Range Report: Lipstick Bullets

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Originally Posted by sheepherder

My Speer's Reloading Manuals list Blue Dot, as well as Red Dot and Green Dot, for 100, 115, and 125gr 9mm bullets. Hornady lists Blue Dot for 147gr bullets.

I'm surprised a 9mm case will hold 7.0grs of anything...But Speer lists 10 grs of Blue Dot for the 100gr hollow point as well...

Some of my loading manuals do list BD for 9mm, but a good many handloaders consider Blue Dot powder as a magnum powder, and that it needs to be loaded at or near max loads for it's best performance(no unburned powder). I know of a couple of folks that load BD powder in 45ACP(low chamber pressure round), but that is uncommon......doesn't mean it won't work, just uncommon.