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I've loaded the Hornet in the past, as far as rifles go. I have a .218 Bee now, and I'm waiting for brass, for it. I've loaded the .380 ACP, but it was a long time ago. I inherited Dad's Colt Gov't model, so I guess it's possible I might load it again at some point. Dad had a .25 ACP Baby Browning, and at one point I had a box of new .25 ACP brass, but he was vehemently opposed to shooting it, convinced it would be too easy to stick a finger in front of the muzzle. I don't recall if that one is still in the family or not. I do remember the Hornady manual said "...reloading the .25 ACP is not particularly rewarding..."  Our LGS that carries much reloading gear actually had Speer Gold Dots in stock for the .25 ACP - so I guess someone actually does load for it...  Maybe I would too, if only for S&G.
"...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."
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My smallest will be the 25/20. I'm in the process of unloading some brass right now. I'm going to be looking for a velocity around 1100 to 1200 fps to use as a small game round.
Harry
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Anything with a 4 in front of it for for handguns and screw rifle calibers.
Don't vote knothead, it only encourages them. Anonymous
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." Anonymous
"Self-reliance, free thinking, and wealth is anathema to both the power of the State and the Church." Derby Dude
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380acp due to the lack of ammo.
The Karma bus always has an empty seat when it comes around.- High Brass
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Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
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Just loaded some Hornets yesterday.
35 gr. Vmax w/Lilgun at 2900 FPS. These "smoke" rodents!
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If it's centerfire and boxer primed, I'd reload it.
Last edited by antelope_sniper; 12/15/14.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell
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Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give a man a welfare check, a forty ounce malt liquor, a crack pipe, an Obama phone, free health insurance. and some Air Jordan's and he votes Democrat for a lifetime.
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Campfire Oracle
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"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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Got a 1050 set up for 9mm. A 650 set up for 223. A 550 for anything with a large primer. I just buy 380. Anything smaller than a 223, besides a 22lr, is silly, IMO.
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Campfire Kahuna
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380acp due to the lack of ammo. Need some brass? I'll send ya some..shoot me a PM
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Liberalism is a mental disorder that leads to social disease.
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I quit fooling with 9mm because it is so cheap.
38 special is my cut off
22-250 for rifle
556 is too cheap to bother reloading as well, UNLESS its just for a special run of deer killing loads. Otherwise I would give my new dimension hornady dies away.
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Me too...I worked up a Plus-P load of 1.7 grs. of Bullseye with a 50 grain bullet. I expect it to overpenetrate.
Life is like a purple antelope on a field of tuna fish...
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I reload the 5.7x28.
55g Lapua SP's out of a suppressed pistol at 1000 fps is great armadillo medicine.
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I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
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Campfire Kahuna
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I quit fooling with 9mm because it is so cheap.
38 special is my cut off
22-250 for rifle
556 is too cheap to bother reloading as well, UNLESS its just for a special run of deer killing loads. Otherwise I would give my new dimension hornady dies away. Generally finding that the cheap stuff is simply not accurate enough for my tastes. But for most folks that just like to go bang, the cheap stuff is way easier than loading.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Smallest rifle round I do is 22 Hornet; although in the past I've done some loading for my buddies 204 Ruger. Smallest pistol round for me is 9mm. I've got a 25 ACP but hardly ever shoot it and I've got maybe a couple hundred rounds for it that I got before the current panic so that should last me many years at the rate I shoot 25 ACP. Thought about trying 25 ACP reloading once but figured it would be too much hassle for something I rarely shoot but I bet it would be interesting reloading that tiny little bugger.
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smallest HG is .357. Smallest rifle is .25-20. I wouldn't load 9mm because I just use mine for plinking and the cost of white box bulk at Walmart is such that it wouldn't be worth my time to load them.
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I load most anything but i draw the line at the 25 auto.
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Campfire Kahuna
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I use primed 25 acp cases to ignite the charges in my TC Encore MZ... they are not to hard to deal with.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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My smallest is 32 ACP, don't own a 25 ACP. Generally get a finger pinched trying to balance a bullet into the seating die.
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