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BENCHMARK™ As the name implies, this Extreme Extruded propellant was developed for precision cartridges.

As such, it is ideally suited for benchrest and small varmint cartridges like the 6mm PPC, 22 PPC, 6mm

BR, 22 BR, 223 Rem. and 222 Rem., Additionally, it performs superbly in the 308 Winchester with light match

bullets like the 147 gr. and 155 gr. versions. With small, easy metering granules, competitors will love how it

flows through progressive presses.

H335™ H335 originated as a military powder, used for the 5.56 NATO, or 223 Remington as handloaders

know it. Obviously, it sees endless use in the 222 Remington, 223 Remington and other small cartridges.

In particular, prairie dog shooters will find this a favorite, as J.B. Hodgdon has for years!

H4895™ H4895 is a most versatile rifle powder. This member of the Extreme Extruded line is great for 17

Remington, 250-3000 Savage, 308 Winchester and 458 Winchester, to name just a few. It is amazingly accurate

in every cartridge where it is listed in our data. It had its origin in the 30-06 as a military powder and was the first

powder Bruce Hodgdon sold to the loading public.

VARGET™ The first of Hodgdon’s revolutionary Extreme Extruded Powders, VARGET features small extruded

grains for uniform metering, insensitivity to hot/cold temperatures and higher energy for improved velocities

over other powders in its burning speed class. Easy ignition and clean burning characterize other features that

translate into superb accuracy, higher scores and more clean, one shot kills. Outstanding performance and velocity

can be obtained in such popular cartridges as the 223 Remington, 22-250 Remington, 308 Winchester, 30-

06, 375 H&H and many more.

BL-C(2)™ BL-C(2) is a spherical powder that began as a military powder used in the 7.62 NATO, commonly

known as the 308 Winchester. When it was first introduced to the handloader, benchrest shooters and other

target shooters made it an instant success. BL-C(2) works extremely well in the 223 Remington,

17 Remington, 22 PPC and of course, the 308 Winchester, plus many more.

H380™ H380 was an unnamed spherical rifle propellant when the late Bruce Hodgdon first used it. When a 38.0

grain charge behind a 52 grain bullet gave one hole groups from his 22 caliber wildcat (now called the 22-250),

he appropriately named the powder H380. H380 is also a superb performer in the 220 Swift, 243, 257 Roberts

and other fine varmint cartridges.

H414™ This spherical powder has an extremely wide range of use. From the 22-250 Remington to the 375

H&H, it will give excellent results. It is simply ideal in the 30-06. As with all of our spherical powders, it delivers

incredibly consistent charge weights through nearly any type of powder measure. H414 yields similar results to

H4350 in most cartridges, although charge weights will vary.

H4350 This Extreme Extruded propellant is a burning speed that has been known to shooters

for decades. During that time, Hodgdon has modernized H4350 by shortening the grains for improved metering

and making it insensitive to hot/cold temperatures. H4350 is great in such cartridges as the 243 Winchester,

6mm Remington, 270 Winchester, 338 Winchester Magnum and many more. For magnums with light to moderate

weight bullets, it can’t be beat!

H4831™ It is probably safe to say more big game has been taken with H4831 than any other powder. Bruce

Hodgdon was the first supplier to introduce this popular burning rate in 1950. Since that time it has become a

favorite for cartridges like the 270 Winchester, 25-06 Remington, 280 Remington and 300 Winchester Magnum.

As an Extreme Extruded propellant it shares the fine quality of insensitivity to hot/cold temperatures, as well as

superb uniformity from lot to lot.

H4831SC™ Ballistically, this Extreme Extruded powder is the exact copy of H4831. Physically, it has a shorter

grain size, therefore, the designation SC or short cut. The shorter, more compact kernels allow the powder to

flow through powder measures more smoothly, helping to alleviate the constant cutting of granules. With the

smoother flow characteristics comes more uniform charge weights, while the individual grains orient more compactly,

creating better loading density.

H1000™ This very slow burning Extreme Extruded powder is perfect for highly overbored magnums like the

7mm Remington Magnum, 7mm STW and the 30-378 Weatherby. In addition, with heavy bullets, H1000 gives

top velocity and performance in such cartridges as the 6mm-284, 257 Weatherby, 270 Winchester, and 300

Winchester Magnum. In a short period of time this powder has achieved considerable notoriety among long

range match shooters.

H870™ This spherical powder is great for heavy bullets in big, overbore magnum loads. H870 is also used in

the 50 caliber BMG and is the only surplus powder left in the canister line. Because it is inexpensive, it is frequently

used in large capacity cases where economy is a major consideration.

H50BMG As the name implies, this new generation Extreme Extruded rifle propellant is a clean

burning powder designed expressly for the 50 caliber BMG cartridge. Because it shares the same technology as

VARGET, H50BMG displays a high degree of thermal stability in temperature extremes.

Tests have conclusively proven that H50BMG yields very low extreme spreads in velocity and pressure. All

this translates into small groups at extended ranges!

 

D A T A

C - Compressed Powder Charge

PR - Primer

BBL - Barrel

COL - Cartridge Overall Length

REF - Reformed

B U L L E T S

A-Max - Hornady Match

BR - Bench Rest

BT - Ballistic Tip

FMC - Full Metal Case

FMJ - Full Metal Jacket

FMJBT - Full Metal Jacket Boat Tail

FN - Flat Nose

FP - Flat Point

FPJ - Full Plated Jacket

FS - Fail Safe

GC - Gas Check

GDHP - Gold Dot Hollow Point

GDSP - Gold Dot Soft Point

GS - Grand Slam

HB - Hollow Base

HC - Hollow Cavity

HP - Hollow Point

HPBT - Hollow Point Boat Tail

HSP - Hollow Soft Point

JFP - Jacketed Flat Point

JHC - Jacketed Hollow Cavity

JHP - Jacketed Hollow Point

JRN - Jacketed Round Nose

 

 

B R A N D S

BAR Barnes

BER - Berger

BLX - Bull-X

FA - Freedom Arms

HDY - Hornady

NOS - Nosler

REM - Remington

SIE - Sierra

SFT - Swift

SPR - Speer

WIN - Winchester

P R I M E R S

LP - Large Pistol

LPM - Large Pistol Magnum

SP - Small Pistol

SPM - Small Pistol Magnum

CHED- Cheddite