handgun powder, charted just past Alliant 2400 and ahead of Vihtavuori N105.
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 410 (position 61)
- Accurate TCM (position 62)
- Alliant 2400 (position 63)
- Vihtavuori N105 Super Magnum (position 65)
- Accurate No. 9 (position 66)
- Accurate 4100 (position 67)
This powder is obscure enough in the US that its practical character is thinly documented. The note above is deliberately short rather than padded.
Sources
The specifications above come from Ramshot's own published documentation, linked below. The two “RCM's read” sections are ours, not theirs — our assessment of what this powder is like to load, drawn from its published characteristics and from what handloaders consistently report. No manufacturer endorses them and no source below backs them. If you think we have one wrong, tell us — we would rather fix it.