Shooters World Rifle
Shooters World SW4350
A long-range and magnum rifle powder. Shooters World positions it for cases where faster 4350-type powders cannot fill the case adequately, and for larger magnums that want something slower still.
Lovex S070: single-base tubular extruded, and Shooters World's claim is that it is the slowest of the 4350-class powders, for cases the faster 4350s cannot fill properly. That makes it interesting in .270 Winchester, 6.5x55, 7mm Remington Magnum and even .338 Lapua. The US user record is modest and the data is Shooters World's own, so treat it as a powder you develop with rather than one you inherit loads for.
- 270 Winchester
- 6.5x55 Swedish
- 7mm Remington Magnum
- 338 Lapua Magnum
Who has Shooters World SW4350 today
Checked October 10In stock at 1 store — lowest in hand $63.18/lb (8 lb at Graf & Sons)
| Store | Size | Shelf | In hand /lb | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 8 lb | $467.99 | $63.18 | In stock ↗ |
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 1 lb | $61.99 | $99.44 | 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 Rifle |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | extruded |
| Lee VMD (bulk density) | 0.0726 cc per grain · 0.89 g/cc |
| Composition | single-base |
| Burn-rate position | 154 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 270 Winchester, 243 Winchester, 6.5x55 Swedish, 7mm Remington Magnum, 8mm Mauser, 338 Lapua Magnum |
Grain shape
Tubular extruded - a perforated tube burns close to neutral, the outer circumference shrinking exactly as the inner hole grows, so gas production holds up through bullet travel instead of falling away as it does with a flake or a ball. Short-cut and narrow enough that it still flows reasonably through a volumetric measure.
Why geometry decides burn rate more than chemistry does: Shape Is the Product.
Lovex equivalent S070 (S070-05 in the older manual) - single-base, described as tubular extruded with good volumetric flow. 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
Slow rifle; Shooters World calls it the slowest of the 4350-class powders.
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:
- Hodgdon H4350 (position 151)
- Alliant Reloder 17 (position 152)
- Accurate 4350 (position 153)
- Norma 204 (position 155)
- Hodgdon Hybrid 100V (position 156)
- Winchester StaBALL 6.5 (position 157)
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.