cwmax2000 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I want to load 100 grain Xtreme plated bullets with Red Dot . Finding data is tough. Anyone have any experience with this combination. I would like to load some test loads. 10 rounds each powder weight in .2 grain increments. What ya'll think? Thanks Cmax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPatton Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 The #1 RCBS Cast bullet manual list a 124 grain RN in 380 starting at 1.8grains and a max load of 2.0 grains Red Dot. That's a cast bullet that is not plated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njl Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Handloads.com says 2.5-2.8gr for a 100gr FMJ. I'd give that range a try if I could find some Red Dot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarMike Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 I'd stay away from red dot. I have red dot for my WinAA loads, and looked at a bunch of load data for 9mm. There is little wiggle room in smaller calibers, and pressure can spike pretty damned quick. I steered away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njl Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 There's not exactly a lot of choices out there right now for powders. I lucked into some Promo and will be trying that for 100gr Xtreme .380 (using Red Dot data). Did you try your Red Dot yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwmax2000 Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share Posted July 8, 2014 There's not exactly a lot of choices out there right now for powders. I lucked into some Promo and will be trying that for 100gr Xtreme .380 (using Red Dot data). Did you try your Red Dot yet? Yes I did and here are the results; With xtreme plated 100gr RNFP bullets, CCI SPP primers, oal .963, Walther PK380, 7 feet from chrono; 1. 2.5 gr of RD- 808.7 fps avg 9 shot string 2. 2.7 gr of RD- 849.44 fps avg 9 shot string 3. 2.9 gr of RD- 923.6 fps avg 10 shot string also shot ; 1. Atlanta Arms 95gr TCJ- 946.29 fps avg 7 shot string 2. UMC 95 gr FMJ- 954.25 fps avg 8shot string So I am loading another batch with 2.9 grains of Red Dot, BUT with that small of a cartridge I am weighing each load..... No damaged cases or flat primers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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