Ramshot
Ramshot Grand
A modern magnum rifle powder covering a wide span from the 243 Winchester up to the 338 Lapua Magnum, with the PRC family among its headline cartridges.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Ramshot |
|---|---|
| Product family | Ramshot |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Yes — claimed by the manufacturer |
| Burn-rate position | 183 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 243 Winchester, 6.5 PRC, 7mm PRC, 300 PRC, 7mm Remington Magnum, 300 Winchester Magnum, 338 Lapua Magnum |
The only powder in the Accurate or Ramshot lines that Hodgdon's product specifications mark as temperature stable, and it is also flagged as extra clean burning. Manufacturer states the grain density is tuned for magnum case capacity to give good load density. A recent addition to the Ramshot family. Made in the USA.
Burn rate
A slow magnum rifle powder, charted just past Hodgdon H1000 and immediately faster than Ramshot Magnum.
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:
- IMR Enduron 7977 (position 180)
- Alliant Reloder 26 (position 181)
- Hodgdon H1000 (position 182)
- Ramshot Magnum (position 184)
- Norma 217 (position 185)
- Hodgdon Retumbo (position 186)
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.