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239 propellants ranked fastest to slowest. Faster powders suit pistols and light shotshells; slower powders suit magnum rifle cases. Filter by application, then open any powder for its specs.

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Fastest: No. 1 (#3). Slowest: Reloader 50 (#90). Hover any bar for its powder.

239 powders

  1. #3 No. 1 Accurate Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  2. #3 CSB1 Maxam Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  3. #3 BA10 Vectan Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  4. #3 No. 2 Accurate Fast Pistol
  5. #3 Vectan BA10 Nobel Sport Pistol Fast Shotgun
  6. #4 TiteWad Hodgdon Fast Shotgun
  7. #4 S065 Lovex Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  8. #4 RS10 Reload Swiss Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  9. #4 N310 Vihtavuori Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  10. #4 Bull's-Eye Alliant Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  11. #5 Red Dot Alliant Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  12. #5 BA9.5 Vectan Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  13. #6 IMR Hi-Skor 700X IMR Pistol/Shotgun Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  14. #6 RS12 Reload Swiss Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  15. #6 700X Hodgdon Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  16. #6 S070 Lovex Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  17. #7 Clays Hodgdon Pistol Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  18. #7 BA9 Vectan Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  19. #7 Winchester 452AA Winchester Shotgun Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  20. #7 e3 Alliant Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  21. #7 CSB2 Maxam Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  22. #8 Vihtavuori N320 Vihtavuori Pistol Fast Pistol
  23. #8 American Select Alliant Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  24. #10 International Clays Hodgdon Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  25. #10 Titegroup Hodgdon Pistol Fast Pistol
  26. #10 Zip Ramshot Fast Pistol
  27. #10 Shooters World Action Pistol Shooters World Pistol Fast Pistol
  28. #11 RS20 Reload Swiss Fast Pistol
  29. #11 No. 4 Accurate Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  30. #12 Green Dot Alliant Fast Shotgun
  31. #12 N330 Vihtavuori Fast Pistol
  32. #12 AS Vectan Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  33. #12 S121 Somchem Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  34. #12 CSB3 Maxam Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  35. #13 IMR Hi-Skor 800X IMR Pistol/Shotgun Medium Pistol · Shotgun
  36. #13 Competition Ramshot Fast Pistol
  37. #14 WST Winchester Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  38. #14 Multi-Purpose Pistol Shooters World Fast Pistol
  39. #15 Ramshot True Blue Ramshot Pistol Fast Pistol
  40. #15 RS24 Reload Swiss Fast Pistol
  41. #15 CFE Pistol Hodgdon Pistol Fast Pistol
  42. #15 Lovex D060.5 Lovex Pistol Fast Pistol
  43. #16 Vectan SP2 Nobel Sport Pistol Medium Pistol
