Vihtavuori N100 Rifle
Vihtavuori N165
Built for magnum rifle cases running heavy-for-caliber bullets, in long-range shooting and big-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 | 173 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 338 Lapua Magnum, 6.5x55 SE, 300 Winchester Magnum, 416 Rigby |
Same grain dimensions as N160 with a different surface coating that slows the burn and allows slightly higher velocity with heavy bullets.
Burn rate
Very slow; on the chart it falls after N560 and before N170.
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 22 (position 170)
- Norma MRP-2 (position 171)
- Alliant Reloder 23 (position 172)
- IMR 7828 SSC (position 174)
- Alliant Reloder 25 (position 175)
- Accurate High Country (position 176)
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.