Green and Red Dot

[Turk]

I thought I check with you scattergun users concerning Green Dot and Red since you put a lot rounds through those trap guns. I'm tried of have different powders to load my handguns (blasting/plinking) and have decided on either GD or RD. Alliant Powder web site not claim GD & RD are 50% cleaner? Have you found this to be so? The dirty gun part is why I haven't used the Alliant/Hercules powders over the years.

Thanks,

Turk

 

[Hoser]

You might get a better answer in the reloading area or over at shotgunworld.com

 

[RNB65]

Go with Hodgden Clays if you want really clean burning powder. It leave very little residue in the barrels. Much cleaner that GD.

 

[NailGun]

I use lots of Red Dot for trap loads and a fair amount of Green Dot for field loads. It works well and seems clean enough. Green Dot is said to give tighter patterns, but I have not really noticed this.

Winchester Super Field is my favorite for 20 ga. loads.

I tried H-Titewad once, for light trap loads. It seemed to produce more wad fouling in the barrel, and gave me shorter hull life than Red Dot loads did.

NailGun.

 

[byf43]

For me, 'cleaner' is not part of my shooting.
I clean my firearms after a shooting session, anyway.


To me, groups or patterns are what matters.

I used to use WW-473AA powder for my 12 ga shells. Now, I'm not a Trap shooter, per se, but, when a guy at the sportsman's club gave me a box of shells to try, and my scores jumped IMMEDIATELY, I was hooked!

The powder. . . . . Red Dot. The patterns. . . tight. Even.
Red Dot is all I use for 12 ga. loads, now.

Thanks for reading.

 

[gezzer]

Red Dot! Agree I clean my guns after shooting besides the plastic wads build up way more than the powder.

Red Dot has been my universal powder from shot guns to pistols and rifles. For cast bullets in rifles to both cast and jacketed in handguns. In the past 30 years I have fired a couple hundred pounds of it and expect to fire more.

 

[Okiecruffler]

Been using the same red dot load for 25 years now for everything from field rats to waterfowl. Not sure if I'd call it "dirty" since I have nothing to compare it too.

 

[halfmile]

RD has been improved.

Red dot used to leave a lot of gunk behind, including the red taggant flakes. cleaning a Remington 1100 included stock removal and action spring housing cleaning.

Since they used the new coating I have used several jugs and it is darn clean as long as you hold the pressure above 6K.

HM