Ramshot
Ramshot LRT
An extreme-range powder designed around the 338 Lapua Magnum with heavy, high-BC bullets, and applicable to overbore magnum hunting cartridges.
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 | 190 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 338 Lapua Magnum, 257 Weatherby Magnum, 30 Nosler |
Manufacturer describes it as one of the slowest spherical powders ever developed and claims easier metering than rival propellants of comparable speed, along with high load density. Made in Belgium.
Burn rate
Near the slow end of the entire chart, between Vihtavuori N568 and N570 — the slowest powder in either the Accurate or Ramshot line.
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:
- Winchester StaBALL HD (position 187)
- IMR Enduron 8133 (position 188)
- Vihtavuori N568 (position 189)
- Vihtavuori N570 (position 191)
- Alliant Reloder 33 (position 192)
- Vihtavuori 24N41 (position 193)
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.