red dot 10 ga loads

[charlie cleveland]

last night i loaded up a27 federal hulls that i had shortened to 2 7/8 inch.i used pete lesters posted here on the forum load of 19 grains of red dot and 1 1/8 ounce of no. 9 lead shot..this is quite possibly the best lite 10 ga load to ever come our way...i m gona use a remington 1894 10 ga gun and these loads on doves opening day..i hope they improve my score on birds my average is usally 5 birds to a box of shells...charlie

[Eric Johanen]

That's for certain a great load. I use it with both Federal and Cheddite hulls in both of my short 10's. 1&1/8 oz of 7.5 breaks some targets pretty far out there. Easy on the guns and the shooter and performs way better than one think's it should. I'd like to thank the forum members for posting it and getting me to give it a try. It makes my light short 10's into heavy 12's and I love getting them out on the clays course.

[Craig Larter]

Has anyone had this load tested for pressure and velocity?

[Paul Harm]

I don't see RD for the 16ga but Green Dot is used in both 12 and 16ga. The same powder, primer, and shot has a 2000psi decrease going from 16 to 12. Some RD loads are up around 10,500psi in the 1 1/8oz 12ga load. That said, we know the pressure will be less with the same load in the 10 - maybe around 8500psi.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

Has anyone had this load tested for pressure and velocity?

I too would like to know the results if anyone has had it tested, it's great load and I am completely comfortable shooting it in my composite barrel 10's. A similar load in twelve gauge using paper based plastic hulls similar to the Federal 10ga hull produced 9000 psi with 19gr RD and 1 1/8. They used the Fed209A primer in that load. Use a milder primer like the Win 209 and shoot it through a 10 gauge bore and I'll bet the pressure is around 8000. Anyone put the 19gr Red Dot Short Ten load through a chronograph?

https://www.federalpremium.com/downl...oadingData.pdf

[charlie cleveland]

just shot the reddot load of 19 grains and 1 1/8 ounce of no 9 shot at a dr pepper can at 50 paces got and average of 8 hits each shot..this will indeed be a fine load for doves in a 10 ga i shot the loads in a 1894 remy 10 ga...good loud reports and not much recoil now if i can just hit....i too would like to know the pressures of this load...i know it patterns great....charlie

[Richard Flanders]

Now I know how I'm going to utilize the vintage 3# round metal "keg" of Green Dot that I inherited a few years ago.

[6pt-Sika]

Someone gave me about a pound of Red Dot yesterday . It was in one of the OLD Hercules square short fat tin cans . They wanted to keep the container . So I put it in a washed out dry plastic mayonnaise container and brought it home . Loaded exactly two rounds of 20.2 grains with 1 1/4 ounces of shot SP-10 wad with a 16 gauge card filler in the shot cup and a 10 gauge over shot card just to keep the crimp flat . Took them out and fired them in my EH #3 frame and they sound okay with no surprises .

[Kensal Rise]

While I have not tried Red Dot, Clay Dot is very similar. Thus I offer this Tom Armbrust tested 10-bore load for comparison:

I use the RST (Federal) 2 7/8” hull, 21.1 grs. Of Alliant Clay Dot, Winchester 209 primer, a BP VP 100 one-piece plastic wad, one 16-bore .135 nitro card and one 3/8” fibre wad for cup fill, plus 1 1/8 oz. of No. 8 shot. According to Tom Armbrust of Ballistic Research, this load generates an average 7,640 psi. and 1,217 fps. velocity. That surpasses the RST Lite cartridge by only 67 fps.

[6pt-Sika]

I wish I'd never seen this thread LOL's !

Before reading this I'd already decided I wanted to get two eight pounders of Green Dot before the elections . Now I want two eight pounders of Red Dot as well .