SHOOTERS WORLD AR-PLUS

PROPELLANT PROFILES

- Randy Bimson

Shooters World, the relatively “new kid on block” in the canister propellant marketplace, continues to expand its propellant line with a clear focus on optimizing propellants for specific cartridge applications. This is not meant to imply the application of a given propellant is limited to a few specific cartridges. Rather, the propellants are suitable for a broad range of cartridges but offer enhanced performance for a number of specific cartridges.

With that in mind, Shooters World (SW) set its sights on targeting Hodgdon’s 1960’s-era spherical H-335 propellant, a long-standing favorite of people who load small to midsize rifle cartridges. ARPlus was developed for shooters who are looking for optimum performance using 55/62-grain bullets in appropriately chambered .223 Remington or 5.56 NATO rifles, or the standard 147/150-grain bullets in .308 Winchester or 7.62 NATO chambered rifles at industry-standard velocities.

AR-Plus is a spherical propellant manufactured for SW by Explosia Company in Pardubice-Semtín of the Czech Republic. Explosia is also the manufacturer of the Lovex line of propellants marketed extensively in Europe. AR-Plus is a very fine-grained, double-base propellant. The tiny AR-Plus spherical grains measure an average diameter of .0145 inch and are a shiny gray-black color. The propellant has a very high bulk density of .99g/cm3.