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[cheygriz]

for those who load with Alliant Green Dot, how does it meter through your powder measure compared to other popular shotgun powders such as Red Dot, Unique, Titewad, Promo, etc?

Thanks.

 

[George P]

I use it for 20 gauge and through my MEC it works just fine

 

[Armored farmer]

It meters just like red dot....
'Cept for the color of the dot.
I've loaded thousands with green dot in a mec. No problems.
Go for it.

 

[Random 8]

The phrase "horseshoes and hand grenades" should also include the shotgun. You're dealing with 20ish grain charges and operating with a very large cylinder. Up to a grain of metering error will make little practical difference, you're not loading relatively tiny charges in the relatively tiny 9mm case.

I generally get less than .5 gr variation with either of the dot powders in an aged Pacific DL-155. This is more than adequet for my purposes. I have noticed spherical powders such as WST or WSH to meter slightly more consistently. I do take this into account loading pistol ammunition, but with the shotgun I prefer the performance of Red Dot for clay games, Green Dot for light field and their "fluffy" nature makes it a better fit in the large capacity cases I prefer for lower felt recoil and maximum cushion in the wad column. The sphericals that meter slightly better are good fits with larger payloads or smaller case capacities. I do use HS-6 for field loads for this reason not related to it's metering consistency.

 

[tactikel]

I love Green Dot. I have used it for both 12 and 20 ga for 30+ years. Alliant shotgun powders are tops for clay pidgeons.

 

[Wis-Harpo]

I use IMR Green for 12 gauge Sporting Clays and Trap loads. The first loading data from last year was quietly changed to lower charges to get the same results. IMR posted nothing as far as I have seen. There is IMR Green and Alliant Green Dot, they were supposed to be interchangeable ----NOT. IMR Green flows OK in my MEC 650 Jr and MEC Grabber. BUT the weights change with new bottles of powder--- so you have to check the weights. I had to go down 1 bushing size with a last new bottle.

Also what is with the original question--- what language is that ???

 

[entropy]

Pidgin English. I load Green Dot almost exclusively- I did load up some Unique last fall, because someone gave me 3# of it, and I'd never go through all that for my pistol reloading. Loading Green dot through a bushing-type shot shell reloader is fine-As Random 8 says, it's not precision reloading.