Author Topic: Red Dot powder for .45 colt loads? (Read 1950 times)

Pecos Clyde · « **on:** February 10, 2003, 05:55:58 AM »

Heyya ya'll

I know I am beginning to sound like a broken record ref the reloadin stuff, and I apologize for askin all these rookie reloader questions.

With that said; I like using Red Dot for my shotgun reloadin. Is there a .45 colt load with lead bullets that uses Red Dot as well?

I have some reloadin books that Caleath swapped to me. They seem to have jacketed bullet info, but not lead bullet info. Those books will be useful to me for some of my non-CAS reloads. Can you recommend a book/publication that deals primarily with lead bullet reloads for rifle and handgun?

Cheyenne Ranger · « **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2003, 06:16:41 AM »

Here's what my mentors and I use:
for the .45LC pistol: 5.0 gr of Red Dot over a 200 gr RNFP bullet
for the .45LC rifle: 6.0 gr Red Dot over a 250 gr RNFP bullet.
He feels the rifle needs the additional length of the 250 gr bullet to be accurate. The 200 gr in the hand gun is to keep the recoil down

DB Leath · « **Reply #2 on:** February 10, 2003, 06:33:55 AM »

Hey Pecos,
I sure thought that Lyman Pistol book had some lead loads in it. Now I know what to trade ya for that shotgun belt....

My Lyman cast bullet book list

250 gr
4.5 starting load 535 fps

6.5 max load 835 fps

255
4.5 starting load 550 fps

6.0 max load 780 fps

hope this helps
DB Leath

Sgt. Drydock · « **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2003, 07:44:06 AM »

www.alliantpowder.com My Alliant load book has a page for Lead bullet cowboy loads that has Data as:

200 RNFP-6.0-7.0 785-897

225 RNFP-5.5-6.5 721-824

250 RNFP-5.0-6.0 680-757

Pecos Clyde · « **Reply #4 on:** February 10, 2003, 09:30:33 AM »

Heyya ya'll

Well, thank you all for the responses. Caleath, I will check that lyman book....I maybe didn't look in there ( started playin with the mec 650 I bought instead of looking at all the stuff you sent real close).

Ten days till the Dillon 650 gets here. Now I just hafta find a good lead bullet brand.

Cheyenne, what primers do you use? Currently I am using the 200 grain Ten X brand ammo for both pistol and rifle. Seems to be workin well.

Cheyenne Ranger · « **Reply #5 on:** February 10, 2003, 10:10:58 AM »

I use Win and Federals. Usually go with what I can find or what is cheaper if both are present. CCI's and I don't get along--they are made of a harder metal and if you don't seat them fully they have a tendency to go "click" :grin: this is not a good sound.