I never tested Red Dot.

by Slow Hand , Indiana, Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 04:15 (13 hours, 31 minutes ago) @ JimT

I have been using red dot for so long thst I can’t quite remember why! I started loading .45 colt with the Lee Hand tool and when I finally bought a press and die’s, 45 colt and acp were my first two I ordered. Red dot worked well in both ad. The only real issue is worry of a double charge in the bigger case. Maybe that fear started me off as a careful reloader many years ago.

I have burned quite a bit of unique but have looked for other options in the past few years with the scarcity of it. I have found 231 works well in many of my cartridges I load for and got a 4lb jug in a deal a few years back. Then more recently found an 8lb jug at a local shop so I jumped on it. I got lucky a few months back and bought big jugs of unique, red dot and promo from a guy who was tapering down his shotgun loading. The promo is only sold in 8lb jugs and is reported to be “red dot without the dots”. I have a few ounces left of a jug I bought years ago and In my testing, it was roughly 10% hotter than red dot, which worked great since I was basically using it for bulk loaded ammo, so I could use 10% less powder for the same velocity! I will have to look up some old loads and try them out with the new jug.

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