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Need Red Dot recipe for .357


Shane Not Sean

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For the New Vaqueros and Uberti 1873.  I want to use Red Dot for my shot shell and metallic hand loading, and I've about got my shot shell dialed in.  Now I need to work up my .357.  Does anybody have a good .357 Red Dot recipe with 125gr bullets?  Not looking for a .38 recipe.  Thank you.

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My Laser-Cast Reloading Manual quotes 4.1 grains of Red Dot gives 961-fps out of a 6-inch revolver barrel.  That gives you an upper bound on an acceptable load.

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I use 4.0 gr. of Promo which is Red Dot without the dots.  Works fine in my 357.

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I know, you said ,357, not ,38special. More shoot .38sp. Not all your brass will be returned to you. With.38, I don't care if It's my brass, or not. If I get a .357 in the batch when I'm reloading, it goes in the recycle pail.

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3.3. to 3.4 grains of Red Dot or Promo with an 125 grain TCFP bullet crimped in the groove.  Red Dot and Promo are interchangeable.  Federal Small Pistol or Small Pistol Magnum.  I get about 850 FPS out of my rifle.

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1 hour ago, Marshal Chance Morgun said:

I know, you said ,357, not ,38special. More shoot .38sp. Not all your brass will be returned to you. With.38, I don't care if It's my brass, or not. If I get a .357 in the batch when I'm reloading, it goes in the recycle pail.

 

I get a little ..357 brass also but I put in in my gun cart and take it back to the match.  I know it is not much but the .357 shooters seem to appreciate getting a few back.

Blackfoot

 

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