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Handgun Propellant

Reloading Solutions carry an extensive line pistol powders for reloading from Alliant, Hodgdon, IMR, Reload Swiss and Vihtavuori to suit most cartridges from 25 ACP all the way up to the might 500 S&W Magnum.

Smokeless powders, or propellants, are essentially mixtures of chemicals designed to burn under controlled conditions at the proper rate to fire a projectile from a firearm. Smokeless handgun powders are made in three forms: thin, circular flakes or wafers, extruded kernels (small cylinders and spherical (small spheres or discs).

Single-base smokeless powders derive their main source of energy from nitrocellulose.

Because each propellant is specifically engineered to have different burn rates and performance characteristics, NEVER BLEND OR MIX DIFFERENT PROPELLANTS, AND USE ONLY THE PROPELLANT AND QUANTITY RECOMMENDED BY OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED LOAD DATA.