Ramshot
Ramshot Magnum
A magnum rifle powder aimed at overbore cases where a very slow burn rate is needed to fill the case.
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 | 184 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 7mm Remington Magnum, 300 Winchester Magnum, 300 Remington Ultra Magnum, 338 Lapua Magnum |
Manufacturer positions it as its primary choice for high-performance overbore magnums. Made in Belgium. Currently out of stock on Hodgdon's own shop but still a catalogued product.
Burn rate
Among the slowest rifle powders, charted immediately after Ramshot Grand and ahead of Norma 217.
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 Reloder 26 (position 181)
- Hodgdon H1000 (position 182)
- Ramshot Grand (position 183)
- Norma 217 (position 185)
- Hodgdon Retumbo (position 186)
- Winchester StaBALL HD (position 187)
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.