Vihtavuori N560 1kg.

Vihtavuori N150 is a slow-burning powder, perfectly suited to most common medium-sized cartridges when used with heavier bullets in accuracy and hunting loads. N150 is an excellent choice for 185–220 grain bullets in the .30-06, 140–160 grain bullets in the 6.5×55 and 175–200 grain bullets in the .308 Win. Combining Vihtavuori’s latest copper-fouling-reducing technology and improved temperature stability, N150 is an extremely versatile powder offering plenty of possibilities for even the most demanding handloader.

The Vihtavuori N150 multi-purpose powder is one of our most popular loading products. It is often used with heavier bullets in accuracy and hunting loads for medium-capacity cases such as the .30-06 Springfield, .308 Winchester and 6.5×55 SE. N150 is one of the best, if not the best, multi-purpose powders for European hunting calibres.

Vihtavuori N540 is a versatile powder for a wide range of medium-sized calibres, suitable for both hunting and target shooting. It is an excellent choice for cartridges from the .223/5.56 mm, .308 Winchester and 30-06 Springfield to the 6.5×47 Lapua with heavier-weight bullets.

Vihtavuori N540 ensures exceptional accuracy and especially clean burning. Thanks to the additional energy content characteristic of all our N500 series powders, you can achieve up to 30–40 m/s higher velocity at the same pressure level compared with the corresponding Vihtavuori N100 series powder. Well worth trying with heavier bullets and when greater load density and muzzle velocity are required!

Thanks to its symmetrical grain shape (1.0 mm long and 1.0 mm in diameter), N540 meters excellently in loading equipment and ensures extremely easy charging.

Vihtavuori offers two powders specifically intended for the .50 BMG case: the 24N41 and the 20N29. These are single-base, surface-treated powders featuring very large grains and an extremely slow burn rate, ideally suited to the .50 BMG cartridge.

Vihtavuori 24N41 is a single-base, surface-treated powder very similar to the 20N29. Its grains are very large (2.3 mm long and 1.3 mm in diameter) and the burn rate is extremely slow, ideally suited to the .50 BMG cartridge. It can also be used for some large-capacity cases such as the .300 Lapua Magnum, .300 Rem. Ultra Mag and .338 Lapua Magnum.

Of these two powders, the 24N41 is slightly faster than the 20N29 – the updated relative burn rate is 39 (24N41) compared with 36 (20N29), where N110 is assigned an index of 100.

Vihtavuori N550 powder was originally developed for the .30-06 Springfield and .308 Win. calibres in the late 1990s. Vihtavuori N550 is a high-energy, slower-burning powder, perfectly suited to loading a variety of medium- and large-sized cartridges, especially with heavier-weight bullets.

N550 is ideally suited to many .30-calibre Magnum cartridges with lighter bullets, but is also useful across a wide range of barrel sizes in various shooting disciplines. It is an excellent powder for .30-06 Springfield hunting loads with heavier bullets, as well as for other more powerful loads in the 6.5×55 SE, .308 Winchester and many other cartridges.

N550 is a tubular-type powder with symmetrical grain dimensions – 1.0 mm long and 1.0 mm in diameter. As in all our N500 series powders, nitroglycerin has been added to the traditional single-base powder to achieve a higher energy content. N550’s burn rate is similar to that of N150 and falls in the medium part of our high-energy powder scale. Higher velocity is achieved at the same pressure compared with the N100 series – without increased rifle wear!

The newest heavyweight addition to our N500 series powder range is the N568. The slow burn rate and short-cut grains of Vihtavuori N568 high-energy powder ensure extremely consistent metering for long-range competition shooters, accuracy enthusiasts and hunters. N568 performs excellently with bullets heavy for the calibre and ensures exceptional temperature stability. Like all our load powders, it is also insensitive to changes in moisture.

Vihtavuori N568 is an excellent choice for today’s most popular large-capacity cartridges, including the 6.5 PRC, .300 PRC and .338 Lapua Magnum, as well as various classic belted Magnum cartridges such as the 7 mm Remington Magnum and .300 Winchester Magnum.

