Has anyone Tried C.E. Harris's "the load" 13 grains of Red Dot in a Rifle case (any case over 35 Rem size.) For rifles bored 30 cal and larger. Supposed to work good for a reduced load in 308, 30/06, 762x54, 8mm, 45/70 ect. Supposed to be good with cast and jacketed bullets with velocity in the 1450 for a 200 grain 1500 with a 170 grain and 1600 with a 150 grain that is all cast bullets jacketed are a bit slower. Any one that has used this load or a reduced load for the 30/30 using Red Dot I would be interested in hearing about it. Jim

It's safe. And it's a good place to start. I've used it in a pile of milsurp stuff. Some of them liked it and some didn't.

.30-30 is a tad smaller than .35 Rem so I'd look that one up or start a little lower and work up.

After doing more research I decided on using Unique for reduced loads not as fast a powder and more applications were found. A few more grains might be used but it looked like it might have more accurate loads. Jim

Like jh45gun, I usually use Unique...however, have also used Herco with certain loads, like my .375 H&H and 265gr gaschecked bullet.

jh45und:
Where can I currently get information on CE[Ed]Harris's loads. Back in about 1989, I got hold of a lite load of 4.o to 4.5 grains of Bullseye for a 55 grain bullet in a .223 Remmington. It worked well but, I had more Unique. I now use 5.6 grains of Unique.
MADISON