  44. #16 SP2 Vectan Fast Pistol
  45. #17 Universal Hodgdon Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  46. #17 Winchester 231 Winchester Pistol Fast Pistol
  47. #17 WSF Winchester Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  48. #17 Vihtavuori N340 Vihtavuori Pistol Medium Pistol
  49. #18 HP-38 Hodgdon Fast Pistol
  50. #18 No. 5 Accurate Fast Pistol
  51. #18 Power Pro 110 Alliant Fast Pistol
  52. #19 CSP1 Maxam Fast Pistol
  53. #19 RS36 Reload Swiss Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  54. #19 SP3 Vectan Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  55. #19 540 Winchester Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  56. #19 Winchester 571 Winchester Pistol/Shotgun Medium Pistol · Shotgun
  57. #20 Power Pro 2000-MR Alliant Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  58. #20 Alliant Unique Alliant Pistol Medium Pistol · Shotgun
  59. #21 572 Winchester Medium-Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  60. #22 Herco Alliant Medium-Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  61. #22 Trail Boss Hodgdon Pistol Medium Pistol · Rifle
  62. #22 IMR SR-4756 IMR Medium-Fast Pistol
  63. #22 IMR SR7625 IMR Medium-Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  64. #22 GM3 Vectan Medium-Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  65. #22 N350 Vihtavuori Medium-Fast Pistol
  66. #22 S123 Somchem Medium-Fast Pistol
  67. #23 D073.3 Lovex Medium-Fast Pistol
  68. #23 WAP Winchester Medium-Fast Pistol
  69. #23 Power Pro 300-MP Alliant Medium-Fast Pistol
  70. #23 Enforcer Ramshot Medium-Fast Pistol
  71. #25 Hodgdon HS-5 Hodgdon Pistol Medium Pistol · Shotgun
  72. #25 CSP2 Maxam Medium-Fast Pistol
  73. #25 AutoComp Winchester Medium-Fast Pistol
  74. #26 D036.3 Lovex Medium-Fast Pistol
  75. #26 Longshot Hodgdon Medium-Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  76. #26 Silhouette Ramshot Medium-Fast Pistol
  77. #27 Shooters World Major Pistol Shooters World Pistol Medium Pistol
  78. #28 Alliant Sport Pistol Alliant Pistol Medium Pistol
  79. #29 HS-6 Hodgdon Medium-Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  80. #29 IMR SR-4759 IMR Medium-Fast Pistol · Rifle
  81. #30 Blue Dot Alliant Medium-Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  82. #30 No. 7 Accurate Medium-Fast Pistol
  83. #31 Accurate 1680 Accurate Pistol Slow Rifle
  84. #32 BE-86 Alliant Medium-Fast Pistol
  85. #32 HS-7 Hodgdon Medium-Fast Pistol · Shotgun
  86. #32 CSP3 Maxam Medium-Fast Pistol · Rifle
  87. #33 Vihtavuori 3N37 Vihtavuori Pistol Slow Pistol
  88. #34 S130 Somchem Medium-Fast Pistol · Rifle
  89. #34 H4227 Hodgdon Medium-Fast Pistol · Rifle
  90. #35 Alliant Power Pistol Alliant Pistol Slow Pistol
  91. #36 N110 Vihtavuori Medium-Fast Pistol · Rifle
  92. #37 AR 2205 ADI Medium-Fast Rifle
  93. #37 Winchester 296 Winchester Pistol Slow Pistol
  94. #38 No. 9 Accurate Medium-Fast Pistol
  95. #38 H110 Hodgdon Pistol Slow Pistol
  96. #39 A0 Vectan Medium-Fast Rifle
  97. #39 Lil'Gun Hodgdon Medium-Fast Pistol · Rifle · Shotgun
  98. #39 N360 Vihtavuori Medium-Fast Pistol
  99. #39 Vectan A0 Nobel Sport Rifle Fast Rifle