Widely known for its accuracy and exceptionally clean burning, N310 is used by pistol shooters loading a range of calibres – from the .32 S&W Long Wadcutter to the .45 ACP and many others requiring precise pistol loads. N310 is the fastest-burning of our pistol powders and the best choice for the professional Bullseye pistol shooter. Vihtavuori N310, known in the old days as N14, is a single-base, tubular-type powder with grain dimensions of 0.7 mm long and 0.6 mm in diameter. Thanks to its small size and almost symmetrical grain shape, the powder flows smoothly and meters well in loading measures. Like our other N300 series powders, N310 is porous – in fact, one of the most porous of our powders. Porosity is an essential factor determining a powder’s burning properties: the more porous the powder, the faster the burn rate achieved. Vihtavuori N310 is often used for light target loads with light bullets, but it also performs excellently with heavier bullets. As an extremely versatile powder, it is also suitable for loading shotshells – in fact, shotshell manufacturers use it in their top-class cartridges with light 24-gram target loads. N310 is also used by many blank-cartridge manufacturers.

Vihtavuori N120 powder is ideally suited to small-calibre cartridges with light bullets and to short-barrelled rifles, especially the .222 Remington and 7.62×39. Previously known as N 21, this powder is widely recognised and used even by the Finnish Army.

N120’s burn rate on our powder scale is fast – slightly slower than N110. Vihtavuori N120 requires higher pressure than N110 for optimal burning. The grain size is the smallest in our entire powder family: just 0.8 mm long and 0.6 mm in diameter. As with our other fine-grained powders, this ensures very easy charging and use in powder measures.

Vihtavuori N120 powder is chosen by many sport shooters, short-range target shooters and small-game hunters.

We reckon that even Dirty Harry himself might have used Vihtavuori N350 in his famous .44 Rem Mag – after all, his aim simply never misses!

Vihtavuori N350 is the slowest-burning powder in the N300 series group of pistol powders. It is ideally suited to very heavy loads and to the highest velocity and energy across a wide range of pistol and revolver cartridges. The grain size (1.0 mm long and 0.8 mm in diameter) is exactly the same as the N320, N330 and N340 powders – it is precisely the powder’s porosity that accounts for all the differences in burning properties. N350 is perfectly suited to powerful loads, for example in the 9 mm Luger, 10 mm AUTO and .45 ACP calibres. Thanks to its slow burn rate, it is ideally suited to very heavy loads and the highest velocity and energy across a wide assortment of pistol and revolver cartridges. N350 is widely used in pistol shooting, especially practical shooting.

N330 pistol powder gives the pistol shooter broad possibilities, perfectly suited to everything from light target loads to heavier high-velocity loads. It is a versatile powder suitable for an exceptionally wide range of applications – specifically developed for the 9 mm Luger calibre, but also suitable for the .38 Special, .40 S&W, .44 S&W Special and .45 Colt cartridges.

This powder gives the pistol handloader broad possibilities and serves excellently across all shooting disciplines – from light target loads to heavier high-velocity loads. Grain length – 1.0 mm, diameter – 0.8 mm. It is suitable for an exceptionally wide range of sport-shooting applications.

N320, previously known as 3N22, is a fast-burning pistol load powder intended for light and medium-range target loads – cartridges from the 9 mm and .38 Special to the .44 Special and 45 ACP. It can reach a higher velocity at acceptable pressure than N310 and gives the handloader a little more versatility at the loading bench.

N320 is one of our most popular pistol powders and can be used for a wide range of pistol calibres – from the .32 to the .45. It is most often chosen by sport and amateur shooters, such as Cowboy Action shooting participants, but as an extremely reliable powder it is also suitable for service use. It is a tubular-type powder with grain dimensions of 1.1 mm x 0.8 mm (length x diameter) and, like all our load powders, it has an added copper-fouling-reducing additive.

N170 is the slowest-burning powder in the Vihtavuori N100 series, recommended for very large-capacity cases such as the .300 Weatherby Mag. and .300 Rem Ultra Mag. This powder offers good properties in most belted Magnum cartridges. Vihtavuori N170 is one of the slowest-burning canister-grade powders offered by any manufacturer.

Vihtavuori N170 is the slowest-burning powder in the N100 series (apart from the 20N29 and 24N41) and, in fact, one of the slowest-burning canister-grade powders offered on the market by any manufacturer. Like all our powders, the N170 grains are cylindrical, single-channel perforated extruded shapes. At 1.7 mm long and 1.1 mm in diameter, the grains are relatively large.

Vihtavuori N140 is an incredibly versatile powder, perfectly suited to a wide range of calibres and bullet weights. From the .223 Remington with heavy bullets to full-size giants such as the .375 H&H Magnum, Vihtavuori N140 is an ideal load-powder choice. Delivering good velocity, clean burning and exceptional stability, this powder is a standard choice for a wide assortment of cartridges.

