Shooters World Pistol
Shooters World Auto Pistol
A higher-density, relatively slow-burning spherical pistol powder pitched at reliably cycling semi-automatic pistols, covering defensive, competition and practice ammunition. Shooters World also cites it for subsonic pistol-caliber carbine loads.
Lovex D036-03: a denser, slower pistol ball meant to give a semi-auto enough pressure over enough time to cycle reliably, sitting in the Longshot, HS-6 and Accurate No. 5 neighbourhood. Shooters World also points it at subsonic pistol-calibre carbine loads, which is a sensible use for a slow, dense pistol powder. Thin US user record - you will lean on the Shooters World data portal rather than on shared recipes.
- 9mm Luger defensive loads
- 45 ACP
- 357 SIG
- subsonic pistol-calibre carbine
Who has Shooters World Auto Pistol today
Checked October 10In stock at 1 store — lowest in hand $53.31/lb (8 lb at Graf & Sons)
| Store | Size | Shelf | In hand /lb | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 8 lb | $389.00 | $53.31 | In stock ↗ |
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 1 lb | $52.99 | $90.44 | In stock ↗ |
“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 →
Official Shooters World load data →
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Shooters World |
|---|---|
| Product family | Shooters World Pistol |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | pistol |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Lee VMD (bulk density) | 0.0678 cc per grain · 0.96 g/cc |
| Composition | double-base |
| Burn-rate position | 43 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 9mm Luger, 357 SIG, 380 ACP, 40 S&W, 45 ACP, 44 Special, 45 Colt, 357 Magnum |
Grain shape
Spherical and dense, so a working charge fills more of the case than a fast flake would and it meters cleanly by volume. Degressive like any ball, but the thicker web means it front-loads its gas less abruptly than the target powders.
Why geometry decides burn rate more than chemistry does: Shape Is the Product.
Lovex equivalent D036-03. Shooters World places it in the same general burn-speed neighborhood as Longshot, HS-6, Accurate No. 5 and Ramshot Silhouette. Meters well volumetrically. Shooters World deliberately keeps the Lovex designation on the label so European Lovex data and US SAAMI data can be cross-referenced; the name-to-number table is published on the Shooters World Lovex reloading-guide page.
Burn rate
Medium-slow for a pistol powder; slower than typical target powders.
Chart agreement: consistent across the charts that list it; carried by only 2 of the charts consulted Ranked by: Shooters World, 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 N330 (position 40)
- Alliant Herco (position 41)
- Winchester Super Field (WSF) (position 42)
- Vihtavuori N340 (position 44)
- Alliant BE-86 (position 45)
- Accurate No. 5 (position 46)
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 Shooters World'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.