Vihtavuori Pistol
Vihtavuori N350
Aimed at heavy magnum revolver loads and top-velocity semi-auto work. Vihtavuori notes it is widely used in practical/action pistol shooting.
Official Vihtavuori load data →
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Vihtavuori |
|---|---|
| Product family | Vihtavuori Pistol |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | pistol |
| Grain form | extruded |
| Composition | single-base |
| Burn-rate position | 53 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 9mm Luger, 357 Magnum, 10mm Auto, 41 Remington Magnum, 44 Remington Magnum, 45 ACP, 454 Casull |
Shares the same grain dimensions as several other N300 powders; the burn rate difference comes from porosity and surface treatment rather than grain size.
Burn rate
The slowest of the N300 handgun powders, adjacent to 3N37 on the burn rate chart.
Chart agreement: consistent across the three charts that list it Ranked by: Hodgdon, Vihtavuori, Wolfe/LoadData.
Powders charted near it — neighbours on the chart are not substitutes, and adjacency tells you nothing about what charge either one takes:
- Ramshot True Blue (position 50)
- Ramshot Silhouette (position 51)
- Vihtavuori 3N37 (position 52)
- Vihtavuori 3N38 (position 54)
- Winchester 572 (position 55)
- Shooters World Major Pistol (position 56)
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.