According to [/i]Load Data[i] published by Wolfe Publishing Co, the top 10 reloaded handgun cartridges are:

500 S&S
460 S&W
.45 Colt
.380 Auto
.38 Special
.357 Magnum
44 Rem. Magnum
.45ACP
9mm Luger

The top rifle cartridges
22-250 Rem
7mm Rem Mag
300AAC B/O
.270 Winchester
.300 Win Mag
.243 Win
30-06 Springfield
6.5 C/M
.308 Win
.223 Rem

Of this list, I reload for 16 of the top 20, plus 12 more. How about the rest of you reloaders?

I load for about 180 different ones .

Only 7 out of the 20 for me.

I don't reload pistol. All three of the rifle cartridges I load are in the top 10.

All but three of those.

I've got a separate list I load for, that didn't make that list.

Only 9 of the list.

I load 11 of those cartridges

I do five of the pistol and two of the rifle. Off the list are .30-30 Winchester, .32-20 Winchester, and 7.62X39 Russian.

Don't see the 7mm-08

I knew the 45 Colt would be on the list. Most of us can’t afford to shoot it much if you don’t load. I assume some of the others are on the list for the same reason.

I load for 14 of the 20 and have a separate list as well. 500S&S and the 460 surprise me. Didnt know that many folks were shooting those calibers. Maybe up north in Bear country?

Surprised to see 300BO made the top 10

All of the rifles and I have the goodies to load for 5 of the pistols but I haven't actually loaded a single one as of yet.

I've loaded for several of those rifle calibers (never spent time to load pistol on a single stage) but right this second, I don't own or have a caliber on that rifle list. So 0 for me.

10 for me, though in the past I loaded for a couple more, but don’t now.

Given the popularity of ARs these days, I'm surprised that the 223 is number 10 on the list. Is the list in order of popularity?

Historically, one could not buy the parts to make .223 ammo cheaper than just buying finished ammo. Same goes for 9mm. So, historically, the main reason to hand load .223 was to get better ammo, because it was not a money savings. Things are working their way to that not being true anymore.

I only load one pistol cartridge, and it is on the list. .357 mag/.38 special. Ok, so that may technically be two...
I only load for 4 rifle cartridges currently. Three are on the list. .308, 6.5CM, and 300BLK. 45/70 is not on the list, and I am in the process of gathering components to load .270 in the future.

I'm not. 300 BLK ammo is DAMN EXPENSIVE! $1.50 to $2.50 per round. I load it for about $.35 -$.50 per round depending on what bullet.

Speaking of what you can load for... I can turn out 45 Colt plinking loads for .12-.15 per round. I’m sure if I ever run out of large rifle primers that will change.

8 of the 20 for me. That aint good. At the rate things are going, Im going to be using cherry pits for bullets.

The fewer the better.

Just stack up components for the ones you have.

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7 of the pistol, 3 of the rifle. Surprising the .40 S&W or 10MM did not make the pistol list, and the venerable 30-30 did not make the rifle list. My "oddballs, 3 Weatherbys and .30 carbine. I can see 7.62 X 39 not making the list because the Russian stuff is so cheap, but I load it because I want quality ammo.

I load for everything I have in my safe except 22 rimfire, 12ga. and 9mm.
If you want to have some ammo and be able to use what ya got especially during times like this you gotta load.

Personally just wish I had more stuff rat holed, but what I do have I’m definitely not gonna waste it.

As to 7.62X39, $0.70 per round for foreign steel case ammo is not "cheap" no matter what the market is.