Blue dot in 20 guage

[Abonneau]

I am geeting together a order to be able to reload 20 guage and I was hoping someone could help to sve some time, Is there a combination hull and wad that would let me load 1 oz of shot using blue dot. What hull and wad ? and what manual. I am not looking for propietory info so not loading info.. just what to buy to get started.

 

[Snider shooter]

I have used it in the 20. Affected by cold weather so I stopped using it at -10 and below. Info was in I believe Lyman #4 manual.

 

[0faustus0]

https://www.alliantpowder.com/reloa...=1&weightdis=1&shellid=513&gtypeid=3&gauge=20


https://www.alliantpowder.com/reloa...=1&weightdis=1&shellid=514&gtypeid=3&gauge=20

 

[375 RUM]

1 oz shot; 2.75" federal plastic target shells; fed 209; WWAA20F1 wad; 22.3g blue dot.

 

[struff55]

Loading Manuals !!!!
Manuals have been around for 90 years that's where one goes when they want loading data

 

[0faustus0]

I am geeting together a order to be able to reload 20 guage and I was hoping someone could help to sve some time, Is there a combination hull and wad that would let me load 1 oz of shot using blue dot. What hull and wad ? and what manual. I am not looking for propietory info so not loading info.. just what to buy to get started.

And I am assuming you have Blue Dot powder at hand. Because Blue Dot has not been available on the market for quite some years now.
I would assume that all the dealers are out of stock ....

 

[jethunter]

And I am assuming you have Blue Dot powder at hand. Because Blue Dot has not been available on the market for quite some years now.
I would assume that all the dealers are out of stock ....

Blue Dot and Unique havn't been reliably available for a few years at least. Found a bit at gun shows but even that is drying up.

 

[Abonneau]

Thanks for the replies.

Yes I do have some blue dot and also manuals . The issue is that the Waa20F1 is discontinued and there is no replacement. There is a Ballistic products short wad available but I cannot find a blue dot load that does not require me to buy some euro primers by the thousand.

I have the lyman number 4 , a Alliant manual and the Balliustic Products manual. I will probably buy the Lyman number 6 and hope.

Thanks again

 

[375 RUM]

use Rem SP 20 or Rxp20

 

[Deathrawt]

A lot of the wads that are needed are no longer available
I was lucky to buy a few bags of the Federal 20S1 wads last year
The Lyman #6 manual has a couple blue dot loads for one ounce 20 gauge in Federal hulls but you need the REM sp20 wad or the BP sg20s wad
The Remington wad I don’t think is even available any more and not sure where to get the Ballistic Products wad

 

[0faustus0]

If you are looking for Ballistic Products wads in Canada, have a look at Sporteque:

https://sporteque.ca/en/574-wad

The folks at Sporteque are solid.

There is also X-Reload ..... but my credit card got compromised twice after two purchases from them:
https://x-reload.com/products/shotshell-reloading/wads.html

 

[0faustus0]

And maybe this helps .... a couple of Blue Dot loads with Ballistic Products wads.

https://www.ballisticproducts.com/bpi/load_recipes/loads_pdf/mh203a1_200604.pdf


Sporteque has 20ga Cheddite hulls and primers in stock:

https://sporteque.ca/en/shotshell-hull/7144-cheddite-shotshell-primed-hulls.html

https://sporteque.ca/en/primer/6205-cheddite-cx2000-shotshell-primer-209.html

They also have the BW20 wad and the SG20L wad in stock:

BW20 Wad
https://sporteque.ca/en/wad/13033-gualandi-brush-wad-20-ga.html

SG20L Wad
https://sporteque.ca/en/wad/10782-gualandi-sporting-wad-20-ga-long.html

I would say, you have everything there and to load your 20ga Blue Dot load .....

 

[Therion]

I have several pounds of Blue Dot for sale on this forum.

 

[Lefty Dick]

All from the Lyman #6 manual