Vihtavuori N100 Rifle
Vihtavuori N135
Developed for 7.62x51 NATO ball ammunition and now used broadly for medium-game hunting and longer-range target loads, particularly .308 Winchester with lighter bullets and .223 Remington.
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 | 115 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 223 Remington, 308 Winchester, 222 Remington, 6.5 Grendel, 6mm BR Norma, 6.5x47 Lapua |
Shares grain dimensions with N130 and N133; the surface coating sets the burn rate apart.
Burn rate
Medium on Vihtavuori's rifle scale, one step slower than N133.
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:
- Hodgdon H4895 (position 112)
- Vihtavuori N530 (position 113)
- IMR 4895 (position 114)
- Accurate 2495 (position 117)
- IMR Enduron 4166 (position 118)
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.