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Old 11-03-2010, 07:26 AM
Dean2 Dean2 is offline
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Bluedot was a good choice in the old days when there weren't better options. For fourty years I used it, and a number of other powders to make reduced velocity loads, and shot thousands of rounds. It does work and doen right it works quite well.

With the selection of powders available today, Trail boss is a far superior choice and it is impossible to blow up a 221 FB, even with a compressed load of the stuff. No fear of accidental double charges and you can make loads anywhere from 800 fps to 3000 fps, they have lower SDs on velocity, since the case is fuull or close, position of the powder in the case isn't an issue (no more tilting the brrel up before firing) and it cleans up well. TB will deliver very quiet loads that shoot under half an ich at 100 yards, and zero pressure issues.

I am not saying to never use Blue Dot, but be VERY careful you don't give one a double charge, you won't like the outcome.
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