Shooters World Pistol
Shooters World Heavy Pistol
A magnum handgun propellant for large-capacity revolver and specialty cases, also cited by Shooters World for supersonic 300 Blackout loads with lighter bullets.
Lovex D037-02, the slowest pistol powder in the line - .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, .454 Casull, plus supersonic .300 Blackout with lighter bullets. The interesting claim is that unlike H110, W296 and 2400 at the same burn speed it does not insist on full-power charges and runs on standard or magnum primers, which if it holds up removes the usual slow-revolver-powder headache. There is not much independent user record yet to confirm that.
- 357 Magnum
- 44 Remington Magnum
- 454 Casull
- supersonic 300 Blackout
Who has Shooters World Heavy Pistol today
Checked October 10In stock at 1 store — lowest in hand $50.68/lb (8 lb at Graf & Sons)
| Store | Size | Shelf | In hand /lb | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 8 lb | $368.00 | $50.68 | In stock ↗ |
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 1 lb | $50.99 | $88.44 | 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 →
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Specifications
| Manufacturer | Shooters World |
|---|---|
| Product family | Shooters World Pistol |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | pistol, rifle |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Lee VMD (bulk density) | 0.0691 cc per grain · 0.94 g/cc |
| Composition | double-base |
| Flash suppressant | Yes |
| Burn-rate position | 70 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 357 Magnum, 44 Magnum, 454 Casull, 300 AAC Blackout |
Grain shape
Spherical with a thick web to reach magnum-revolver speed; degressive, and dense enough to fill a large revolver case. It meters cleanly on a progressive, which the slow extruded powders in this range do not.
Why geometry decides burn rate more than chemistry does: Shape Is the Product.
Lovex equivalent D037-02. Shooters World places its burn speed alongside Accurate No. 9, Alliant 2400, Hodgdon H110 and Winchester 296, but notes it does not demand full-power charges the way some of those do, and works with standard or magnum pistol primers. Burns clean with low muzzle flash. 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
Slowest of the Shooters World pistol powders; magnum revolver territory.
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:
- Accurate 4100 (position 67)
- Alliant Steel (position 68)
- Vihtavuori N110 (position 71)
- Hodgdon Lil'Gun (position 72)
- Hodgdon H110 (position 73)
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.