Vihtavuori N100 Rifle
Vihtavuori N120
Suits small-capacity rifle cases, light bullets and short-barrelled rifles. Vihtavuori positions it for sport shooters, short-range target work and small-game hunting.
Official Vihtavuori load data →
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Vihtavuori |
|---|---|
| Product family | Vihtavuori N100 Rifle |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | extruded |
| Composition | single-base |
| Burn-rate position | 92 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 222 Remington, 7.62x39, 223 Remington, 300 AAC Blackout |
Among the physically smallest grains in the N100 rifle range, which helps it meter easily. Formerly designated N21; it has a history of Finnish military use. Vihtavuori notes it needs more pressure than N110 to perform well.
Burn rate
Fast rifle powder, one position slower than N110.
Chart agreement: consistent across charts - listed in the same relative neighbourhood by every publisher that carries it Ranked by: Hodgdon, Vihtavuori, 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:
- IMR 4198 (position 89)
- Hodgdon H4198 (position 90)
- Shooters World SOCOM (position 91)
- Alliant Reloder TS 11 (position 93)
- Norma 201 (position 94)
- Alliant Power Pro 1200-R (position 95)
Sources
Other Vihtavuori 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.