Vihtavuori N550 – powerful loads for hunting

Vihtavuori’s N550 rifle powder was originally developed for .30-06 Springfield and .308 Win. calibers in the late 90’s. The N550 is an ideal fit for many of the 30 caliber magnums with lighter bullets, but also useful across a wide range of bore sizes in various shooting disciplines. It is an excellent powder for .30-06 Springfield hunting rounds with heavier bullets, and also for other more powerful loads of 6,5×55 SE, .308 Winchester plus many others.

The N550 is tubular powder type with symmetrical grain dimensions of 1,0 mm length and 1,0 mm diameter. As with all of our N500 series powders, nitroglycerine has been added to the traditional single base powder to get better energy content. The burning rate of N550 is similar to that of the N150 rifle powder and it’s on the medium scale of our high energy powders. Higher velocity is acquired with equal pressure compared to the N100 series – without increased wear on the rifle!

Handloading tip by our Pros

Try N550 in your 6,5×47 Lapua with Lapua´s 6,5 mm 7,8 g / 120 gr OTM Scenar-L bullet.

Vihtavuori N550 rifle powder comes in 1 lbs and 1 kg bottles as well as 8 lbs containers.

Reloading data available in these calibers:

.224 Valkyrie.223 Remington.22 Nosler.223 WSSM.22-250 Remington.22 Creedmoor6 mm Creedmoor.243 WSSM.243 Winchester6 XC6 mm Remington.240 Weatherby Magnum6,5 x 47 Lapua6,5 Creedmoor.260 Remington6,5 x 55 Swedish Mauser6,5 x 55 SE / 6,5 x 55 SKAN6,5 - 284 Norma.270 Winchester.270 Weatherby Magnum7 mm-08 Remington.284 Winchester7 x 57R7 x 64.280 Remington7 x 65R7 mm WSM.308 Winchester7,62 x 53R (7,62 Russian).30-06 Springfield.300 H&H Magnum.300 WSM.300 PRC.300 Winchester Magnum8 x 57 IS (8 mm Mauser)8 x 68 S.338 Winchester Magnum9,3 x 629,3 x 66 Sako.375 H&H Magnum