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Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/14/21 06:19 PM
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mikei
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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?
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/14/21 06:30 PM
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diablodog
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I load for about 180 different ones .
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/14/21 06:47 PM
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redchevy
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Only 7 out of the 20 for me.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/14/21 07:59 PM
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Mickey Moose
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I don't reload pistol. All three of the rifle cartridges I load are in the top 10.
My botnet is bigger than yours.
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/14/21 10:00 PM
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J.G.
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All but three of those.
I've got a separate list I load for, that didn't make that list.
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/15/21 03:30 AM
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/15/21 03:33 AM
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NRAman
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I load 11 of those cartridges
MikeA NRA Life Member University Of Dallas & TWU Dad
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/15/21 10:00 AM
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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.
Pass the gravy.
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/15/21 10:58 AM
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snake oil
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"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas".
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/15/21 11:22 AM
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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.
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/15/21 12:05 PM
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Teal28
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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?
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/15/21 12:34 PM
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Surprised to see 300BO made the top 10
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/15/21 12:50 PM
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Ol Thumper
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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.
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/15/21 02:16 PM
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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.
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/15/21 04:44 PM
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10 for me, though in the past I loaded for a couple more, but don’t now.
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/15/21 05:17 PM
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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?
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/15/21 05:30 PM
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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.
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/15/21 05:39 PM
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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.
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/15/21 05:42 PM
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Surprised to see 300BO made the top 10 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.
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/15/21 06:23 PM
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wp75169
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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.
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/16/21 01:57 AM
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8 of the 20 for me. That aint good. At the rate things are going, Im going to be using cherry pits for bullets.
Fortes Fortuna Adiuvat
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/16/21 02:43 AM
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J.G.
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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. I love your handle. I have some Borax from that company.
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/16/21 03:07 AM
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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.
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/16/21 03:49 AM
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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.
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Re: Top 10 Reloaded Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
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06/16/21 11:34 AM
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As to 7.62X39, $0.70 per round for foreign steel case ammo is not "cheap" no matter what the market is.
Pass the gravy.
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