Hello. I have been getting excellent results with 13grains of red dot over a 185grain Lee cast powder coated sized to .312. I am just getting into the restricted game and was wondering what has worked for 9mm cast powder coated bullets. Has any one had success with red dot in this kind of loading?
9mm cast powder coated
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A 185gr at .312" I'm guessing isn't going in a 9mm 
Sounds like a .303Brit load to me.
For 9mm Reddot can work well but I prefer slightly slower powders. Any powder that will work in 9mm will also work for cast bullets generally. Some of my favourites are CFE Pistol, HS-6, and Bullseye. Start low, work up, and best to have a chronograph to shoot over for pistol development (a good tool for cast rifle load development too).
Sounds like a .303Brit load to me.
For 9mm Reddot can work well but I prefer slightly slower powders. Any powder that will work in 9mm will also work for cast bullets generally. Some of my favourites are CFE Pistol, HS-6, and Bullseye. Start low, work up, and best to have a chronograph to shoot over for pistol development (a good tool for cast rifle load development too).
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Haven't used red dot. Have used unique, hs-6 and titegroup though. Shot a few thousand coated cast in my fn.
Red dot will work fine. There are other powders that work very well. Titegroup, W-231, CFE Pistol, HS-6.
I have loaded for cast and coated 9mm bullets from 115-155 grain with TG and W231. Use a mold that throws 358 and lets you size for your barrel. I will end up with bullets in the .358-.360 range and size them down to .3575 after coated.
I have loaded for cast and coated 9mm bullets from 115-155 grain with TG and W231. Use a mold that throws 358 and lets you size for your barrel. I will end up with bullets in the .358-.360 range and size them down to .3575 after coated.
hatman1793
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RedDot is an outstanding powder for 9mm. Have used its first cousin PROMO in 9mm for years with excellent results.
As for powder coated bullets, they are a great economical way to save big bucks over store-bought 9mm's. Casters have to watch out for undersize bullets as even PC'ing a .354 9mm will tumble.
As for powder coated bullets, they are a great economical way to save big bucks over store-bought 9mm's. Casters have to watch out for undersize bullets as even PC'ing a .354 9mm will tumble.
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You might want to edit that the 13gn of powder was used in a 303 British. AND NOT 9mm. Someone might see this and be like I should try that. Would not end well for them.
I like using 231/HP38.
Red Dot can produce good results. However, a word of caution. Because it is a coarse, large flake powder light loads of it (e.g. in the low 3 gr. range) do not always meter well in some powder throwers. Loads in this weight range metered reasonably well from my Lee Pro Auto Disk but periodically and without any consistency it would throw a very light undercharge which resulted in squib loads which were annoying at best (especially in the middle of a PPC match) and dangerous at worst if the squib sticks in the barrel.
It seems that when the powder cavity is small some powder bridging can occur. This problem didn't seem to surface when my loads got up over 4 grains. If you must go with low charge weights be sure to visually verify that there are no undercharges. I have gone to Accurate #2 for my 9mm loads as it is quite fast, accurate, fairly clean and is ultra fine grained so it meters extremely consistently. Win 231/HP 38 and Bullseye are also quite fine grained and will work well.
It seems that when the powder cavity is small some powder bridging can occur. This problem didn't seem to surface when my loads got up over 4 grains. If you must go with low charge weights be sure to visually verify that there are no undercharges. I have gone to Accurate #2 for my 9mm loads as it is quite fast, accurate, fairly clean and is ultra fine grained so it meters extremely consistently. Win 231/HP 38 and Bullseye are also quite fine grained and will work well.
I have used a number of different powders (I find it hard to turn down a good deal when I find one) Curently, I am using HP38, and I find it meters easily, consistently, and shoots clean. No nines loaded with it yet, but maybe later today; but have loaded a lot of 200gr .40 S & W at max loads. I have also had good results with Clays, Universal, and 700X, but I find 700X does not meter as well. I have also used 800X in .40 and .45; again, large flakes are hard to meter consistently.
Like a lot of flake powders Red Dot does not meter as consistently with light loads as finer grain powders like 231/HP38 or Bullseye and you may experience the odd semi-squib. It's not a bad powder but you can get similar ballistics and more consistent metering if you use a powder with smaller granules.
