Shooters World Rifle
Shooters World SOCOM
A specialty propellant for large-bore and straight-walled rifle cartridges, and notable as a single powder that Shooters World says covers both subsonic and supersonic 300 Blackout. Also cited for the big magnum revolver cartridges where 1680 runs too slow.
Official Shooters World load data →
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Shooters World |
|---|---|
| Product family | Shooters World Rifle |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle, pistol |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Composition | double-base |
| Flash suppressant | Yes |
| Burn-rate position | 91 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 300 AAC Blackout, 458 SOCOM, 7.62x39mm, 500 S&W Magnum |
No Lovex D-number: Shooters World states this is a proprietary formulation made for Southern Ballistic Research and canistered by Shooters World, not part of the Lovex catalog. Shooters World reports lower residue than 1680 in subsonic use. Contains flash suppressant and meters consistently on progressive presses.
Burn rate
Between Accurate 1680 and Winchester 296 / Hodgdon H110 - a gap with few competitors.
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 LT-32 (position 88)
- IMR 4198 (position 89)
- Hodgdon H4198 (position 90)
- Vihtavuori N120 (position 92)
- Alliant Reloder TS 11 (position 93)
- Norma 201 (position 94)
Sources
Other Shooters World 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.