Alliant Pistol/Shotshell
Alliant Clay Dot
A clean-burning 12 gauge competition target powder. Alliant positions it as an economical equivalent to Hodgdon Clays.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Alliant |
|---|---|
| Product family | Alliant Pistol/Shotshell |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | shotshell |
| Grain form | flake |
| Burn-rate position | 14 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 12 gauge |
Alliant explicitly states Clay Dot is not for use in metallic cartridges - shotshell only. American-made.
Burn rate
Fast shotshell burn speed, placed between Promo and American Select.
Chart agreement: DISAGREEMENT — Alliant's own Reloader's Guide orders Bullseye FASTER than Promo and Clay Dot; this list, following the Hodgdon spine, orders them the other way. Ranked here per the Hodgdon chart used as this list's spine. Ranked by: Hodgdon, Alliant, Wolfe/LoadData.
Powders charted near it — neighbours on the chart are not substitutes, and adjacency tells you nothing about what charge either one takes:
- Alliant Red Dot (position 11)
- Alliant Promo (position 12)
- Hodgdon Clays (position 13)
- Hodgdon Hi-Skor 700-X (position 15)
- Alliant Bullseye (position 16)
- Alliant Sport Pistol (position 17)
Sources
Other Alliant powders
Verify the charge, not just the recipe
Good data gets you a safe starting point. It does not tell you what actually went into the case on stroke 340 — a bridged measure, a double charge, a squib. That is what an RCM Laser Powder Check is for.