Reddot powder

[Olsherm]

I read where Mike Venterino said that he got better groups with Red Dot powder, in 45 colt than any other he had used.Anyone had experience with the Red Dot?? Thanks
Is Red Dot a fast burner or medium??

 

[Nowata]

I'm a .44 guy. Burn chart says it is relatively fast. Consistent but a tad dirty for me...so for lite loads I use Trail Boss.

 

[Thumbcocker]

6.5 behind a properly fitted Keith is my walking around load in .44. Standard disclaimer.

 

[Thumbcocker]

6.5 behind a properly fitted Keith is my walking around load in .44. Standard disclaimer.

 

[Rick Courtright]

Hi,

Dunno how much Red Dot I loaded in shotshells ( but it was a LOT!) but never tried it in any handgun cartridges. I moved on to other shotshell powders, so don't even have any RD to try...

A buddy, though, still had plenty of it left when he put his trap gun in the safe and brought out his Model 39 Smiff. Even at 100 yds, w/ a starting load of RD and a 125 gr cast bullet, he's deadly enough on cans w/ that 9mm to know it's a little more than pure luck...

Red Dot's pretty "fast" but the old version was still pretty dirty. Dunno how the newer "cleaner burning" variety lives up to its promise.

Rick C

 

[Skalkaho Slim]

I use Red Dot in 44 mag, 45 Colt, 45 ACP, and .308, cast bullets in all. For general shooting its wonderful. My 45 Colt Anaconda loves it and it's like a laser beam. My 45 Colt Redhawk doesn't though.

For heavy loads, I stick with H110. Don't really shoot any jacketed, so I don't know how it does with that stuff.

 

[Capn27]

Like Slim, it seems like I am using Red Dot in everything these days. Not just shotshells, but .45 ACP, .44 Spl., and a host of others. That may have something to do with the fact I have several pounds of it in my magazine.

 

[Oddbod]

I've only used it in .45ACP but have gone through more than 4lbs of it so far.
I haven't noticed it being any dirtier than other powders & it produces economic & accurate loads behind a 200gr LSWC.

 

[Rclark]

.45 Colt

I like 6.5g of Red Dot behind a 250g RNFP. A popper at 881fps...
Also found 7.0g of Red Dot under 255g SWC was accurate for 948fps. YMMV.... Do you own research...

 

[K. Funk]

I happened into about 20 lb of Red Dot for free. I was going to use it up on .45 ACP for the subgun, but I find myself shooting that a lot less than I thought I would. I think I need to start working on loads for other calibers, or this powder is going to outlive me like it did the other guy!!

krf

 

[EDK]

RED DOT has a clone called PROMO. Different in bulk; same in weight for your loads. $95 +/- for an eight pound keg. I used the last of said eight pound keg awhile back and will replace it after recovering financially from a really nice trip to Montana for the Quigley rifle shoot.