Vihtavuori N100 Rifle
Vihtavuori N160
A staple for large and magnum calibers, particularly belted magnums and large-capacity small-bore cases, and for big-game hunting loads with heavier bullets.
Official Vihtavuori load data →
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Vihtavuori |
|---|---|
| Product family | Vihtavuori N100 Rifle |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | extruded |
| Composition | single-base |
| Temperature stable | Yes — claimed by the manufacturer |
| Burn-rate position | 162 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5x55 SE, 270 Winchester, 25-06 Remington, 300 Winchester Magnum, 338 Winchester Magnum, 6.5-284 Norma |
Vihtavuori describes N160 as temperature stable and exceptionally clean burning. Tubular grains dimensionally identical to N165, differentiated by surface coating.
Burn rate
Medium-to-slow; on the chart it falls after N555 and before N560.
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:
- Alliant Reloder 19 (position 159)
- IMR 4831 (position 160)
- Ramshot Hunter (position 161)
- Vihtavuori N555 (position 164)
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.