Shooters World Pistol
Shooters World Clean Shot
A low-density, fast-burning pistol propellant aimed at high-volume competition and practice loading in IPSC, IDPA and Cowboy Action. Shooters World also cites it for cast-bullet work and has evaluated it in 12-gauge target loads.
Lovex D032-03: a fast, low-density pistol powder pitched hard at IPSC, IDPA and Cowboy volume shooters on price and cleanliness, and by most accounts it delivers on both. The reservation you will hear from competitors is temperature sensitivity - shooters in places with wide swings worry about making power factor on a hot day. That is second-hand within the threads rather than tested, but it recurs often enough that you should chronograph your match load in the heat before trusting it.
- USPSA and IDPA 9mm
- 45 ACP practice
- Cowboy Action 38 Special
- cast-bullet pistol loads
Who has Shooters World Clean Shot today
Checked October 10In stock at 1 store — lowest in hand $58.89/lb (5 lb at Graf & Sons)
| Store | Size | Shelf | In hand /lb | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 5 lb | $256.99 | $58.89 | In stock ↗ |
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 1 lb | $53.99 | $91.44 | 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, shotshell |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Lee VMD (bulk density) | 0.1033 cc per grain · 0.63 g/cc |
| Composition | double-base |
| Flash suppressant | Yes |
| Burn-rate position | 26 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 45 ACP, 38 Special, 9mm Luger, 45 Colt, 12 Gauge |
Grain shape
Small spherical grain with flash suppressant; the small size promotes complete combustion and the ball form gives repeatable drops out of a progressive measure. Degressive and low-density, so the charge occupies more space than its weight suggests, which helps in a big Cowboy case.
Why geometry decides burn rate more than chemistry does: Shape Is the Product.
Lovex equivalent D032-03. Small grain size is intended to promote complete combustion and low residue; contains a flash suppressant. The spherical geometry is marketed for consistent drops from progressive-press powder measures. 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
Fast-burning, at the quick end of the pistol range.
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:
- Winchester Super Target (WST) (position 23)
- Hodgdon Trail Boss (position 24)
- Winchester Super Handicap (position 25)
- Hodgdon International (position 27)
- Vihtavuori N320 (position 28)
- Accurate No. 2 (position 29)
What reloaders say about it
Unverified community anecdote. The following is a summary of what handloaders report in public forums. It is not manufacturer information, it has not been tested, it may be wrong, and it contains no load data by design. Treat it as colour, not guidance.
Clean Shot is named by competition shooters as a cheaper pistol option, but with a specific reservation: users in areas with wide temperature swings report concern about temperature sensitivity affecting whether loads make a required power factor on hot days.
- marketed and reported as clean burning
- reported concern about temperature sensitivity in competition contexts
- attractive on price
Availability: Reported as available.
Reported cautions:
- Temperature-sensitivity concern here is second-hand within the thread ('I've heard') rather than direct testing — weak evidence, recorded only because it recurs.
Consensus level: single report. Drawn from thread 1.
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.