What cartridges do you load for?

[yorketransport]

I thought it would be interesting to go back and look at how many different chamberings I've loaded for over the years. Here's an almost complete picture of the rifle cartridges I've worked with in the last 15 years or so. I didn't include chamberings for rifles I had in my possession for an extended period of time while doing load work for them. I also left out handgun/revolver rounds.



In order from left to right:

351 WSL
221 Fireball
22 Hornet
220 Russion
6.5 Grendel
6mm BR
6.5 BRX
30 Herrett
270 AR
50 Beowolf
222 Rem
7 TCU
223/5.56
17 Rem
222 Rem Mag
205 Ruger
6.5x47 Lapua
300 Savage
250 Savage
6.5 Creedmoor
35 Rem
300 BS
358 Win
308 Win
338 Federal
30-30
32 Special
243 Win
7-08
307 Win
450 Marlin
45-70
7 WSM
6.5x55
338x284 Win
6.5x284 Win
284 Win
30x284 Win
7.62x54R
300 WSM
350 Rem Ma
6mm Satan (6x55 Swede Improved)
7mm Mauser
444 Marlin
375 JDJ
348 Win
30-40 Krag
25-06
270 Win
30-06
338-06
35 Whelen
280 Rem
458 Win Mag
7mm Rem Mag
338 Win Mag
308 Norma Mag
7mm Weatherby
338/375 Ruger
375 Ruger
264 Win Mag
300 Win Mag
338 RUM
6.5 Bdger
458 Lott
270 RUM
7mm RUM
375 RUM
300 Weatherby
375 H&H
416 Rem Mag
338/378 Weatherby
375 BME
416 Rigby
50 BMG

Not included because I just forgot to grab them:
22-250
260 Rem
6x47 Lapua
270 WSM
458 Arnold
338 Edge
338 Big Baer (338/408 Cheytac Improved)
375 Typhoon (375 Cheytac Improved)

So, what do you guys have?

[yorketransport]

Nuts, I forgot a few more:
6x45
6 TCU
35 Herrett
309 JDJ
338 GNR #2

[hunter399]

So what is your pet loads for 243,and 7mm rem mag.
You post a list like that you better have some load data to hand out.
 

[jasnt]

223,243,308,264wm,270,300wm,and so far 50 rounds of 338/375R. That’s it for rifle

[h20hunter]

So what is your pet loads for 243,and 7mm rem mag.
You post a list like that you better have some load data to hand out.
 

Main focus currently is also 7mm rm. Shooting 180 berger vld hunter at 3100 with reloder.

[yorketransport]

So what is your pet loads for 243,and 7mm rem mag.
You post a list like that you better have some load data to hand out.
 

I've got a buddy who says he's going to kill me in my sleep to steal my reloading log books. 

The 7mm Rem Mag was a couple years ago so that one was a 160gr Accubond over IMR 7828ssc. The 243 was a 115 Berger and Retumbo.

[Biggerhammer]

Too many to remember. I become bored with factory chamberings 20 years ago. Can’t even keep track of the wildcats I have or have in the works.

[fowl smacker]

9mm, 45ACP, 22-250, .223, .270, 6.5 creed, 300WSM

[yorketransport]

Too many to remember. I become bored with factory chamberings 20 years ago. Can’t even keep track of the wildcats I have or have in the works.

I think the next list will be to go through my stack of reamer prints. I'm always a little annoyed when a "new" factory offering comes out that's almost a dead ringer for something I drew up years earlier. By the time I get around to having them made, there's already something darn close getting released by some company.

[wadu1]

OK, here is my list, for metalic;
.223
22-250
6.5X55
.270 Win
.308
30-06
.300 WM
9.3X62
45-70

9mm
45 ACP
45 LC

Shot shells
.410 Bore
28 GA
20 GA
12 GA, 2 3/4 3" & 3 1/2
10 GA 3 1/2

[jrebel]

.243 win
.270 win
.308
.300 win mag
7mm-08
22-250
6.5 creed
40 s&w
45 colt
454 casull
.38 spc
.357 mag

Some but not a ton of....just cause I don't shoot that much of them

45-70
450 marlin
30-06
9mm
45 auto

[Biggerhammer]

I have shot deer and or elk with:

22-250
.243 Win
12ga
.223 Rem
6x45
6x6.8 SPC
7x57
30-06
.308
.257 DGR
25-06
.375 H&H
.375 Ultra Mag
7mm Mag
.300 Win Mag
.257 Arnold Magnum
.270 WSM
.300 WSM
.338 Win Mag
.338 Edge
6.8 SPC
25-.284
.308 Baer
.458-.375 Ultra Mag
10mm

I’m sure there’s more that have slipped my mind. This year I will be hunting with my 7.21 Sage.