  100. #40 Norma R1 Norma Medium-Fast Rifle
  101. #40 Ramshot X-Terminator Ramshot Rifle Fast Rifle
  102. #40 S133 Somchem Medium-Fast Rifle
  103. #40 Alliant 2400 Alliant Pistol Slow Pistol · Rifle
  104. #40 Vihtavuori 3N38 Vihtavuori Pistol Slow Pistol
  105. #40 Power Pro Varmint Alliant Medium-Fast Rifle
  106. #40 RS40 Reload Swiss Medium-Fast Rifle
  107. #41 IMR 4198 IMR Rifle Fast Rifle
  108. #42 Shooters World Economy Rifle Shooters World Rifle Fast Rifle
  109. #42 Lovex S010 Lovex Rifle Fast Rifle
  110. #43 IMR 4227 IMR Medium Pistol · Rifle
  111. #43 Accurate 2230 Accurate Rifle Fast Rifle
  112. #44 Vectan A1 Nobel Sport Rifle Medium Rifle
  113. #44 A1 Vectan Medium Rifle
  114. #44 Winchester 748 Winchester Rifle Medium Rifle
  115. #44 N120 Vihtavuori Medium Rifle
  116. #44 Ramshot TAC Ramshot Rifle Medium Rifle
  117. #44 IMR 4007 SSC IMR Medium Rifle
  118. #44 S135 Somchem Medium Rifle
  119. #45 CFE BLK Hodgdon Medium Rifle
  120. #46 N530 Vihtavuori Medium Rifle
  121. #46 CSRB1 Maxam Medium Rifle
  122. #47 5744 Accurate Medium Rifle
  123. #47 Leverevolution Hodgdon Medium Rifle
  124. #47 IMR 8208 XBR IMR Medium Rifle
  125. #48 Reload Swiss RS50 Reload Swiss Rifle Medium Rifle
  126. #48 H205 Hodgdon Medium Rifle
  127. #48 MS200 Somchem Medium Rifle
  128. #48 Shooters World Match Rifle Shooters World Rifle Medium Rifle
  129. #48 Reloader 7 Alliant Medium Rifle
  130. #48 Accurate 2520 Accurate Rifle Medium Rifle
  131. #48 Lovex D032.5 Lovex Rifle Medium Rifle
  132. #50 N130 Vihtavuori Medium Rifle
  133. #50 RS52 Reload Swiss Medium Rifle
  134. #50 Norma 201 Norma Medium Rifle
  135. #52 Benchmark Hodgdon Medium Rifle
  136. #52 H322 Hodgdon Medium Rifle
  137. #52 Reloader 10x Alliant Medium Pistol · Rifle
  138. #52 2495 Accurate Medium Rifle
  139. #53 Vihtavuori N133 Vihtavuori Rifle Fast Rifle
  140. #53 H335 Hodgdon Medium Rifle
  141. #53 AR 2207 ADI Medium Rifle
  142. #53 AR 2206H ADI Medium Rifle
  143. #53 Norma 200 Norma Medium Rifle
  144. #54 Precision Rifle Shooters World Medium Rifle
  145. #54 2015 Accurate Medium Rifle
  146. #54 BL-C(2) Hodgdon Rifle Medium Rifle
  147. #55 Reload Swiss RS60 Reload Swiss Rifle Medium Rifle
  148. #55 Winchester 760 Winchester Rifle Medium Rifle
  149. #55 S243 Somchem Medium Rifle
  150. #55 Alliant AR-Comp Alliant Rifle Medium Rifle
  151. #55 LT-30 Accurate Medium Rifle
  152. #55 AR 2208 ADI Medium Rifle
  153. #56 CFE 223 Hodgdon Rifle Medium Rifle
  154. #56 IMR 3031 IMR Medium Rifle
  155. #56 Power Pro 4000-MR Alliant Medium Rifle
  156. #56 2460 Accurate Medium Rifle
  157. #57 IMR 4895 IMR Rifle Medium Rifle
  158. #57 N135 Vihtavuori Medium Rifle
  159. #57 Winchester 670 Winchester Rifle Medium Rifle
  160. #57 H4895 Hodgdon Rifle Medium Rifle
  161. #57 N550 Vihtavuori Medium Rifle
  162. #58 Alliant Reloader 15 Alliant Rifle Medium Rifle
  163. #58 CSRB2 Maxam Medium Rifle
  164. #58 Norma 202 Norma Rifle Medium Rifle
  165. #58 Superperformance Hodgdon Medium Rifle
  166. #58 D072.5 Lovex Medium Rifle
  167. #58 203-B Norma Medium Rifle
  168. #58 2700 Accurate Medium Rifle
  169. #59 H380 Hodgdon Medium Rifle
  170. #60 IMR 4320 IMR Rifle Medium Rifle
