Ramshot
Ramshot X-Terminator
A varmint powder built for high-volume 223 Remington shooting with light to medium bullets, extending to the small-bore and 20-calibre rounds.
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 | 104 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 223 Remington, 222 Remington, 17 Remington, 45-70 Government |
Manufacturer states the small grain size allows trouble-free loading through small-diameter case necks. Made in Belgium.
Burn rate
A fast rifle powder, charted just past Hodgdon H335 and immediately ahead of Accurate 2230.
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:
- Vihtavuori N133 (position 101)
- Hodgdon Benchmark (position 102)
- Hodgdon H335 (position 103)
- Shooters World AR-Plus (position 105)
- Accurate 2230 (position 106)
- Accurate 2460 (position 107)
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.