How many cartridges do you load

[july1952]

I have loaded cartridges for the following calibers:
Rifle- .270, .223; Pistol- 9mm, .40 S&W, .45 acp; revolver- .38 spl,
.357 mag, .44 spl, 44 mag, .50 mag; all on a RCBS single stage press

 

[couleeflyfisher]

.220 Swift, .223, .243, .257 Roberts, .270, .30 Carbine, 30.06, 7 mm Mag, .375 H&H, .38/.357, .38 shotshells, .40 S&W, .41 Mag, .44 Mag, .45 Colt, .45 ACP. plus black powder in .36, .45, .50 & .57. It's a terrible habit, I am finally selling my Mec 600 shotshell press, been a few years since it's been used.

 

[Cerberus62]

Twenty

221 Fireball
222 (dies but no gun)
223/5.56x45
220 Swift
7mm-08
30-30
308 Win/7.62x51
30-06
32 S&W
38 Special
357 Magnum
375 H&H
44 Special
44 Magnum
45 ACP
45 Colt
45/70
50 ML
20 Gauge
12 Gauge

 

[Cerberus62]

I am finally selling my Mec 600 shotshell press, been a few years since it's been used.

What gauge is the MEC?

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I load for only 12 right now but I am intentionally trying to keep the caliber count down. I have passed on some guns just because I don't want to load for another caliber.

 

[papajohn428]

I load for only 12 right now but I am intentionally trying to keep the caliber count down. I have passed on some guns just because I don't want to load for another caliber.

I hear ya on that! I saw a really sweet 625-7 a couple of weeks ago, wanted it badly but turned it down because I don't load for the 45LC. Then I found out I can have the cylinder machined for 45ACP Moon clips......uh oh!

Aside from those calibers I no longer load for (41 Mag, 35 Rem, 22 Hornet) I'm down to 17 calibers, most fairly common. The oddballs among the crowd are the 7.7 Jap, 218 Bee and 375 Winchester. My 7-08 Remington dies will be here tomorrow!

 

[DGT]

I generally load six at a time.

 

[novalty]

Order of reloading history:

1. 45ACP
2. 9MM
3. 38 Special
Soon to be added:
4. .223 Rem
5. 25-35 WCF

 

[gregintenn]

20 guage
218 Bee
223 Remington
22-250 Remington
243 Winchester
250-3000 Savage
257 Roberts
7x57 Mauser
280 Remington
30 Carbine
30-30 Winchester
300 Savage
308 Winchester
30-06 Springfield
8mm Mauser
32-20 Win
38 Special
9mm Luger
357 Magnum
41 Mag
44 Mag
45 ACP
45 Colt
If I didn't forget any, I count 23.

 

[jrhoney]

I can load for 10 currently but I only own guns for 3 of them.

 

[fredj338]

Right now, I think it's 25, but I have had some come & go:
223
260ai
280
7mm Dakota
7mm TCU
308
30-06
338-06
338x74K
375win
404jeffery
45-70
9mm
38sp
357mag
357sig
40
10mm
41mag
44-40
44sp
44mag
45acp
45AR
45colt
Yeah it becomes an addiction. I have dropped maybe 6-7 add'l. rounds I no longer have guns for. I cast for all the handguns too.

 

[lebomm]

7x57
.285 OKH
.30-30
.30-40 K
.308 WCF
.30-06
7.65x53
.303 Br.
8x57
.35 Whelen AI
.38/.357
.38 ACP/Super
9mm B-B (Largo)
.38-55 Win/Bal
.375 WCF
.41 Mag
.44 S&WR
.44 Spl
.44 Mag
.44-40 WCF
.45 ACP/AR
Plus a couple die sets I don't have guns for.

 

[Yurko]

7.62x25 Tokarev
9mm Luger
38 Special
357 Magnum
44 Special
44 Magnum
45 ACP
45 Colt

and one rifle
223 Remington

I'm gonna have to add another rifle soon.
My buddy wants to go to Wyoming in the Fall of '13.

 

[David LaPell]

.38 Special (as hot .38-44 loads)
.357 Magnum
.45 Colt

 

[brucev]

I only currently load .30-06 Springfield, .308 Winchester, .38 Special, .357 Magnum, .44 Special, .45 ACP (1911 and S&W 625-2).

 

[sarge1967]

I load
9 mm
.40
.223
.41 Mag

 

[rdf009]

.38 spcl, .357 mag, .44 spcl, .44 mag, .30-30, .45-70.....so six for right now.

Will be adding .30-06, 9mm, and maybe .32-20 as soon as I pick up some dies for the right price.

 

[Coastie762]

I've been reloading for 32 years now. By my count, I currently load, or have at one time loaded for 20 rifle and 14 handgun calibers.

Rifle calibers range from .204 Ruger to .45-70 and handgun from .32 S&W to .454 Casull. Some are loaded quite frequently, some only every few years or so when I get the itch. Reloading does make shooting the oddball calibers much more enjoyable.

 

[Tony M.]

Well, for me at least, there's a difference between how many calibers I do load for, and how many I theoretically could load for based on my dies.

I currently load for about a dozen calibers with some regularity. maybe another half a dozen semi-frequently, another 4 or 5 occasionally, and I've got another several dozen (!?) sets of dies that I've either retired, or have never used.

I have a weird thing for wildcats though and that accounts for a lot of the dies I've got. I don't have guns in all of these calibers, but I at least have the dies and chamber reamers for most of them, (some I've never even made brass for!) for whenever I get enough round tuits to get them all done. Some of the more interesting wildcats I have dies for include:

22 CCM
22 long snapper
224 Harvey Kay-chuk
22 flea
22-32 long
22-32 magnum
6mm shortround
257max (essentially an extended 256 WM)
25 hornet
25 flea-bite
30-38
30-44spl
32-38
32-357

There are a bunch more that I have dies for, but I can't even remember all of them right now. I guess maybe it's a sickness. We shouldn't even talk about bullet molds.

 

[k53]

Well I'm just in the setting up and studying point in my loading life.... but I'm setting up to load 38 spc, 357mag,an 22 jet. Maybe followed by 45acp in the future