One of my 375 H&H plinker load is 15 grains of red dot behind a wad to hold the powder at the bottom of the case but I have always wondered if the wadding is necessary.
Does anyone here have experience loading Red Dot in 375 H&H without a wad or filler?
Have used Red Dot, per Ed Harris's article, in a bunch of cartridges--though not the .375 H&H. However, in the .416 Rigby I once experimented with RD and 210-grain cast bullets I used in .41 Magnum revolvers. My theory was that the .410 cast bullets might "bump up" enough when being booted by fast-burning Red Dot enough to work for a practice load.
They did--and VERY well. I started out with 13.0 grains of powder--which actually proved to be a little bit much for the bullets, as they grouped so poorly I didn't even record the "group" size. So I started reducing the charge, and with 8.5 grains five-shot groups at 50 yards went into about 2"--and to the same place as full-power 400-grain jacketed loads.
The only trick involved was removing the expander-ball assembly while sizing the cases. This resulted in enough neck-tension to hold the .410 bullets firmly.
I never used any case filler, or wadding, and only used CCI 200 primers--not magnum LR primers.