What caliber are you not going to bother reloading?

[Afy]

For it is the 7.5x55 Swiss.
Used some Privi brass, 174 grain Privi BT's to push them in the same range of velocity as the GP11 surplus round. 5 inch group at 100 meters with irons.

GP-11 surplus ammo: Sub 2 inch consistency, same gun shot before and after the hand loads.

Given that I have about 2K of GP11 on hand, I dont think I will bother with load testing for the K31 anytime soon.

The other one I am not bothering with is 7.62x39. Tough it is cheaper to reload than shoot even wolf or Tula etc. I have enough on hand to not bother.

 

[cfullgraf]

Only the ones that i don't have a firearm to shoot it.

And rim fires.

 

[HOWARD J]

25 acp---- cheaper to buy ammo
So small-hard to reload

 

[m33p0n3]

22lr and 12 gauge. I bought the shotgun so I wouldn't have to reload for it

 

[rcmodel]

+1 on .25 ACP.

Just not worth the hassel on something I very seldom shoot.

rc

 

[bootcamp]

762x39. To me it's cheaper to buy Tula or Wolf given the prep time and hard to find brass for that caliber. Now if it was 2 years ago, maybe.

 

[USSR]

.22lr - that's it.

Don

 

[WNTFW]

Main 2 are due to volume (lack of) and it is easy to just buy cheaply.

I have a 12 guage reloader but have not reloaded in a while & may not get back into it. Some is due to component availability.
7.62x39 - see what bootcamp said in post #6

I do however have calibers I can reload for but do not currently own. I am picking up pre-owned dies as I find good deals on them. Most of the calibers are common and I have a family member that has the caliber. I also get the case guages and timming tools when I can.
Examples would be .243 or .38/.357

 

[PCCUSNRET]

Since you're not going to bother reloading it, if you ever one to get rid of those 2,000 pieces of GP-11 brass please keep me in mind. I still have about 3,000 Berdan primers that I bought before they became extinct in the USA.


I probably won't bother reloading the 444 Marlin and the 30-30. I have plenty of brass and even bought the dies, I just don't enjoy shooting these guns as much as I do my bolt action rifles.

 

[Walkalong]

I bought everything to reload 7.62X39, including 1K of bullets, but haven't loaded much. It is just for blasting ammo in an AK, and wolf etc is cheap and easy.

 

[Lunie]

25 acp---- cheaper to buy ammo
So small-hard to reload

Cheaper?

I bought 100 35 gr. Speer Gold Dots for less than the cost of a box of 50 factory rounds.

If a person already has the brass... It takes about 1.5 grains of Bullseye, a $0.17 bullet, and a SPP...

Cost per round for reloads as mentioned above: ~
Cost / round $0.21
Cost / 50 $10.44
Cost / 100 $20.88

WWB or Remington are almost $20 for a box of 50 rounds...
I once bought a box of 50 S&B Berdan Primed for $8... The price tag had probably been applied a decade ago.

Hard to reload? Well, not as easy as .45ACP, but not hard to do. A little tougher to hang on to the little buggers.

 

[CraigC]

For me, for now it's 5.56 and .45ACP. I shoot on my own property and I'd drive myself crazy fishing for brass in the grass. (that wasn't supposed to rhyme)

 

[Afy]

Parker51 would send you all the brass you do not require since I am in France. Exporting them and then for you to import them would be an issue.

 

[BADUNAME37]

I reload for all my pistols and all my rifles.

The only thing I never got into was reloading for shotgun.

 

[Steve C]

Don't bother reloading .380 acp or 9x18 mak. Don't shoot the quantities in these calibers to make the delta between reloads and factory worth the effort.

Don't reload for 7.62x39 either as I still have plenty cheap com block ammo left.

 

[BigN]

40 S & W, after the factory rounds are gone, that thing is going down the road...

 

[Welding Rod]

9mm

 

[Smaug]

For me, it is just 9mm

Factory ammo seems to shoot as well as my reloads, and is still only $10 a box.

Once I use up my stock of bullets, I'll probably not use these dies again.

380, 45, 357, 44.... they're all well worth it, both from cost and accuracy standpoints.

 

[Clark]

HOWARD J
25 acp---- cheaper to buy ammo
So small-hard to reload


rcmodel

+1 on .25 ACP.

Just not worth the hassel on something I very seldom shoot.

rc
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There is more easy gain with 25acp than any other cartridge I can think of.

4X the power is possible with no gun modification and only a little bruising of the hand with recoil.


Myself, I have yet to own a 7.62x39mm rifle worthy of my reloading efforts. All my reloads shoot no better than the com block factory ammo

 

[kingcheese]

if i have a gun for plinking, im not going to reload for it, to much time to load up for a day of serious plinking

except for 7,62x54r, ive been old it isnt worht it to reload, but i do anyhow

 

[Vlad357]

Only 7.62x54R since I don't shoot my Mosin Nagants that much, besides a can of surplus is pretty cheap and goes a long way.

 

[Kevin Rohrer]

.223.

I just got an M1A and am loading for it as well as my M1 and 03/A3. I prefer manly guns to mouse guns.

 

[roadliner]

I only reload for my handguns, but due to the low volume the .380 is not on my bench. I actually bought a set of dies right after purchasing my LCP, but returned them unopened. Factory ammo is pricey, but I don't burn through it like the other calibers I shoot.

 

[DFWBioFuels]

1+ on .380. Don't shoot it enough to justify reloading.
I'm currently not reloading 9mm either but I've got bullets from an estate sale purchase so it could be in my future.

 

[OregonJohnny]

I'm still strictly loading for handgun cartridges, and I load for .38 Special, .357 Magnum, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, and .44 Magnum.

Calibers in which I have handguns, but cannot see the benefit in reloading for are: 9mm and .380. I don't shoot enough .380 to make it worth it, and I can occasionally find Remington UMC 115-grain 9mm for $9.99/50 locally (tax-free).

I have no need for .44 Special either, since I just load "cowboy" level .44 Magnum with 200-grain lead bullets over some Trail Boss, when I want to plink with my .44 Magnums.

In fact, if I could recommend 1 single common handgun caliber for a beginner to reload, simply for the savings over factory ammo, it would be .44 Magnum. After the initial setup cost of equipment, I'm now loading factory-level 240-grain JHP for about 30 cents/round. That saves me about $20/50!

I keep wavering back and forth on whether or not I should set up my bench for rifle, but I'd probably only reload for .223, and I can find that occasionally for about 29 cents/round. In doing the math, it would take me about 2,000 reloaded .223 rounds to break even on costs of setup and components.