Vitavouray N310 [Archive]

Cosmic_Charlie

11-25-2020, 01:26 PM

Got a wild hair and ordered a 4 lb. jug of this. Used it 20 years ago in .45acp. Planning to try it for target loads in .38 special and .44 special. Think my autodisk will throw it well at small charges. Powder is drying up out there too, and rather quickly. This may be a lifetime supply for me. Anyone using this for other than .45?

oldsalt444

11-25-2020, 01:34 PM

Excellent powder. I have used it in .38, 9mm and .45 ACP and Auto Rim. It is my "go to" powder for j-words. It does well with boolits but I prefer WST for that. It is very clean burning and has a burn rate the same as Bullseye. I have found that using 10% less N310 will give you near same velocities as BE. Example - 4.4 gr. BE = 4.0 N310.

Lloyd Smale

11-28-2020, 07:54 AM

back when i shot ppc it was my go to match powder. never found anything more accurate in the 38s. It got hard to find and expensive though so i switched to good old cheap surplus aa2 (pr200 an br2) It a great powder though if you can afford it.

ioon44

11-28-2020, 09:16 AM

I have good results with Vihtavuori N310 with .45 ACP, just a little pricey.

stubshaft

11-28-2020, 09:06 PM

I used it and liked it alot, but can't get it here anymore.

jsizemore

11-29-2020, 10:22 AM

Anywhere you'd shoot red dot or bullseye.

cowboy4evr

11-29-2020, 11:41 AM

WST is my go to powder for 45 acp . Works equally well for reduced loads in 41 and 44 magnum , about like a " special " load using cast , my own . I have looked at VV310 , but decided WST was working for me just fine . Regards Paul

Cosmic_Charlie

12-04-2020, 03:45 PM

4.0 grains under a 240 in my M 24 is a nice target load. About 690 fps and low ES. Very consistent metering in the auto disk.

Cosmic_Charlie

12-08-2020, 11:48 AM

Also 3.5 grains in .38 special under the Lee 105 swc. 690 fps and accurate. The only two powder measures that i have used for N310 have been a Dillon on my SDB years ago and currently the Lee Autodisk. I do not think most other measures would work well enough with these light charges. Plus or minus a couple tenths of a grain with this powder is not good or good enough.

Brass&Lead

12-08-2020, 11:59 AM

It is currently in stock at Grafs:
https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/search?keywords=Vihtavuori+N310+