Turkey Bob Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Looking for lite 7/8 oz load using Red Dot. I have some that I would like to use up. Thank You Turkey Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mongo, SASS #61450 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 My wife and I shoot 1oz loads of 7 1/2 with 15 gr. of Red Dot. We've used this load for years. She says it feels like factory AA Featherlites. A number of fellow shooters are loading 7/8 oz with 12-13gr of Red Dot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Bob Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 Mongo Thank for the information much appreciated. Turkey Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Saint Eagle, SASS # 64903 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 29 minutes ago, Turkey Bob said: Looking for lite 7/8 oz load using Red Dot. I have some that I would like to use up. Thank You Turkey Bob. I used a 27 bushing in a MEC I think it was about 14.4gr. I use the same bushing for Red Dot, Clay Dot and Clays. Randy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I've used 12 grains of Red Dot and 7/8 oz shot almost from day one. When I started, I had never loaded shotshells before, so I asked another shooter I casually knew through his job, and he said, "I use 18.0 grains of Red Dot and 1 1/8 oz shot". I didn't know any better, and I'm pretty sure I still have a few left from the first boxes I loaded. Another long-time shooter here used 9.0 grains Red Dot for years - you could actually see the shot ball going downrange. Eventually, he must have gotten a wad or two stuck in the barrel because he bumped it up to 10.0 grains, and is still using that load today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jack Black Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) Anyone using a feathered wad? Edited January 20 by Texas Jack Black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) What's a feathered wad? @Texas Jack Black Edited January 21 by Three Foot Johnson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Catorce Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 2 hours ago, Randy Saint Eagle, SASS # 64903 said: I used a 27 bushing in a MEC I think it was about 14.4gr. I use the same bushing for Red Dot, Clay Dot and Clays. Randy Same… any lighter will allow blow-by in my baikals charring the hulls a bit…ruining the shell for reloading because they’re no longer smooth… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) 13.7 Red Dot claybuster gray wad 7/8 Oz shot. works well for me. Knocks down the targets. (Assuming I hit them lol!) Edited January 21 by Hoss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 im using 13 grn + with a 3/4 oz load , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jack Black Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 10 hours ago, Three Foot Johnson said: What's a feathered wad? @Texas Jack Black Feathered wads have the petals sliced into multiple petals that allow the wad to open sooner in order to help release the shot load faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 That's kind of what I was thinking - I use Claybuster wads a lot, because they're cheap, and they have a Windjammer pattern with 8 petals, but I've never heard the term "feathered" to describe them before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickamauga Charlie, SASS #47963 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I used 13.5 for a while but realized it didn't pattern well in 1 of my guns. Eventually found 16 does well in all of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 10 grains of Red Dot seems to work just fine, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still hand Bill Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I always run the 1250 fps load, which I think is 17.5. It’s a book load. The only change I made was use a shorter wad ie the 7/8 oz wad in AA-HS hulls. I was shooting sporting clays or trap and supposedly 1250 was a good velocity for a nice pattern. Shot 10’s of thousands of them. If you want less powder, extra lite is a good choice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I just want to find some Red Dot...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 9 minutes ago, Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372 said: I just want to find some Red Dot...... Yeah.. Sees to be as rare as Trail Boss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 3 hours ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said: 10 grains of Red Dot seems to work just fine, This is good to know. I'm running through my remaining Clays pretty quickly. I have plenty of Titegroup for metalic cartridge, but only about 5 lbs of Clays left. My current load is 11.9 of Clays, so the same load of Red Dot will probably work fine. 7 minutes ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said: Yeah.. Sees to be as rare as Trail Boss You can find it on Gunbroker for about $350 and up for 8 lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 41 minutes ago, Captain Bill Burt said: This is good to know. I'm running through my remaining Clays pretty quickly. I have plenty of Titegroup for metalic cartridge, but only about 5 lbs of Clays left. My current load is 11.9 of Clays, so the same load of Red Dot will probably work fine. You can find it on Gunbroker for about $350 and up for 8 lbs. Yeah, I've noticed and not quite that desperate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I don't know what those prices normally are, but that's not expensive enough to let it keep me from shooting. That comes out to what, .075 a round or $1.88 per box for powder? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackrabbit Joe #414 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 (edited) Deleted post Edited January 24 by Jackrabbit Joe #414 Add infordeletemation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jack Black Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 We took wads and slit them into multiple petals in order to open up at real short distances. This worked very well in jungle situations. Best Wishes TJB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still hand Bill Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Another option for spreader wads is the brush wad with no cup from BPI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 With regard to a spread or wide pattern, I offer the following observations. 1 My first regular Main Match shotgun was a 20" no choke, Winchester 97. My secondary Main Match shotgun was a Parker with 18" no choke barrels. 2. I would occasionally miss with both guns. 3. That Parker can be a shoulder thumper, especially when you give it both barrels to a stubborn target that just won't fall down. 4. My current regular Main Match shotgun is a 30" 97 with a full choke. My secondary shotgun is a Parker with 30" F/F chokes. 5. Never say never, but I hardly ever miss with either gun. 6. The much heavier 30' Parker is much more pleasant to shoot. Never had a stubborn knockdown with it. But I did try it with both barrels once into the dirt after the shoot was over. Not *too* bad. Points 3 and 6 aside, I have obviously found better luck with a tight pattern than with spread out one. But that's probably different for everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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