Winchester
Winchester 760
A general-purpose rifle powder Winchester built around 30-06 Springfield factory ballistics, and recommends for fast varmint cartridges and 300-class magnums.
Built to reproduce .30-06 factory ballistics, and still one of the easiest medium-slow rifle powders to live with: it meters like water, covers .22-250 through .300 Winchester Magnum, and is generally understood to be the same propellant Hodgdon sells as H414. It is a working hunting powder rather than a match powder, with no temperature-stability claim, and precision shooters chasing the tightest velocity spreads usually end up somewhere else. For filling .30-06 cases on a progressive press it is hard to beat.
- .30-06 hunting loads
- .300 Winchester Magnum
- .22-250 Remington
- .300 WSM
Who has Winchester 760 today
Checked October 10In stock at 2 stores — lowest in hand $50.30/lb (8 lb at Hodgdon (direct))
| Store | Size | Shelf | In hand /lb | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hodgdon (direct)Terms not published | 8 lb | $370.99 | $50.30 est. | In stock ↗ |
| Hodgdon (direct)Terms not published | 1 lb | $51.99 | $83.43 est. | In stock ↗ |
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 1 lb | $47.99 | $85.44 | In stock ↗ |
| Lohman ArmsHazmat charged, amount not published | 8 lb | $325.95 | $44.67 est. | Out |
| Bruno Shooters Supply$26.95 hazmat + $19.95 ship | 8 lb | $316.99 | $45.49 | Out |
| Graf & Sons$23.50 hazmat per package | 8 lb | $349.99 | $48.43 | Out |
| Lohman ArmsHazmat charged, amount not published | 1 lb | $46.95 | $78.39 est. | Out |
“In hand” is the shelf price plus that store’s hazmat fee and shipping, spread over one container. Stock is checked once a day — confirm on the store’s page before ordering. Compare all powders →
Official Winchester load data →
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Winchester |
|---|---|
| Product family | Winchester |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Lee VMD (bulk density) | 0.0666 cc per grain · 0.97 g/cc |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 144 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 30-06 Springfield, 22-250 Remington, 300 Winchester Magnum, 300 Winchester Short Magnum |
Grain shape
Spherical ball powder, so the round kernels flow through a measure with essentially no bridging, which is the entire practical case for it over an extruded powder of the same speed. Degressive burn, so treat the top of the published range with respect.
Why geometry decides burn rate more than chemistry does: Shape Is the Product.
Winchester canister propellants are spherical BALL POWDER products made in the USA; the round kernels meter precisely through volumetric powder measures. Winchester credits its flow characteristics as an advantage over other powders of similar burn rate. It is generally understood to be the same propellant as Hodgdon H414. Not listed as temperature stable.
Burn rate
Medium-slow rifle speed, slower than Hodgdon H380 and faster than IMR 4350.
Chart agreement: consistent on position; note that Vihtavuori, Shooters World and Wolfe/LoadData all pair Winchester 760 with Hodgdon H414 at the same burn rate step, while Hodgdon's own chart lists 760 but omits H414. 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:
- Shooters World Long Rifle (position 141)
- Alliant Power Pro 4000-MR (position 142)
- Hodgdon H414 (position 143)
- Accurate 2700 (position 145)
- Norma URP (position 146)
- Vihtavuori N550 (position 147)
Sources
The specifications above come from Winchester's own published documentation, linked below. The two “RCM's read” sections are ours, not theirs — our assessment of what this powder is like to load, drawn from its published characteristics and from what handloaders consistently report. No manufacturer endorses them and no source below backs them. If you think we have one wrong, tell us — we would rather fix it.