Red Dot in .44 Special

[Barkis]

I have a lot of Red Dot on hand because I have found it to be a good powder for the loads I prefer shoot in my .38 special snubbie (3.5 grains under a 148 gr cast DEWC) and .357 (5 grains under a 158 grain cast RNFP). I want to use it in my .44 special and be able to run a cast 240 g RNFP at @ 900--950 FPS. Does anyone here use this powder in their .44s? Would you be averse to sharing your load data?

Thanks.

 

[HW11]

I use it all the time. I think what I read, starting is 5.5 and 6.5 is listed as max. 6 is a nice shooting load.

 

[Chuck 100 yd]

Alliant data for the .44sp. Stops at 200 gr. bullets with RedDot. That is not to say it won't work with heavier bullets though. I shoot Red dot in both the .45 Colt and .45 ACP under 230 gr. cast bullets at 6gr.

 

[HW11]

http://www.gunsandammo.com/reloading/reloading-the-44-special/undefined

It took me a while to find it again. Read the above link. I'm sorry I don't know how to make it a hyper link.

 

[phonejack]

I use 5.3 with a 240 cast. Might be a little slower than what you want be this charge is accurate in mine.

 

[SweetWilliam]

My buddy uses red dot for everything from 9mm to 44/45. Plus shotgun.
It's probably something I should've starting using a long time ago, just never did.

 

[Barkis]

HW11, the link sends me to a "Page not Found", unfortunately. Do you have the name of the article I could google?

 

[HW11]

http://www.gunsandammo.com/reloading/reloading-the-44-special/undefined

Here it is again. If I click on the one in the above post it takes me to the page.
If it doesn't work this time google Guns & Ammo, reloading the 44 special. The article was April 3, 2011.

 

[Tellico]

http://www.gunsandammo.com/reloading/reloading-the-44-special/

 

[Rclark]

.44Special. I tested 4.5g (800fps, 37 ES, 15 shots) to 6.0g (950fps, 21 ES, 15 shots) of Red Dot under 240g SWC. CCI-300 primers. My test gun 5 1/2" Ruger flattop liked them all. Haven't found a caliber yet that doesn't like Red Dot. Obviously it isn't for 'heavy' loads which suits me. It is my go to powder for .357 for pushing a 158g SWC around 1000fps. Unique, Universal, 20/28 are my goto powders for .44 Spec and .44Mag so try to keep plenty available.

 

[dwayne]

I have a lot of Red Dot on hand because I have found it to be a good powder for the loads I prefer shoot in my .38 special snubbie (3.5 grains under a 148 gr cast DEWC) and .357 (5 grains under a 158 grain cast RNFP). I want to use it in my .44 special and be able to run a cast 240 g RNFP at @ 900--950 FPS. Does anyone here use this powder in their .44s? Would you be averse to sharing your load data?

Thanks.

Using Red Dot (RD), WLP primers and a 245 grain gas checked SWC bullet in my 5.5" Ruger NMFT, I get 930 fps with 6.0 grains and 985 fps with 6.5 grains of RD. Happy to share -- use at your own risk.

 

[john guedry]

I use it a lot. But like R Clark I don't load anything "heavy" with it.

 

[Barkis]

Thanks, folks. I appreciate the information and the links to the article.

Barkis