357 MAGNUM LOAD

Rosie

December 21, 2011 13:16

How does 4.5 grains of red dot behind a lead swc sound? Or what is a good load using red dot?

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  bpost

  December 21, 2011 13:45

  Up that charge by 1/2 a grain unless you want wimp loads.

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  Rosie

  December 21, 2011 18:05

  OK 5 grains for 357. How about 38 special? 3.5 grains of red dot? Same bullet.

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  bpost

  December 21, 2011 18:23

  3.5 to 3.8 grains would be a nice mid-range fun plinking load with 158 grain bullets. You could shoot a whole coffee can full of them and not spend 20 bucks on ammo!

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  Rosie

  December 22, 2011 05:07

  Thanks a million bpost. I have about 11 pounds of red dot left over from my trap shooting days and a couple of thousand bullets from when I reloaded pistol calibers. I want to use some of it up without buying powder. Be a good chance to teach grand sons about reloading!

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  Rocky Raab

  December 22, 2011 05:29

  RedDot is a very good choice for handgun loads, being "fluffy" as well as easy to ignite, insensitive to position within the case, and fairly clean-burning at the moderate pressures involved. Except for maximum loads, you can confidently use RedDot at the same charge weights as Bullseye, Clays and several other very fast powders, also.
  
  One good but unsuspected use is in rifle loads. As Ed Harris wrote some years ago, 13 grains makes an excellent practice load in a wide variety of rifle loadings. See http://members.shaw.ca/cronhelm/TheLoad.html for exact details and cautions.

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