red dot powder

[Bill Murphy]

Whoa, you guys are not very scientific about choosing powders and charges. Of course, I would be the first to admit that it is hard to blow up a good ten or eight with normal loads. Yup, Red Dot is fine with tens and eights and light shot charges, like 1 1/4 in the ten and maybe a little heavier in the eight. With normal plastic wads or fiber wads the ten should be more than safe with 25 grains of Red Dot and the eight should be safe with 27 or 28 grains of Red Dot and give a nice slow velocity with the mentioned shot loads, probably under 1200, but plenty to break clay targets. Red Dot is a fast powder and should not be used with heavy shot loads or loads that attempt high velocity. I prefer Red Dot in big bore guns with light loads because it is not likely to produce bloopers because of its fast burning rate. However high pressures result from heavier shot loads.