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Originally Posted by Ben Safryn
Thanks Pete! Now….how daring do I want to be trying a Red Dot recipe with IMR Red? Wonder if Blue Dot can be swapped for IMR Blue?
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Comparing 1 1/8 ounce 12ga loads with a Federal Gold Medal hull 19 + or - grains of Red Dot and IMR Red produce very similar pressures from what I see in the Hodgdon and Alliant online manuals. Both were around 10,000 psi.
The larger the gauge the lower the pressure. A 19 grain Red Dot loading was tested by member here and the pressure was about 6700 psi. I would expect similar pressure from 19 grain IMR Red.
If your concerned have the load tested. Personally I would shoot a 1 1/8 ounce 19 grain IMR Red loading, my tens have rather stout barrels and I am long since past believing composite barrels could blow up with "normal" loads. Good luck.