German Jim Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 I have some 205gr., .45 Colt Bear Creek Bullets sized at .452. I want to load some .45 Colt ammo with Green Dot smokeless. What would be a good STARTing load for Green Dot? TIA - Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 http://stevespages.com/451p_3_200.html Jim, this website is also listed in the SASS FAQ link if you ever need it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mild Bill #2326 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Not many use Green Dot, in .45 Colt. I have been, for years, and told some shooting pards who converted to it. I use a 200 gr RNFP over 5.4gr, in the revolvers, and a 250gr RNFP over 5.6 gr, in the rifle. Good accuracy with both. Try them. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Green Dot makes the best 16 ga. 1 oz. loads for Smokie less Cowboy shooting .... In .45 Colt with your light bullets I would start with 6 gr. and work up ... Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLFY Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 I realize this isn’t the same caliber, but I had a great CAS 200grn 44 magnum load with 5.5 grns of green dot. Shot POA out of 5.5” vaqueros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throckmorton,23149 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 starting loads of almost any powder suck in .45 colt, because it's a huge case.sooooo don't load a thousand and wish you hadn't .Just a thought.(no,not something I did. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patagonia Pete Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 I used to use Green Dot in my regular cowboy loads ... because (at the time) I was also using it for 45acp as well as long range pistol caliber cowboy loads in 45. (For me) ... A 200gr Bear Creek over 7.9gr would go 1200fps out of my 20 inch Rossi ... when zeroed 2 inches high at 25yds it was a POA shot at 100yds. For the regular (cowboy) loads ... I used 5gr w/ the 200gr (205) Bear Creek bullets. Those went 640fps out of my 4 3/4 revolvers and 720fps out of the Rossi (20 inch). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Jim Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 Thanks for all the replies. I've got lots of Green Dot and use it when I shot smokeless (shotgun, rifle and pistol). For rifle and pistol, I use a 255 gr. Bear Creek Bullet. I came across a bunch of 205 grainers and was wondering how much Green Dot to use. That's the reason for my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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