Winchester
Winchester Super Target (WST)
Winchester's designated powder for duplicating 12-gauge AA factory target loads, and for standard-velocity handgun loads. It is specifically recommended for 45 ACP match shooting.
Official Winchester load data →
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Winchester |
|---|---|
| Product family | Winchester |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | shotshell, pistol |
| Grain form | spherical |
| Composition | double-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Flash suppressant | Yes |
| Burn-rate position | 23 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 12 Gauge, 45 ACP |
Winchester canister propellants are spherical BALL POWDER products made in the USA; the round kernels meter precisely through volumetric powder measures. Winchester cites consistency, clean burning and low flash and smoke. Not listed as temperature stable.
Burn rate
Fast — the fastest Winchester canister powder currently listed, in the shotshell target band.
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 American Select (position 20)
- Accurate Solo 1000 (position 21)
- Alliant Green Dot (position 22)
- Hodgdon Trail Boss (position 24)
- Winchester Super Handicap (position 25)
- Shooters World Clean Shot (position 26)
Sources
Other Winchester 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.