Description

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Vihtavuori N160 Rifle Powder is a slow-burning powder well suited to a broad range of Magnum calibers, and large capacity/small bore cartridges like the 6.5-284 Norma. It is an ideal powder when used with the 270 Win, .25-06 Rem and a variety of belted Magnums. An excellent choice for lighter to mid-weight bullets in these cartridges, Vihtavuori N160 is temperature stable and exceptionally clean burning.

Vihtavuori’s N160 rifle powder is especially suitable for large and magnum calibers (especially belted Magnums) starting from 30-06 with heavier bullets, .243 Winchester, .260 Remington, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5×55 SE, 7 mm Weatherby Magnum, .300 Winchester Magnum, .338 Winchester Magnum and all the Winchester Short Magnums. It also fits large capacity/small bore cartridges like the 6.5-284 Norma.

N160 is a tubular powder type with grain dimensions of 1,3 mm length and 1,1 mm diameter. The burn rate of is medium to slow on the scale of our rifle powders. The N160 is commonly used for big game hunting ammunition especially with heavier bullets.

What are smokeless powders?

Smokeless powders, or propellants, are essentially mixtures of chemicals. So, they are designed to burn under controlled conditions at the proper rate to fire a projectile from a firearm. Smokeless powders are made in three forms:

• Thin, circular flakes or wafers
• Small cylinders
• Small spheres

Single-base smokeless powders derive their main source of energy from nitrocellulose. The energy released from double-base smokeless powders (such as the Vihtavuori N500 rifle powders) is derived from both nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine.

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