Handloading: How Many ?

[crystalgayleguy]

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Bolt action - 6
One was a benchrest rifle initially chambered in a cartridge I designed, and the gunsmith labelled it 7mm Stirner. Very similar to a long 7mm Valkyrie, or a short 7/08 AI. I recently rechambered it to 7mm/6.5x47.
The other is my favorite rifle - 35 Whelen AI
Shotgun - 2
It's hard to say if I'm increasing or decreasing the number. I recently bought a CZ Shadow 2, and have a

 

[Lee Goodwin]

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Ha! Glad to see someone else using paper wrap bullets for reduced loads in rifles. Also, I have used cotton paper to make varied sabot full power loads for 357-44 an 357-45 and other reduced caliber, high vel handgun loads. Love using a cast 123gr paper jacket in a 303 Brit and cast 180gr in a reduced 30-06 and others in a 45-70.

If you really want to play around with sabot loads, reduced or otherwise, try 45 cal high vel muzzle loading sabots with a 40 or 357/358 bullet in 45-70, 45LC etc. Loads of fun and using a 180 spire 358 in my 45-70 greatly improves the range. 45 LC with a 125 HP can be loaded very fast.

Above are a couple of pics showing the 45LC sabot loads with 125gr 357's and a 180gr cast 40 cal and a 165JHP 40 cal. The other pic shows 44 mags with a hand swaged 300gr JHP using a 40 cal case as the jacket, a high vel 357 cal 125grJHP in a paper patch sabot and a cylinder length 44 mag shot shell

Tell me more about your full length 44 mag shot shell. Is it for a rifle? Is the brass going up into the force cone?

 

[wndsfr47]

Just a few these days, plus swaging dies and casting. Although I have a half dozen dies for cartridges I don't have guns for at the moment. I also swage bullets for my .30 cal. air rifles.
454 Casull
45 Colt
45 acp
44 mag
357 mag
38 spl
380 acp
7 BR
6.5 BRM
22 K-Hornet

 

[oldpilot]

222, 223, 22-250, 243, 6mm Rem, 25-06, 250 Savage, 257 Weatherby, 270 Winchester (three barrel lengths) 30-06, M1 Garand, 30-30, 32-20 WCF, 7mm Rem Mag (barrel lengths), 7mm Rem Mag Bar, 7mm Weatherby Mag, 300 Savage, 300 Win Mag, 300 Weatherby Mag, plus 6 other calibers I reload for others. I use a different set of dies for auto-loaders. I also reload 9mm, 40 S & W, 357 Mag, and 45 ACP pistols....I have stopped reloading shotguns.

 

[kiwikid]

After reading through 16 pages and 214 posts I am surprised at how many of the lists don't have the
6.5 Creedmoor on them. It looks like I can climb out from under my rock!
My list is,
22 Hornet x 2
223 Rem x 4
22-250 Rem x 5
220 Swift
250 Savage AI
257 Roberts x 2
25-06 Rem x 6
6.5 x 55 mm Swede x 2 (just started)
6.5-284 Norma
32-20 Win x 2
20 GA
12 GA
Somehow I ended up with a set of Redding 243 dies and yet have never owned a 243.

 

[436]

After reading through 16 pages and 214 posts I am surprised at how many of the lists don't have the
6.5 Creedmoor on them. It looks like I can climb out from under my rock!
My list is,
22 Hornet x 2
223 Rem x 4
22-250 Rem x 5
220 Swift
250 Savage AI
257 Roberts x 2
25-06 Rem x 6
6.5 x 55 mm Swede x 2 (just started)
6.5-284 Norma
32-20 Win x 2
20 GA
12 GA
Somehow I ended up with a set of Redding 243 dies and yet have never owned a 243.

Well, you've got the herd too where it is now multiplying, that's the key to it all, the one that dies with the most wins!

 

[Bob Wright]

I tried 22 rimfire once. It was a dud.

 

[CaptnC]

I can't compete with most of you guys, but I have a modest list of cartridges I load for. I only load for my wife and I though.
243 (x2)
25-06 (x2)
6.5 Grendel (x4)
6.5x55
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5-06
6.5x284
264wm
6.8Spc
270
280
7mm RM (x2)
300 BlackOut
308 (x2)
30-06
300wsm
300wm
7.62x39 (have 5, but only hand load for 3)

Don't load for two center fire rifles I have.

30-40 Craig
7.62x54R

Pretty sure that's it...

 

[Caguama challenge]

Live in old Mexico, and reload for many rifle cartridges from 222rem to the 338 edge, rifle ammo sometimes is difficult to find down here (throw some wildcats in there) and friends ask me to reload for them.
For 380 auto and 38 special +p+ for my coonan

Joe from old Mexico

 

[crystalgayleguy]

After reading through 16 pages and 214 posts I am surprised at how many of the lists don't have the
6.5 Creedmoor on them. It looks like I can climb out from under my rock!
My list is,
22 Hornet x 2
223 Rem x 4
22-250 Rem x 5
220 Swift
250 Savage AI
257 Roberts x 2
25-06 Rem x 6
6.5 x 55 mm Swede x 2 (just started)
6.5-284 Norma
32-20 Win x 2
20 GA
12 GA
Somehow I ended up with a set of Redding 243 dies and yet have never owned a 243.

got the dies and barrel just needs to be put together for 6.5 creed

 

[NorCalRiceGuy]

.204 Ruger
.270 Win
7mm-08
.280 AI
7mm Rem Mag
7mm RUM*
.308 Win*
.30-06*
.300 Win Mag
9mm Para
.38 Special
.357 Mag
12 gauge
16 gauge
20 gauge
28 gauge
.410 Gauge

* Denote loads for friends' rifles.

 

[johnish]

Ever so often, we ask readers how many cartridges do you load for, and since we have several new members since the last time I saw it asked, how many do you load for and are you adding or decreasing numbers? Anything very unusual, very rare or of other interests?

223
243
257 wby
7mm rem mag
300 wby

started reloading on a 222 and then the 7mm RM

 

[jpope02]

Ever so often, we ask readers how many cartridges do you load for, and since we have several new members since the last time I saw it asked, how many do you load for and are you adding or decreasing numbers? Anything very unusual, very rare or of other interests?

Reload for25 guns in 9 calibers. From .204 Ruger to 350 rem magnum.

 

[del2les]

Tell me more about your full length 44 mag shot shell. Is it for a rifle? Is the brass going up into the force cone?

It is for my Blackhawks and Redhawks, but can be made to work in my 1894's. Yes, the extended section does go all the way to the end of the cylinder throat, and those were made using trimmed 303 Brit brass with the rim turned. Fireformed with few grains of Red Dot topped with Cream of Wheat then loaded with 1/2 ounce of #9 shot for snakes or even close in ground birds or other game with larger shot.

Today, I use taper sized 445 brass instead of forming from 303 Brit, and load with a plastic over powder wad, shot and plastic over shot wad or gas check with heavy crimp. Once fired, they form to the cylinder and throat.

In 357, I use the 357 Max brass and the same procedure. I taper size those with a 223 sizing die, so they fit full length into the cylinder. In 45 Colt, a simpler way is to use 454 brass tapered with 45 gas checks over powder and over shot.

I have used these for numerous years, and they perform much better then the plastic cups sold by Speer, hold more shot, and have better patterns. Of course, they are reusable also.

If one walks around in snake country anywhere or wants a re-loadable small game load for their handgun/rifle, these are great to have.