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Have a few decades in the rear view mirror these days and was reflecting on days gone by in the shooting sports. One of the thoughts came about due to dialog on a different thread, that being that I've not shot a factory round of CF ammo in quite some time except for a .380 pistol and some trash .30 M1 ammo about 15 years ago. I began loading in the very early 70's for handguns, moved up to rifles in the mid '80's and shotguns around 2000. I haven't shot any critters with a jacketed bullet in about 20 years.

My questions: What have you loaded and shot for over the years?

My track record: .22 GTC, .22 Hornet/K-Hornet, .243 Win, .25-20 Win, .25-20 SS, .250 Savage, .257 Roberts, 7x57, .30 Carbine, .30-30, .30 Sneezer, .300 Weatherby, .38 Spcl, .357 Mag, 9mm, .358 Win, .38-55 Win, .40x.38-55 Win, .405 Win, .416 Rigby, .44 mag, .45-70, 20/16/12 Ga shot shells.

So, just how loony are you?

What is CF ammo?

9mm, .357 sig, 45 super.

223, 22-250, 25-06, 6.5 grendel, .308.

12 ga

"Loony".. I've only been hand loading since around 1996. Don't know how loony that makes me? My list of things I load for:
Rifles:
1. 300WBY (the reason I started loading in the first place)
2. 223 rem
3. 22-250
4. 204 Ruger
5. 243 win
6. 6x45
7. 6WOA
8. 7.62x39
9. 308win
10. 270win
11. 6.5 creedmire
12. 6.5x55
13. 7x57
14. 7mm rem mag
15. 9.3x62mm
16. 308 Norma magnum
17. 300wm
18. 300H&H
19. 338wm
20. 375H&H
21. 300WSM
22. 7WSM
23. 8X57 Mauser
24. 300 RSAUM
25. 6mm rem
26. 300 Savage
27. 348win
28. 375win
29. 30-06
30. 7mm08

Pistols:
1. 9mm
2. 40 S&W
3. 45 ACP
and hundreds of thousands of 12 gauge trap loads..

can't top that

Started loading for my dad's 12ga when I was a kid in the 60s, then got my own 12ga in the 70s, loaded thousands and thousands of 12ga.

90s I decided to load for my 06, dad had an old Herter's press and some items in a box in the barn he was given and never used, so I dusted it off and started researching... pretty much how I first started using a computer, my kids had to show me how.

I then started picking up guns to reload for... 243, 270, 7mm mauser, 338 mag, 7 weatherby mag, 7 mag, 7mm 08, 308, 6mm, 30 30. Just recently started 22 centerfire, bad timing with components shortage of powders/primers I never needed before... 222, 223, 22 250. Same with handguns 45acp and 357/38spec.

Kent

Hand loading since 1973

Started out with Smith 27's & 29's

went on to 25-06

30-06

308

223

22-250 (briefly)

260 AI

260

7-08 & 7-08 AI

444 Marlin

45-70

45 Colt

9mm

40 Smith

10 mm

45 ACP

6.5x55

20-222

20 Practical

20 Vartarg

223 AI

300 BLK

6BR

prob missed a few

Pic.....chopped to 16" Marlin 45 Colt...helluva house gun

Not much, cartridge wise.

Just lots of them when I was shooting competition.

38spl, 45 Colt, 44-40, 12ga. Loaded some 44mag too.

Used to shoot about a 1000 rounds a week in practice/competition. Did that for years.

Used a progressive loader.

I started reloading in 1973, haven't shot a head of big game with a factory round ever. Same with handguns, only factory ammo I shoot is .22RF.

I started loading around 13-14 years old. Dad got me an RCBS kit from the old NRA coupon books they’d send out. I’ve been addicted as hell since.




