Suggest you folks get sales figures on reloading die and rifle sales. The tired old 300 WinMag outsells all the shorties.
RCBS puts out annually a list of previous years die sales - here's two years together.
I have edited this list from RCBS in 2009 and put the ranking of each caliber in the 2005 RCBS list in bold behind.
#1 .223 Remington 3
#2 .45 ACP 7
#3 9mm Luger 17
#4 .40 S&W 21
#5 .308 Winchester 4
#6 .30-06 2
#7 .357 Magnum/.38 Special (roll crimp) 12
#8 .243 Winchester 5
#9 .270 Winchester 8
#10 .22-250 Remington 6
#11 .44 Magnum/.44 Special 10
#12 .300 Winchester Magnum 9
#13 7mm Remington Magnum 13
#14 .45 Colt 14
#15 .223 Remington (Small Base)
#16 .30-30 Winchester 20
#17 .204 Ruger 1
#18 .25-06 Remington 16
#19 .380 Auto
#20 7mm-08 Remington 22
#21 .45-70 15
#22 .300 Winchester Short Magnum 11
#23 .270 Winchester Short Magnum 19
#24 .357 Magnum/.38 Special (taper crimp)
#25 .300 Remington Ultra Magnum 23
You'll note the 2 shorties slipped a lot from 05' to 09' ----- Imagine 10 years later !
Here's 2012 no shorties .
Ammo sales:
- .223 Remington
- .308 Winchester
- .30-06 Springfield
- .243 Winchester
- .270 Winchester
- .300 Winchester Magnum
- .22-250 Remington
- 7mm Remington Magnum
- .30-30 Winchester
- .25-06 Remington
USA (Averaged 2015 sales rank)
- .223 Remington
- .308 Winchester
- .30-06 Springfield
- .30-30 Winchester
- .270 Winchester
- .243 Winchester
- 7mm Remington Magnum
- .300 Winchester Magnum
- 7.62x39mm Soviet
- .22-250 Remington
You're using RCBS data that is 7 to 15 years old.
what was RCBS's top list in 2019?