Hodgdon Equivalents for ADI Product Codes
Many of the most popular powders sold under the Hodgdon brand in the USA (including Varget and H4350) are actually made by Thales Australia Ltd. (formerly ADI, Ltd.) in Australia. Some load manuals list Thales (ADI) data, but not Hodgdon data, or vice-versa, so we’ve compiled this list of equivalent powders. If you can’t find a recommended load for a particular Hodgdon powder in your caliber, download the latest ADI Smokeless Powders Handloaders Guide (2010, 5th Edition), a 5-megabyte Acrobat file.
Here’s a list of ADI to Hodgdon Powder equivalents:
| AS30N=Clays AP50N = (No Hodgdon) AS50N = International AP70N = Universal AP100 = (No Hodgdon) AR2205 = H4227 AR2207 = H4198 AR2219 = H322 Bench Mark1 = (No Hodgdon) Bench Mark2 = BenchMark |
AR2206 = (No Hodgdon) AR2206H = H4895 AR2208 = Varget AR2209 = H4350 AR2213 = (Discontinued) AR2213SC = H4831 AR2217 = H1000 AR2225 = Retumbo AR2218 = H50BMG |
About IMR 8208 XBR
NOTE: Although new IMR 8208 XBR is made by Thales (ADI), Hodgdon has not published an ADI-equivalent product code. Thales has loaded some of the 8208 XBR into military ammo. However, Thales Australia Ltd. tells us: “[We] have yet to release the IMR 8208 XBR propellant in Australia to the sporting shooters market; thus it does not have an equivalent Thales (ADI) name”.
ADI Limited have changed our name to Thales Australia Limited. Thales have yet to released the IMR8208XBR propellant in Australia to the sporting shooters market and thus it does not have an equivalent name.
Thales also manufacture Trail Boss, which has retained its name in Australia.
How did you know I was looking for a chart like this? Does anyone make a burn rate chart that has all the different names of the same powders on it, instead of stacking them right on top of each other? I’ve seen the Hodgdon, Western Powders, and Nammo charts, with the Nammo chart being the best layout. All of them are incomplete and don’t list certain powders. Does anyone make a better burn chart that says when two differently named powders are actually the same?
Thanks. I found this in the ADI Handloaders Guide (PDF Link at the top) too.
It’s a pretty good layout, but I’ve done numerous tests with BL-C2 and AA2230 and gotten very different pressures and velocities. Both of these powders are Ball Powders, so I don’t know why I got such different numbers with these two if they’re equivalent.
try this link to the ADI site: http://www.adi-limited.com/handloaders-guide/equivalents.asp
If you don’t believe the above chart go to the Hodgdon site and look at the MSDS data and it CLEARLY shows the ADI names.
what is the adi/thales equivalent for the hodgson us869 referred to in the barnes manual.
Adi/Thales equivalent to IMR8208 is called
BENCHMARK 8208