reloading

[ray0801]

Does anyone out there use red dot to load 45acp. just need some feed back before i get the powder. using 230 grain berrys bullets

[flyshooter]

I don't use Red Dot, but it is listed in all my reloading manuals......Go to Alliant Powder Co. web site.......they list recommended load info.

[Pkspawn]

I have used red dot with cast lead bullets.. Smoky/dirty.. it is more of a shotgun powder. But works nice. Don't have my data logs, but I was using it to hit major power factor with 200gn LRN and it was a pretty soft shooting.

I normally use Bullseye for 45, but I had a bunch of red dot, so decided to load that up and give it a try. if it is all you have, give it a try. I loaded a few hundred rounds for a friends 45 and he loved it and felt it was cleaner than some other commercial reloads he was using..

[AirportFF]

I have to check my notebook when I get home. I know that I load 40 with red dot. Can't remember off the top of my head if I've done any 45. I'll check tomorrow when I get home and send you what I have.

[tl_3237]

I use 4.0 gr Red Dot behind a Lyman cast 452374 (225gr).

[hornady]

I have used Red Dot with cast bullets in 357, 40 S&W, 45ACP, 45LC, and 44Mag, in handgun. I also have cast load for Red Dot in 223, 22-250, 3030, 308, and 3006. Red dot is very versatile with cast bullets and one of the few powders you can still find in stock.

[Sparxfly72]

I still have a partial can of Red Dot from when I was a kid reloading shotgun shells. I tried it once for 45acp and choked on the smoke.

[hornady]

Red dot from years back was very Smokey, it burns much cleaner now, new red dot is no more Smokey than Win 231 HP-38 or Unique. Powder gets the rap for Smokey loads. When the bullet lube is more the problem.

[AirportFF]

Here's what I got

230gr Frontier Metal Processing RN Plated bullet
4.9gr red dot (.69cc)