Same point if impact with red dot and Varget in .223 55 grain FMJ.

[BigAlofPa.]

This has me a little confused. I joined a club that has a range out to 300 yards. And on the 200 yard line they have 6 gongs. The 8 inch one i can hit with the 1st BDC mark below my cross hairs. With 9 grains of red dot and 24 grains of Varget. I was expecting much more drop with the red dot loads.

[chutesnreloads]

Yeah but how close do the two loads hit to each other at 100 yards at 50 at 25? Drop is not the reason

[BigAlofPa.]

This was 100 yards both loads. On a good day. I had worse lol. Next time out i'll take a splatter burst target along and check groups with both at 200.

[Buck Shot]

Interesting. I never would have guessed you could shoot RD in 223. I would have thought it was way too fast.

Back when I was a kid, my Dad tried to go "off book" with RD and some medium-weight 12 ga. shotshell loads, and IIRC it got real spiky and blew the ribs out of his Cutts Compensator.

[GhostHawk]

Red Dot works very well in a wide range of rifle and pistol calibers.

You do want to be sure you don't have a double charge and use some caution.

Red Dot in rifles likely will not cycle the action.

According to my Lyman manual 9 grains of Red Dot is right at the top end.
But I have had very good luck with 3 grains, 4.6 grains and 6 grains of Red Dot and 55 gr cast.
All depends on what you want to do with them, how far you want to reach.

[BigAlofPa.]

I run a savage axis bolt rifle. Mcarbo trigger kit. UTG 4X16X50 scope. Im thinking about upgrading it to an Burris or Athlon or Vortex. Going to Cabelas today. I want too look through the scopes they have on hand.

The AR platform i can't get into. I had a few AR-22'S. They were fun at 1st. They sat in the safe then for over 2 years. Sold them. A few months ago i put an optic on an AR 15 for my Neighbors Stock accountant. Figured id have some fun with it after i was done. Ran one mag through on and off rapid fire. Put the gun in the box after that. Yet i love my Ruger 10/22 and Marlin 60's and savage A22. And i have an old school Springfield Semi-auto i love.