Hodgdon Powder Company · Extruded
H4227
Fast-burning extruded powder straddling the magnum handgun and small rifle boundary.
- Manufacturer
- Hodgdon
- Grain shape
- Extruded
- Burn rank
- #34
- Category
- Medium-Fast
- Temp sensitivity
- Moderate
- Application
- Rifle
- Origin
- USA
- Status
- Discontinued
Burn-rate position
FastestSlowest
Typical cartridges
.44 Magnum, .22 Hornet, .454 Casull, .357 Magnum, .30-30 Winchester
Substitutes
Listed substitutions with charge guidance. Always start at published minimums and work up.
Alliant 2400 · Alliant Community
Similar burn rate; commonly used interchangeably in .44 Mag and .357 Mag.
N110 · Vihtavuori Published
Similar application in pistol magnums and .22 Hornet. Use published data for each.
By cartridge
.44 Magnum also used: Vihtavuori N320, Vihtavuori N340, RS36
.22 Hornet also used: Accurate 1680, CSP3, S130
.454 Casull also used: N350, CSP3, Vihtavuori 3N37
.357 Magnum also used: N310, Vihtavuori N320, Titegroup
.30-30 Winchester also used: Trail Boss, IMR SR-4759, A0
Similar burn rate
Supply & handling
- Availability (US)
- Common
- Shortage-prone
- No
- Suppressor-friendly
- Yes
- Flash-suppressed
- No
About this powder
H4227 occupies the fast end of the rifle powder spectrum, making it ideal for the small-capacity varmint cases like .22 Hornet, .218 Bee, and .17 Hornet, and also works well in magnum pistol cartridges. Close to IMR 4227 in burn rate.
Sources & provenance
- Manufacturer Hodgdon — Hodgdon — published load/burn-rate data