[Dan-o]

OK, here is my list, for metalic;
.223
22-250
6.5X55
.270 Win
.308
30-06
.300 WM
9.3X62
45-70

9mm
45 ACP
45 LC

Shot shells
.410 Bore
28 GA
20 GA
12 GA, 2 3/4 3" & 3 1/2
10 GA 3 1/2

Wait....   You reload 45-70?

[yorketransport]

I have shot deer and or elk with:

22-250
.243 Win
12ga
.223 Rem
6x45
6x6.8 SPC
7x57
30-06
.308
.257 DGR
25-06
.375 H&H
.375 Ultra Mag
7mm Mag
.300 Win Mag
.257 Arnold Magnum
.270 WSM
.300 WSM
.338 Win Mag
.338 Edge
6.8 SPC
25-.284
.308 Baer
.458-.375 Ultra Mag
10mm

I’m sure there’s more that have slipped my mind. This year I will be hunting with my 7.21 Sage.

You’d slum it with a small bore like your 7.21 Sage when you could use a 375 BME?

[bobcat]

What I currently load-

270 Win.
7mm-08 Rem.
30/06
338 Win. Mag.

[h20hunter]

25 06
223
45acp
40
460 mag
270
6mm
308
7mm rm

[Jonathan_S]

223, (soon) 6x45, 7mm TCU, .243, .25-06, 6.5-06AI, 300 WSM, 300wm, .45-70

[AWS]

218 Bee
222 Rem
223
22-204
 

[Biggerhammer]

When I hear the word “Slum”. 7-08 comes to mind.🤕😮🤡

[BigGoonTuna]

I got into it because i had a .45-70 that i was too cheap to shoot.  then my problem became picking up guns in weird chamberings because, "hey, i could just load my own for that."  now, i just enjoy working up loads for everything i own

currently i load for:
45-70
250 savage
.270 win
30-06
7.62x39mm

i did load for .264 win mag, but traded my rifle in on the .270.  the .270 will do over 3000fps with a 150 grain bullet with RL-26 published loads easily, for some reason the .264 with its 24" barrel would only barely get 6.5 creedmoor velocities with book loads(2800 fps burning 60+gr of powder with 140s...), so down the road it went...no sense in keeping a heavy rifle like that if it won't perform.

[CAMPMEAT]

22 short rimfire..

[BULLBLASTER]

243, 223, 22-250, 25-06, soon 6 creedmoor, 6.5 creedmoor, 6.5-284, 7 rem mag, 30-06, 300 win mag, 300 rum, 375 hh, 45-70

[Matth]

At the moment,

223
220 Swift
243
26 Nosler
264 Win
300 Win
300 WBY
340 WBY

[kselkhunter]

Not much for me, yet.   Just 35 Whelen and 357Mag/38Spcl at the moment.  Will start reloading the 7mmRM next year (have lots of factory ammo for it still that my rifle shoots really well).  And soon will start loading for the 35/30-30 once the project is done.   

[Cougartail]

700 Nitro Express and the 17 Hornet..

[CaNINE]

223 REM
6.5 CM
264 WM
7mm-08 REM
280 AI
308 WIN
300 WSM
300 RUM

Glad to share load data with anyone on the forum.

[blackpowderhunter]

300 WBY currently

[theleo]

32-20
38-40
40 S&W
38spl
357 mag
44 spl
22-250
243
280ai
300 sav
33 WCF
338-06
45-70
45-90 Win

[starbailey]

Rifle
22 Hornet
222 Rem
223 Rem
22-250
243 win
243 WSSM
270 Win
7x57
7mm Rem Mag
30-06
30-06 AI
300 Win Mag
338 Win Mag
35 AI
Pistol
380 auto
9 mm
38 spcl
357 mag
41 mag
44 spcl
44 mag
45 acp
45 colt
50 AE
500 S&W
   
 

[Jonathan_S]

Some of you guys have a freaking fortune in dies

[jasnt]

Some of you guys have a freaking fortune in dies

that was my thoughts as well. Like looking at the table of contents in a loading manual

[BULLBLASTER]

My list is what I have loaded for. The list is much shorter for what I currently load for

[Henrydog]

God I am boring.  I just load 1 1/8 12ga Handicap loads with 7.5's.  What I lack in variety I make up in quantity....anywhere from 10-13k a year.   

[BNAElkhntr]

22/250,6mmBR, 308, 300wsm, 300win mag, 338 Rem Ultra mag

[NRA4LIFE]

Pistol:

9mm, .38, .357, .44, .45 ACP, .45 colt.

