Hodgdon Universal (clays)

[S&W629Lover]

I'm a Hodgdon Universal (Clays) fan and luckily have had enough to get through the dry spell over the last year or so of Hodgdon not being able to manufacture enough of it. So I called them directly today and their reloading department "guy" told me it'll be delayed until at least the end of the summer before its available in stronger numbers again. I know this isn't "new" news, but I just wanted to post a current update on it.

[m2oore]

Yeah I had been a fan of the powder as well....I had to result to using Longshot instead...but would jump back on the Clays when it gets back in stock...thanks for the update! =)

[dodgeit101]

It's not Hodgdon Clays, but I saw some Alliant Clay Dot #1 and #8 for sale on Powder valley the other day. I kind of regret not buying 25# of it.

[stilly]

It's not Hodgdon Clays, but I saw some Alliant Clay Dot #1 and #8 for sale on Powder valley the other day. I kind of regret not buying 25# of it.

UNLESS you are reloading for shotgun, STAY AWAY from clay dot. I know, IT is a DOT powder! So it must be good like red, green, or blue dot right? NO. When I looked for data sometime last year there was NOTHING to support that it worked for pistols. This is the only reason why I would have bought it.

I was thinking, Yeah, I can MAKE it work. NO. I am glad I did not purchase it and you most likely dodged a bullet as well...

[Voo]

They said "this summer" this time, last year. "This summer" has come and gone. I still have 3-4 lbs of UC's left but I'm not holding my breath.

All the same, thanks for the update... A lot of people will be happy if it starts showing up again..

[JagerDog]

It's not Hodgdon Clays, but I saw some Alliant Clay Dot #1 and #8 for sale on Powder valley the other day. I kind of regret not buying 25# of it.

Note that "Clays" =/= "Universal Clays". Clays is much faster powder than Universal Clays...with International Clays between. In a nutshell, Clay Dot competes with Clays, International Clays competes with Green Dot and Universal Clays competes with Unique.

UNLESS you are reloading for shotgun, STAY AWAY from clay dot. I know, IT is a DOT powder! So it must be good like red, green, or blue dot right? NO. When I looked for data sometime last year there was NOTHING to support that it worked for pistols. This is the only reason why I would have bought it.

I was thinking, Yeah, I can MAKE it work. NO. I am glad I did not purchase it and you most likely dodged a bullet as well...

You didn't look very hard. Though "wildcatting", a lot of folks have had good luck with Clay Dot as a pistol powder.

It wouldn't be my first choice due to little published data, but ......

[bubbala]

i'd be the first to tell you not to trust some shmoe on the web, but i've been using alliant clay dot for 9mm and 45 acp for months now.

starting loads seemed a little weak but that's a good thing.

[JagerDog]

They said "this summer" this time, last year. "This summer" has come and gone. I still have 3-4 lbs of UC's left but I'm not holding my breath.

All the same, thanks for the update... A lot of people will be happy if it starts showing up again..

It is trickling in now. There's a lot of pent up demand. The "this Summer" in the OP was when they expect to have the backlog filled.