red dot powder

[gman]

Hardy reel in the lower left corner?

[Dean Romig]

No, as I recall it was a Perrine or some other cheap knock-off.

[OH Osthaus]

Dean

I like your Maine antique shops-

[Dean Romig]

I bought a very nice 4-piece (47") B.G.I. Co hickory(?) cleaning rod with the 3-row steel wire brass brush stamped 12 on the end of the brush. The whole setup is really nice with 'patina' being the only 'issue' (and that's not a bad thing).



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[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

loaded up 5 shells with the red dot load using 22grains and 1 1/8 ounce of no 6 lead shot..recoil not bad...patterns very good..now this is the short 10 ga loading...i shot at 50 steps at a foam dinner plate roughly 9 inch in diameter...put9 shot in the plate.. next shot at 45 steps put 21 shot in plate..next shot at 40 steps put 30 shot in plate.next to shots were at 35 yards put46 shot in plate..last shot at 35 steps put the plate full did not count them...this will be a very good load for the hunter or thetrap or skeet shooter...i think if a fellow dropped the load to 19 grains of red dot it would be really soft on shoulder and break clays out to 50 yards with ease...very clean burning... i did use the crimp that JACK told about i can not think of the name at the moment but its the one were you use the first crimping stage and then follow up on the 2 nd stage crimp but put very little pressure on this stage only close crimp about a third of the way..its not a pretty crimp but its very good on those old tough remington green plastic hulls...i shot all these loads through the old parker ph 10 ga with twist steel barrels... try this red dot its a good load.... charlie

I shot a round of trap using 22 gr of Red Dot and 1 1/8 tonight. They worked great but there was a still a little bit more recoil than I think is needed for a trap load. Going to load a box with 19 gr and 1 1/8 to shoot next week. I already loaded a couple, I was hoping they would take an even 1/2" filler wad from Circle Fly and make it easy but I still need to tear off a small sliver maybe 1/16" to get the crimp right in a Federal hull. Clean burning for a "Dot" powder too.

[charlie cleveland]

i believe the 19 grains will be about right pete..as you said it is a very clean burn..

[Richard Flanders]

Dean: all that shotgun ammo and powder would have followed me home from that store unless it was ridiculously expensive. I have several 3# kegs of powder like that red dot, including green dot and unique, that I inherited last year. It had all been in storage since 1982 when the previous 'owner' died. I have a can of the same 4350 shown there also. Nice stash of stuff that guy has. That BGI cleaning rod you got looks in great shape. The metal fittings aren't flared and loose like they tend to get.

[charlie cleveland]

hey pete ypu been reloading anymore of that red dot...i aint reloaded any in the last few days been busy with yard and garden work..but i believe that the 19 grains and a 1 1/8 ounce of lead is gonna be a sure enough good load for the 10 ga.. charlie

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

hey pete ypu been reloading anymore of that red dot...i aint reloaded any in the last few days been busy with yard and garden work..but i believe that the 19 grains and a 1 1/8 ounce of lead is gonna be a sure enough good load for the 10 ga.. charlie

I have not yet shot the 19gr 10ga loads yet but suspect they will be just fine. This week I loaded up some 12ga 7/8 ounce loads using 16 gr of Alliant Promo and some homemade #8 shot I bought off a guy in Florida. Using my straight grip Titanic DHE I went 25 straight with the first box so I guess it's an OK load

[charlie cleveland]

never used any prmo powder..but i do like this red dot powder load...as you said pete it should be a great cold weather load...speaking about lead ive got to order me some soon im about out...