Rifle:

.223, .243, .270, 30-06, .300 Win Mag, 8mm Mauser

Shotgun:

12 and 20

Mostly pedestrian stuff, nothing real fancy.

[HawkCreek]

Most of you guys are giving me reloading envy!

I have only been reloading for a few years and dont have a lot of time for it unfortunately.

So far I've only reloaded for:
.308 Win
.30-40 Krag
.30-06

I have dies for .30-30 Win but I've not used them yet. Next will be either 10mm or .45 Colt.

[seakev]

.38
9mm
10mm
.40 S&W
.45 ACP
.460 S&W

.223/5.56mm
.243
6.5 Creedmoor
.270
7mm Rem. Mag
.45-70
.
.
.
for now

[yorketransport]

Come on guys, where are all the fun calibers? I'll admit that the vast majority of these are rounds that I no longer load for but did at one time. I'm down to about 35 die sets right now.

If we're listing pistol/revolver rounds, I've got that pretty well covered too:

25 acp
32 acp
32 H&R
327 Federal
38 spcl
357 Mag
357 Auto Mag
357 Max
40 S&W
10mm
10mm Magnum
400 Corbon
41 AE
41 Mag
414 Super Mag
44 spcl
44 Auto Mag
44 Mag
445 Super Mag
45 Auto Rim
45 ACP
460 Rowland
45 Super
451 Detonics
45 Win Mag
45 Colt
454 Casull
460 S&W
480 Ruger
50 AE
500 JRH
500 S&W

As always, I'm pretty sure that it.

[Biggerhammer]

Haha! It’s all about the dies. I can’t even count the rifles I’ve had built wildcat wise because I stumbled across a set of dies or acquired the right combo of dies to load a particular wildcat. I’ve used three different sets of factory dies to load for a single wildcat and then I had to have a custom set made because no matter the combo, I couldn’t bump the shoulder.

[JimmyHoffa]

Dang yorkie, I think you have a better selection than all the shops in my county combined.

[yorketransport]

Dang yorkie, I think you have a better selection than all the shops in my county combined.

I like to tinker.

Haha! It’s all about the dies. I can’t even count the rifles I’ve had built wildcat wise because I stumbled across a set of dies or acquired the right combo of dies to load a particular wildcat. I’ve used three different sets of factory dies to load for a single wildcat and then I had to have a custom set made because no matter the combo, I couldn’t bump the shoulder.

I've had a couple barrels made just because I found a set of odd dies or brass for sale somewhere. Half of the wildcats I've come up with are ideas that I got by running cases into some random die that I have on the shelf. A couple of them are good ideas but most are one off boondoggles, which is where I got the name for the last few bad ideas I've been working on.

[huntandjeep]

I'm boring just 7mm ,  6.5 x .284 and 22/250

[mountainman]

've had a couple barrels made just because I found a set of odd dies or brass for sale somewhere. Half of the wildcats I've come up with are ideas that I got by running cases into some random die that I have on the shelf. A couple of them are good ideas but most are one off boondoggles, which is where I got the name for the last few bad ideas I've been working on.
Yorkie

Yep! Not a lot of "gaps" between what is out there and has already been tried, done, and proven. But where's the fun with leaving it there?👍
Loonies will always try to improve, if only for a few fps.  Fun to experiment for sure, but true improvement is hard to find, even if it's only a few fps from a, say, 7-08 to 7x57..

[yorketransport]

Yep! Not a lot of "gaps" between what is out there and has already been tried, done, and proven. But where's the fun with leaving it there?👍
Loonies will always try to improve, if only for a few fps.  Fun to experiment for sure, but true improvement is hard to find, even if it's only a few fps from a, say, 7-08 to 7x57..

I think of wildcatting like merging onto a freeway; even if there's not a good gap, just force your way in there and kick everybody else out of the way. 

[mountainman]

Yep! Not a lot of "gaps" between what is out there and has already been tried, done, and proven. But where's the fun with leaving it there?👍
Loonies will always try to improve, if only for a few fps.  Fun to experiment for sure, but true improvement is hard to find, even if it's only a few fps from a, say, 7-08 to 7x57..

I think of wildcatting like merging onto a freeway; even if there's not a good gap, just force your way in there and kick everybody else out of the way. 

☺👍

[Biggerhammer]

All cartridges are fair game in my book for wildcat modification. With the acception of the 7x57, it’s moderate speeds and humble case capacity kill extremely efficiently. Jack O’Conner’s wife had more common sense than he did. Her fielding a 7x57 as to his 🤮.270🤮.

[The scout]

300 rum
243win

Got all critters covered with those to