N140 powder was originally developed for the 7.62×53R cartridge for the Finnish Army in the early years of Vihtavuori’s history. To this day it has remained one of the best-selling powders of all time.

N140 is a tubular-type powder with grain dimensions of 1.0 mm long and 0.9 mm in diameter. Its structure, grain geometry and graphite coating ensure excellent performance in all loading machines, and metering is extremely easy. N140 powder burns at a medium rate on our powder scale, making it a versatile load powder for both small-game hunting and sport shooting.

N140 is not the choice if you are after the highest possible muzzle velocity, but it certainly is the choice if you are after the best possible accuracy. This powder is a true multi-purpose powder that can be used for a wide range of calibres – from the .223 Remington to the .308 Winchester, .30-06 Springfield and .375 H&H Magnum, to name just a few.

Vihtavuori 3N38 powder is specially developed for competitive pistol shooting with high-velocity loads in 9 mm and .40 S&W cartridges. It is a single-base, tubular-type powder belonging to our group of fine-grained powders (0.6 mm long x 0.6 mm in diameter).

3N38 is a popular powder for practical shooting, especially among IPSC and USPSA shooters. As a relatively slow-burning powder, 3N38 is an excellent choice for producing Major loads – it ensures the good accuracy and clean burning for which Vihtavuori is widely known.

This Vihtavuori powder was originally developed for the .50 BMG cartridge and for military use, and even the name 20N29 derives from Finnish Army standards.

Vihtavuori offers two powders specifically intended for the .50 BMG case: the 24N41 and the 20N29. These are single-base, surface-treated powders featuring very large grains and an extremely slow burn rate, ideally suited to the .50 BMG cartridge. They are also suitable for some other very large-capacity cartridges such as the .30-378 Weatherby Magnum. Of these two powders, the 24N41 is slightly faster than the 20N29 – the updated relative burn rates are 39 (24N41) and 36 (20N29), where N110 is assigned an index of 100.

The 20N29 is a single-base, surface-treated powder with grain dimensions of 2.3 mm long and 1.3 mm in diameter. Its burn rate is slower and its grains larger than those of the N100 series powders. The 20N29 is used mainly in large-calibre and Magnum-class cartridges with heavy bullets and in long-range target shooting. It is ideally suited to the .50 BMG cartridge, but has also earned a good reputation in, for example, the .300 Lapua Magnum and .30-378 Weatherby Magnum calibres.

N555 powder was developed specifically for the 6.5 Creedmoor calibre, intended for competitive shooting and hunting where accuracy and temperature stability are paramount.

The new Vihtavuori N555 smokeless powder is intended for precision-shooting rifle platforms loaded with cartridges such as the 6 mm Creedmoor, 6.5 Creedmoor, .284 Winchester, .260 Remington and .30-06 Springfield, as well as for rifle-calibre cartridges with a large case capacity and a relatively small bullet diameter.

Competitive shooters and hunters will appreciate this powder’s resilience in extreme weather conditions. As the most temperature-stable load powder in its class, N555 delivers unprecedented performance in the 6.5 Creedmoor calibre. Like all our load powders, N555 has an added additive that reduces fouling and thus extends your competitive shooting stages. The unprecedented lot-to-lot consistency of N555 also eliminates the costly range time spent re-tuning your favourite loads. N555 has an energy content of 3700 J/g and a bulk density of 900 g/l. N555’s burn rate is between N550 and N160.

Vihtavuori N165 is a very slow-burning powder, making it an excellent choice for the same cartridges as Vihtavuori N160 when heavier bullets are used. N165 with these bullets delivers slightly higher velocity, making it a smart choice for the handloader aiming for long-range performance. With heavy bullets, N165 powder ensures excellent accuracy across a range of calibres – from the 6.5×55 SE to the .416 Rigby, and it is one of the best choices for the .338 Lapua Magnum calibre.

Vihtavuori N165 is a versatile powder for Magnum-class rifle calibres with heavy bullets. It works especially well in the .338 Lapua Magnum with 250-grain bullets, but can be used to load a wide range of calibres – from the 6.5×55 SE to the .416 Rigby.

N165 powder grains are exactly the same size (1.3 mm long x 1.0 mm in diameter) as those of its “big brother” N160, but the surface coating accounts for the differences in burning properties.