  171. #60 Long Rifle Shooters World Medium Rifle
  172. #60 Alliant Reloader 16 Alliant Rifle Medium Rifle
  173. #60 N555 Vihtavuori Medium Rifle
  174. #61 Varget Hodgdon Rifle Medium Rifle
  175. #61 Ramshot Hunter Ramshot Rifle Medium Rifle
  176. #61 Vihtavuori N140 Vihtavuori Rifle Medium Rifle
  177. #61 LT-32 Accurate Medium-Slow Rifle
  178. #61 StaBALL Match Winchester Medium-Slow Rifle
  179. #62 Accurate 4350 Accurate Rifle Medium Rifle
  180. #62 4064 Accurate Medium-Slow Rifle
  181. #62 IMR 4064 IMR Rifle Medium Rifle
  182. #62 N540 Vihtavuori Medium-Slow Rifle
  183. #62 Reload Swiss RS62 Reload Swiss Rifle Medium Rifle
  184. #62 S353 Somchem Medium-Slow Rifle
  185. #62 AR 2209 ADI Medium-Slow Rifle
  186. #63 Reloader 17 Alliant Medium-Slow Rifle
  187. #63 IMR 4166 IMR Rifle Medium Rifle
  188. #63 URP Norma Medium-Slow Rifle
  189. #64 H414 Hodgdon Medium-Slow Rifle
  190. #65 IMR 4955 IMR Medium-Slow Rifle
  191. #65 N560 Vihtavuori Medium-Slow Rifle
  192. #65 Norma 204 Norma Medium-Slow Rifle
  193. #65 StaBALL 6.5 Winchester Medium-Slow Rifle
  194. #66 Norma MRP Norma Magnum Rifle Rifle
  195. #66 Vihtavuori N150 Vihtavuori Rifle Medium Rifle
  196. #66 H4350 Hodgdon Rifle Medium Rifle
  197. #67 IMR 4350 IMR Rifle Medium Rifle
  198. #68 S355 Somchem Medium-Slow Rifle
  199. #68 IMR 4451 IMR Rifle Medium Rifle
  200. #68 Reloader 19 Alliant Medium-Slow Rifle
  201. #68 Ramshot Big Game Ramshot Magnum Rifle Rifle
  202. #69 H4831SC Hodgdon Rifle Slow Rifle
  203. #69 H4831 Hodgdon Medium-Slow Rifle
  204. #70 IMR 4831 IMR Medium-Slow Rifle
  205. #70 Vihtavuori N160 Vihtavuori Magnum Rifle Rifle
  206. #70 AR 2213SC ADI Medium-Slow Rifle
  207. #70 MRP2 Norma Medium-Slow Rifle
  208. #70 RS70 Reload Swiss Medium-Slow Rifle
  209. #71 20N29 Vihtavuori Medium-Slow Rifle
  210. #72 StaBALL HD Winchester Medium-Slow Rifle
  211. #72 Tubal 7000 Vectan Medium-Slow Rifle
  212. #73 Alliant Reloader 22 Alliant Magnum Rifle Rifle
  213. #73 S365 Somchem Medium-Slow Rifle
  214. #73 N565 Vihtavuori Medium-Slow Rifle
  215. #73 N165 Vihtavuori Medium-Slow Rifle
  216. #73 AR 2217 ADI Medium-Slow Rifle
  217. #73 N570 Vihtavuori Medium-Slow Rifle
  218. #73 Magnum Rifle Shooters World Medium-Slow Rifle
  219. #74 Reloader 23 Alliant Medium-Slow Rifle
  220. #75 780 Winchester Medium-Slow Rifle
  221. #76 Accurate MagPro Accurate Magnum Rifle Rifle
  222. #76 Ramshot Magnum Ramshot Magnum Rifle Rifle
  223. #76 H1000 Hodgdon Magnum Rifle Rifle
  224. #78 Retumbo Hodgdon Magnum Rifle Rifle
  225. #78 N170 Vihtavuori Medium-Slow Rifle
  226. #78 AR 2218 ADI Medium-Slow Rifle
  227. #78 Reloader 25 Alliant Medium-Slow Rifle
  228. #79 IMR 5010 IMR Medium-Slow Rifle
  229. #79 Reloader 26 Alliant Medium-Slow Rifle
  230. #80 Accurate 3100 Accurate Rifle Very Slow Rifle
  231. #80 IMR 7977 IMR Medium-Slow Rifle
  232. #80 LRT Ramshot Medium-Slow Rifle
  233. #82 24N41 Vihtavuori Slow Rifle
  234. #83 H870 Hodgdon Slow Rifle
  235. #83 IMR 8133 IMR Slow Rifle
  236. #85 Reloader 33 Alliant Slow Rifle
  237. #87 N105 Vihtavuori Slow Rifle
  238. #88 H50BMG Hodgdon Slow Rifle
  239. #90 Reloader 50 Alliant Slow Rifle