Rifles:
1. 300WBY
2. 223 rem
3. 22-250
4. 222 Rem
5. 243 win
6. 6 ARC
7. 224 Valkyrie
8. 6 Creed
9. 308win
10. 270 Win
11. 6.5 Creedmore
12. 6.5x55
13. 7x57
14. 7mm rem mag
15. 9.3x62mm
16. 222 Rem Mag
17. 300 Win Mag
18. 300H&H
19. 338wm
20. 375H&H
21. 300WSM
22. 7WSM
23. 270 WSM
24. 375 Imp
25. 325 WSM
26. 300 Savage
27. 348win
28. 375win
29. 30-06
30. 7mm08
31. 25-06 Rem
32. 7 Mash Super
33. 28 Nosler
34. 30-30 Win
35. 35 Rem
36. 35 Whelen
37. 358 Win
38. 30 M1 Carbine
39. 45-70 Govt
40. 444 Rem
41. 300 RUM
42. 9.3x57
43. 250 Savage
44. 280 Improved
45. 280 Rem
46. 350 Rem Mag
47. 6.5 PRC
48. 35 Newton
49. 264 Win Mag
50. 458 Win Mag
51. 45-90
52. 257 Wby
53. 240 Wby
54. 6.5x300 Wby


Pistols:
1. 9mm
2. 10mm
3. 45 ACP
4. 44 Rem Mag
5. 480 Ruger
6. 500 JRH

Hope that I remember most of them:
17 Rem
22 Hornet
219 Zipper
222 Rem
223
22-250
220 Swift
243
6mm Rem
250-3000
257 Roberts
25-06
6.5x54 M-S
6.5x55
256 Newton
7mm-08
7x57
280 Rem
7x61 S&H
7mm Rem mag
284 Win
30-30
308
30-06
30 Newton
300 H&H
300 Win mag
300 RCM
338RCM
338 Win mag
375 H&H
32-20
32-20 CPA
38-55
40-50 Sharps straight
40-70 Sharps straight
45-70 & 50-90
Pistols: not much
32 H&R mag
38 Special
357 Mag
44 Special

Forgot the 6.5 CM and 9mm pistol

You are a true loony!! ha ha.

Yes he is! That makes me a rookie!

Its the 6.5 Need More

CF = Centerfire...as opposed to rimfire (RF), flintlock, caplock, etc....

You know, It’s funny, I love rifles. Don’t know exactly why but even the stuff folks [bleep] on are still neat to me. Only rifle and cartridge I don’t much care for is a the AK47 and 7.62x39.. I’m sure it’s a dandy but I have a thing since they were usually used to hurt my friends and I. Same for the x54 version. They could all burn in hell and I’d buy the beer to watch them burn.

For me, it’s been Rifles.
Started hand loading for a.308 when I was 14.
When I got outta the Army, I got into it more. I thought it’d save me money. I soon found out it cost more, but allowed me a heckuva lot more shooting cheaper than buying factory stuff. And what’s more fun than recreational gunfire?
Right now I’m loading .223, 22/250, .243, .257 Bob, 7x57, 7mm Rem Mag, .308, ought 6, and .35 Whelen. Add in some .270 and some other stuff for friends.
I gotta say that I enjoy it. I find it relaxing. Me and Waylon Jennings, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash and quite a few other Country Stars have loaded Boo Cooh shells.
With the added benefits of more trigger time and the pride involved in filling the freezer with your own hand loads, I can’t think of a better way to spend my time and $!
Stuff’s sorta Hard to find, and the cost keeps going up, but I plan on doing it till I’m ready for the box. After that, what ever’s left is gonna be Ben’s problem!
I figure he’ll carry on the tradition, and hopefully so will his kids.
7mm

I had sat down a while back and thought about the different cartridges for which I've loaded. Here is the latest updated list.



ya!

98 if my count is accurate.

GWB

.22 Hornet*
.223*
.243*
6CM*
.257 R
6.5 Grendel*
.270 Win*
7x57
.308*
.30/06
.348
9mm (Have the stuff, but haven’t started yet)
.357*
.44 Mag*
.45 Colt*
.45/70

*currently

Gee, I see from your list you have 2 PRCs. Sharks are like that. I'm jealous. Sorta.