While this thread is about NOT blowing up foxes, I load for volume shooting with Blue Dot.
In my custom 26" Hart 14" twist, 12g with a 40g Nosler is at 3000 fps, and 1/2" groups at 100 yards.
for 200 yd shots, 14.3g load is 3200 fps and shoots 1 1/2" at 200 yards, and in my rifle, 14.6g is an absolute max load.
Use thick cup primers with Blue dot, they are not low pressure loads at all.
Now, the danger is that it is easy to double charge the case. Also, blue dot is a HUGE flake powder that will bridge in the drop tube of the powder measure. ONE case may have a light load, the next case will have a heavy load.
SO, WEIGH EVERY CHARGE!!! IF YOU JUST STAND THE CASES UP ON A LOADING BLOCK, CHECK THEM CAREFULLY WITH A FLASH LIGHT FOR THE POWDER LEVELS!!!
The loads that I shoot in my rifle are for illustration purposes only. Seafire that hangs out on the 24hrcampfire.com is an expert on Blue dot with about any cartridge you can imagine.
I did work up a load with a Rem 700 22/250 with the 40g Noslers that was very accurate at 3200 fps.
I can not stress the Safety issue enough with using Blue Dot and powder measures throwing light and heavy charges, Weigh every charge you shoot.
On the positive side, you can shoot 600 rounds inbetween cleanings with the blue dot loads, a friend went 900 rounds with a fireball loaded with Blue Dot.
The Sierra 40g HP and the Speer 40g Spire pt are the toughest 40g bullets on the market, and the 40g speer spire point feeds through the ruger hornet magazine. With the 40g Speer Spire point, you can still touch the lands at magazine length OAl which makes it an accurate bullet to shoot in the ruger hornets.