Shooters World Rifle
Shooters World SW 50BMG
A single-purpose propellant optimized for the 50 BMG cartridge.
Lovex D100-01, a single-purpose .50 BMG propellant near the slow end of the entire chart, between WC 860 and US 869. If you shoot .50 BMG it is one of very few canister options and that is reason enough; if you do not, it has no use to you at all. Explosia bulk propellant offered in Lovex canister form.
- 50 BMG
- 50 BMG bolt-gun loads
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Specifications
| Manufacturer | Shooters World |
|---|---|
| Product family | Shooters World Rifle |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Composition | double-base |
| Flash suppressant | Yes |
| Burn-rate position | 196 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 50 BMG |
Grain shape
Spherical with a very thick web - that wall thickness is the entire reason it is slow enough for a case this size - and it meters by volume, which matters a great deal when the charges are this large.
Why geometry decides burn rate more than chemistry does: Shape Is the Product.
Lovex equivalent D100-01; Shooters World describes it as an Explosia bulk propellant offered in Lovex canister form. Spherical grain, manufactured with flash suppressant. 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
Very slow; between WC 860 (faster) and US 869 (slower).
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 24N41 (position 193)
- Hodgdon H50BMG (position 194)
- Hodgdon US 869 (position 195)
- Alliant Reloder 50 (position 197)
- Vihtavuori 20N29 (position 198)
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.