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Posted: 9/18/2014 2:08:49 PM EDT
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My buddy owes me some money. He said he'll give me 10 lbs of Red Dot powder if I knock $100 off of what is owed.
Although I have a MEC loader for 12 ga, I just don't use it often, as shot shells are cheap and shot is too expensive. I load for .45 and 9mm, and I see that this powder can be used for both, but how good is it, and is this a good price for this much powder? This much powder could last me until the end of time, but I don't want to use it if it has poor results. |
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The current cost of a pound of powder is $20-30. So good deal. Yes you could load both calibers with Red Dot. Wouldn't be my first choice, but you use what you can find right about now. Good deal for the guy that owes him money, bad deal for OP. I load 9mm with it and it is comparable to titegroup |
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Good deal for the guy that owes him money, bad deal for OP. I load 9mm with it and it is comparable to titegroup Quoted:
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The current cost of a pound of powder is $20-30. So good deal. Yes you could load both calibers with Red Dot. Wouldn't be my first choice, but you use what you can find right about now. Good deal for the guy that owes him money, bad deal for OP. I load 9mm with it and it is comparable to titegroup I think it's a good deal for the guy getting the powder. |
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I think it's a good deal for the guy getting the powder. Quoted:
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The current cost of a pound of powder is $20-30. So good deal. Yes you could load both calibers with Red Dot. Wouldn't be my first choice, but you use what you can find right about now. Good deal for the guy that owes him money, bad deal for OP. I load 9mm with it and it is comparable to titegroup I think it's a good deal for the guy getting the powder. Oh yea I guess I read it wrong the first time. 10 pounds for $100 is better than any deal you will currently find on powder. |
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Older Alliant or even older Hercules manuals have good info on pistol loads for Red Dot powder. Here's a link to older Alliant manuals pdf versions. The 2000 manual is a good one:
http://www.castpics.net/LoadData/Freebies/RM/Alliant.html |
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It's my favorite in .45, but I haven't seen it in a couple of years. Very, very clean and shot well anywhere from 4 to 5 grains with a 230 gr bullet. I certainly wouldn't describe it as clean, however I'm not chasing velocity with it, either. I think it's pretty dirty with 4.0 grains pushing a 230gr bullet out of my .45. |
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I would take that deal and use Red Dot quite often for 9 and 45 because it's what I usually buy for shotgun and lately easier to find than Titegroup or Unique. Going to try some Blue Dot 10mm soon too. I use Red Dot for 9MM. I just started using Blue Dot for .40 S&W with the Nosler 135 HPs. Lots of fire and boom (in my CZ P07) and very very nice groups. With this load my P07 outshoots my Glock, my XDMs, and my M&Ps. Blue Dot is supposed to be very good in 10MM. The Alliant web site gives several pistol loads for shotgun powders. |
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I find it consistent enough... I'll measure several loads in a row and find that one is off by 1/10th occasionally, but that would be the exception, not the norm.
Looking at how big the flakes are I wouldn't think it would meter as good as it does. My powder measure is a stock Dillon on a Square Deal B. |
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Like many of the other alliant powders it gets a bit sooty if you try to make real light loads .
I have a keg of Red Dot that I got years ago from a old trap shooter . Started digging into it a couple of years back when powder in general was getting crazy. It has been working real well in 45acp medium range cast bullet loads . You aren't touching my deal (I got mine for free!) but $100 is a killer deal . Use three or four lbs and trade or give away the rest and you are still ahead Reloading in of itself is a good deal but the odd times you find a killer deal like this just puts you way ahead |
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I certainly wouldn't describe it as clean, however I'm not chasing velocity with it, either. I think it's pretty dirty with 4.0 grains pushing a 230gr bullet out of my .45. Quoted:
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It's my favorite in .45, but I haven't seen it in a couple of years. Very, very clean and shot well anywhere from 4 to 5 grains with a 230 gr bullet. I certainly wouldn't describe it as clean, however I'm not chasing velocity with it, either. I think it's pretty dirty with 4.0 grains pushing a 230gr bullet out of my .45. Add a little more and I think most of that mess will vanish. |
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Add a little more and I think most of that mess will vanish. Quoted:
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It's my favorite in .45, but I haven't seen it in a couple of years. Very, very clean and shot well anywhere from 4 to 5 grains with a 230 gr bullet. I certainly wouldn't describe it as clean, however I'm not chasing velocity with it, either. I think it's pretty dirty with 4.0 grains pushing a 230gr bullet out of my .45. Add a little more and I think most of that mess will vanish. So will the mild recoil. |
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