I've been reviewing posts until I'm blue in the face for info for using Green Dot for the subject listed calibers. While I see all three of these calibers can be loaded with Green Dot my question is more to the subject of which would likely be the best use of this powder.
I generally use Hodgdon Universal for my plinking rounds in all three of these calibers and doing well with it, however I came upon a decent deal on a couple kegs of Green Dot and see that it sits quite a bit faster on the burn chart than Universal but still slower than the popular Bullseye. Knowing there are popular loadings with powders faster and slower than Green Dot and a decent enough number of documented recipes for this powder I jumped on the chance at the powder anyway.
I'm not seeing that Green Dot is much for speed in these calibers and I'm not necessarily concerned with that for a range round. I guess I'm probably asking more about where better efficiency of this powder would apply with my 3 caliber loadings.
My question boils down to this: Where is likely to be my best bet to using the GD for range shooting?
Light, med, or heavy pressure 9mm 124 gr FMJ
Light, med, or heavy pressure 38 Spl 125 or 158 gr heavy plated (Powerbond) or 148 WC and 158 gr LSWC
Light, med, or heavy pressure .357 mag 125 or 158 gr heavy plated or 148 WC, 158 LSWC, and/or 174 gr Keith LSWC
Worst case, I'll use it towards 12 ga reloading which I don't currently do yet.
edited to add: Sorry all, I should have provided bullet details. I added it above
Thanks,
Andy
I generally use Hodgdon Universal for my plinking rounds in all three of these calibers and doing well with it, however I came upon a decent deal on a couple kegs of Green Dot and see that it sits quite a bit faster on the burn chart than Universal but still slower than the popular Bullseye. Knowing there are popular loadings with powders faster and slower than Green Dot and a decent enough number of documented recipes for this powder I jumped on the chance at the powder anyway.
I'm not seeing that Green Dot is much for speed in these calibers and I'm not necessarily concerned with that for a range round. I guess I'm probably asking more about where better efficiency of this powder would apply with my 3 caliber loadings.
My question boils down to this: Where is likely to be my best bet to using the GD for range shooting?
Light, med, or heavy pressure 9mm 124 gr FMJ
Light, med, or heavy pressure 38 Spl 125 or 158 gr heavy plated (Powerbond) or 148 WC and 158 gr LSWC
Light, med, or heavy pressure .357 mag 125 or 158 gr heavy plated or 148 WC, 158 LSWC, and/or 174 gr Keith LSWC
Worst case, I'll use it towards 12 ga reloading which I don't currently do yet.
edited to add: Sorry all, I should have provided bullet details. I added it above
Thanks,
Andy
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