How Many Different Cartridges Do You Reload For?

How Many Different Cartridges Do You Reload For?

  • ZERO, all factory ammo

    Votes: 268 7.3%
  • 1

    Votes: 100 2.7%
  • 2 or 3

    Votes: 510 14.0%
  • 4 or 5

    Votes: 742 20.3%
  • 6 or 7

    Votes: 556 15.2%
  • 8 or 9

    Votes: 324 8.9%
  • 10 or more

    Votes: 1,152 31.5%

  • Total voters
    3,652
Well I never bought factory ammo except to get brass to reload since 1960. I reload 223/5.56x45, 6mmPPC, 270Win, 264Win, 458Win, and 45apc for the pistol. I only buy 22 rimfire any more.
 
38spl, 357mag, 40s&W, 45ACP, 380ACP, 44mag, 223AI, 243AI, 308win, 284win, 300-221, 222rem, 30-30win.....adding many soon: 6.5WSM, 260rem, 260AI, 25WSSM....



The only factory ammo I shoot is rimfire. Hell I cast bullets for almost all my handguns.


My set up before I packed it all to move. Yes it's a mess, that comes and goes.

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The old setup (before my 550):

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A couple other pics on the subject:

Turn these:
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Into These:
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Into These:
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For this:
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Right now I load for the following:
.22-.250 Rem
.220 Swift
.243 Win
.308 Win
.300 Win Mag

Hopefully soon for a .204 Ruger and .25-06 Rem which are on my wish list.

And for some odd reason I have never decided to reload for my .45 ACP or S&W .40. I guess I don't shoot them very often enough to do much reloading.
 
223wssm, 243WIN, 25-06, 7Rem mag, 30-30, 300RUM, 45acp, 38sp, 357mag, 44mag.

I just recieved dies and brass for my 338LM I'm waiting on. Dies for my 10mm and 40SW (a couple new toys)are on their way.

I buy 17HMR ammo, wish I could load my own, but its cheap enough on midsouth. I shoot that quite a bit. I also buy factory personal defence ammo, for legal purposes. My CCW instructor said the best reason to tell the prosecutors why you had a specific brand was because "prosecutors and my local sherrifs dept carry that ammo." I'll buy a box here and there for pistols, never for rifles. I never had gotten into shotshell reloading. I haven't been bird hunting in a long time.
 
Right now I load for the following:
.22-.250 Rem
.220 Swift
.243 Win
.308 Win
.300 Win Mag

Hopefully soon for a .204 Ruger and .25-06 Rem which are on my wish list.

And for some odd reason I have never decided to reload for my .45 ACP or S&W .40. I guess I don't shoot them very often enough to do much reloading.
If you go for the 25-06 make it an ackley improved it is the next fastest under the 257 weatherby with 87 grain bullets only by 60 fps and 10 grains less of powder. With a 85 grain Nosler partition will kill any deer you want.
 
I'm only just getting into reloading since I bought a 2nd hand bench gun (The guy said that the barrel was shot out and wouldn't group tight enough anymore @ 500 for club shoots) based on a Husqvarna 6.5x55 swede action, 26 inch heavy barrel, Timney Trigger, Fixed x15 Scope and a very nice thumbhole stock. I don't have any reloading gear at all, but I have found a retired local shooter that reloads on the side for other shooters to fund his many gun related activities. gun)
 
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Currently 12 including my handguns and pistols..... I also cast all my bullets...... My son and I shoot a lot so figure my reloading/casting setup costs were covered many times over.....
 
I reload most of my ammo 220 Swift, 243, 25-06,6.5-284,270wsm,7-57, 7mm Rem Mag, 30-30,308,30-06,300RSM, 300WM. Pistols 357,45APC,9MM, 44Mag. & 12 ga. The only time I use factory ammo if one of my friends gives me a box of ammo. Haven't done much hunting getting ready for the bird season in South Texas and the rifle whitetail season in South Texas.
 
I forgot about shotgun when I cast my vote, but it does not change my vote. I reload anything that can be reloaded, and buy the rest. Majority of what I load by volume is pistol cartridges for USPSA shooting(9mm, 40s&w, 45acp). Total calibers including shotgun at about 14.

Randy
 
I reload for 16 calibers presently and probably 50 during my long lifetime. I am just an amateur and do not shoot in matches. However, I do own (7) revolvers and (11) rifles, of which (3) are rimfire. Do not reload for shotgun.
 
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