Why won't the Green Dot work in 2 5/8" Bismuth ?

I agree with Mr. Lester.
I load Green Dot in 28, 20, & 12 ga target loads. They are fast and seem to pattern perfectly. Green Dot also makes a nice 1 1/4 oz field load in the 12 gauge.
I must confess that I don't experiment much...just find a load that works and stick with it. Green Dot has served me well for the past 45 years or so and I'm too old to change now.
However, "If it's any good they'll likely quit making it."
Steve Kleist
Ely, MN

I normally use Promo, 700X, or American Select for my 10 or 12ga loads. Our supplier for reloading sent us a email and they were holding some powder we had wanted in the past. One was Green Dot - no one wanted it - and seeing how I didn't want to let it go because they were nice enough to hold powder for us, I bought a 8 pounder. These are all Allaint powders - they seem to still be able to get some of this so I've been pretty lucky getting powder - I have about 40 pounds of different powders I can use or have used in the past. Now I get the chance to load some GD and see how it works.

Bill M. could you share your recipe using Unique powder for a 2 5/8' 10ga. 1 3/8oz. Bismuth load making less than 9000 psi and its velocity?


Paul could you share your recipe using Green Dot powder for a 2 5/8' 10ga. 1 3/8oz. Bismuth load making less than 9000 psi and its velocity?

I have been looking for more 10 ga. 2 5/8 non tox load data too. Thanks.

I've never shot Bismuth and have my first batch of GD and haven't used any yet. All my 2 5/8 loads were with lead shot - 700X and Promo were the powders I used. I only shot clay birds so loads are light - 1 1/16oz - 19grs of Promo.

I can't give you a recipe for 2 5/8" 1 3/8 ounce Bismuth loads, but I will say that Unique is a fairly slow powder, the ten gauge has a very big hole, so it would be hard to make up a load that would throw shot at 1150 and have a psi of 9500. I always look in the book to see if my logic is correct.