So in 1995, Alliant thought that Bullseye was faster than Red Dot, and they still think so in 2012. If that's their stated opinion, I guess I'll accept it. I do like their powders.
For over two decades i have requested the manuals from hercules/alliant every year and they have always claimed that bullseye is faster than red dot. In fact bullseye is too fast for shotshell loading except with very light weights of shot such as 3/4 oz. in the 12 ga.
Evidently I'm missing something here with the RD BE who's faster. If you look at the Alliant 2005 powder guide in the pistol and revolver load section it looks to me like RD is faster than BE. Almost EVERY load in every caliber ( couple of exceptions) show RD maxing out pressure at less load weight than BE with the same bullet. To me that says RD is faster than BE. To my mind when less powder equals less velocity and equal or more pressure that's the faster powder
This is one of the reasons that every powder manufacturer warns us not to use burning rates as a loading guide. I assume this has something to do with pressure spikes which is a subject i don't understand.
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