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.
The one powder that genuinely covers both subsonic and supersonic .300 Blackout, which is precisely what 1680 will not do - that alone is why it exists and why it sells. It sits in a burn-rate gap between 1680 and H110/W296 with almost no competitors, and it also serves .458 SOCOM, 7.62x39mm and the big S&W revolver cases where 1680 runs too slow. It is not a Lovex product: it is a proprietary Southern Ballistic Research formulation that Shooters World cans, so there is no D-number to cross-reference. Shooters World reports less residue than 1680 in subsonic use.
- subsonic and supersonic 300 Blackout
- 458 SOCOM
- 7.62x39mm
- 500 S&W Magnum
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Specifications
| Manufacturer | Shooters World |
|---|---|
| Product family | Shooters World Rifle |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle, pistol |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Lee VMD (bulk density) | 0.0660 cc per grain · 0.98 g/cc |
| 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 |
Grain shape
Spherical with flash suppressant, dense enough to fill the short Blackout case under a deep-seated heavy bullet and consistent enough to meter on a progressive. Degressive, so the gas is delivered early - what a short barrel needs on either side of the sound barrier.
Why geometry decides burn rate more than chemistry does: Shape Is the Product.
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
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.