New Hodgdon Powder - Hybrid 100V

[Andy]

This is all verbatim from Hodgdon. I didn't know there was a gaping hole to be filled in the 100's of powders already available.

"HYBRID 100V This excellent new product is the result of combining the technologies of spherical powders and extruded propellants. The chemistry of a spherical powder is combined with the geometry of an extruded propellant, creating a smooth-metering, super short granule extruded shaped propellant with high energy. HYBRID 100V has a burn speed between H4350 and H4831, yielding superb performance in such popular calibers as 270 Winchester, 243 Winchester Super Short Magnum, 7mm Remington Magnum, 300 Winchester Magnum and dozens more."

Load Data Already Online
Though Hybrid 100V and Supreme 780 are brand new, Hodgdon’s engineers have already posted some load data for both powders on the Hodgdon Reloading Data Center. Hodgdon has initial Hybrid 100V loads for 18 cartridge designs so far. Here are samples:

Cartridge + Starting Loads with Hybrid 100V
22-250: 55gr SP | 2.35″ COL | 36.0gr | 3254 fps | 43,500 psi
243 Win: 100gr BTSP|2.65″ COL|40.0gr|2868 fps|45,400 cup
7 WSM: 160gr SP | 2.85″ COL| 57.0gr | 2716 fps | 49,400 psi
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[hakx]

They will create the market. They convinced muzzloaders they needed pellets.

 

[Andy]

There is a huge gap in spherical powders between H414 and US869, so I guess Hybrid 100V fills that (but is it extruded or spherical?). I would have been interested in a spherical powder with a burn rate in the Retumbo range.

Spherical = better metering, higher load density and less throat erosion.

 

[todbartell]

I heard Alliant is coming out with a RL17 too...

 

[p-17]

By the description, it sounds like the burning rate falls squarely in the range of Reloder 19, IMR 4831 and Vihtavuori N160. That's pretty high-class company.