caliber

[white eagle]

Is there a caliber that you find particularly hard to get accuracy out of?
I think I have the hardest time with the 45 colt 44's seem easy 480 Rug is easy 357 is easy but the ol colt not so much.....How about you ??:Fire:

[Marvin S]

For me the smaller the bore the harder they are to get to shoot well. Particularly below 35 cal. That's not to say I dont work with them enough as I shoot lots of 25 and 32s

[Jupiter7]

45 colt was the easiest, 45acp and 38spl to follow. 9mm was the toughest, mostly random flyers.

[AlaskanGuy]

Well.. the 25 acp is a real pita..... but the wife loves it, so I must labor on... The mean mention of 25 acp in the reloaders contains a disclaimer to be under 5 feet for good accuracy.. LOL

[rintinglen]

Of the common revolver cartridges, I have to concur that the 45 Colt has been the most difficult to get good groups out of.

[Guesser]

I found the 45 Colt also, the most problematic; especially in the gun that I started with. It is a Ruger NMBH 45/45. The bore slugged fine but the chamber throats were all over the place and all way too small. I got that corrected by reaming all chambers in both cylinders. Much better but still not as good as should be. I have a lot of slop in the base pin/cylinder. Going to get a Belt Mtn pin and see.

[44man]

The smaller calibers for me, nine, ACP and .357 not easy and it just starts to get better with the .44 and even it can get picky with weather changes.

[Silver Jack Hammer]

The 45 Colt is difficult, the cylinder throats are oversized in the Colt and Italian copies, the chambers are oversized near the case rim, the bores are too tight in the Colt, the rifling is too shallow in the bore, the reloading dies have oversized case mouth expanders. More .45 Colt's have blown up at cowboy matches than .38's. Other calibers, .44 Special, .35 are less problematic.

[bobthenailer]

for me a 9MM and i also had one 44mag that was very particular in its diet

[w5pv]

Both of my 45's shoot better than I can aim and hold about 4" at 40 yards.I hit more with the colt apc than colt 45.This is shooting off hand.

[clownbear69]

in my limited reloading experience id say light gr (like 110 125) .357. 158s work perfect everytime so now I don't even bother with the light stuff anymore

[kweidner]

Another for the .45. Easiest are 44 and 41 for me.

[reed1911]

The .10 LR has been eating my lunch for a while, although AA#2 has seemed to work better than bullseye. The hell of it is you go through all that time to form the case and only shoot it once. BUT! I can say I have one and I shoot it. I have a whole slew of .10, .12, and .14's I really love the little ones.

[williamwaco]

I have never been able to get acceptable accuracy out of any 9mm Auto.
Never owned a revolver.

[fralic76]

For me right now it is 9mm have been trying different weights of bullets to see if there is a difference.

[Scharfschuetze]

Funny how we each get different results with the various calibres.

For me, my most accurate revolvers are a 32 Smith & Wesson and a 32/20 Smith & Wesson Hand Ejector.

Getting uniform ballistics out of the cavernous 45 Colt case has always been a challenge for me, yet accuracy hasn't been too hard to come by.

[williamwaco]

Funny how we each get different results with the various calibres.

For me, my most accurate revolvers are a 32 Smith & Wesson and a 32/20 Smith & Wesson Hand Ejector.

Getting uniform ballistics out of the cavernous 45 Colt case has always been a challenge for me, yet accuracy hasn't been too hard to come by.

Me too.

K-32

Sub one inch six shot groups at 25 yards every single time.

[destrux]

7.62x25. The bullets are so stubby and the neck so short that its a real challenge to seat them straight.

[historicfirearms]

For me it was the 9mm. I've got a bunch of different 9mm pistols and getting an accurate load that didn't lead in any of them was impossible. Best I found after a couple years experimenting was a 135 grain Ranch Dog mold lubed with 45/45/10, and loaded with Unique.

[375supermag]

I have been able to get good accuracy with most any caliber provided I find the correct combination of bullet weight/style and powder charge. Most difficult has been getting a load that shoots accurately out of over 1/2 dozen .357Mag revolvers.
I am just now working toward a good load for multiple firearms in 9mm...after getting reliable functioning we will strive for accuracy.
I have two autoloaders to establish loads for with another in the near future...l do have a 9mm cylinder for one of my BlackHawks that I may decide to experiment with also (if and when I get a good load with the autoloaders).

[Mohillbilly]

IT is NOT the caliber it is the gun and the manufactures of them . Manufactures need to understand and make to those standards and not "cut corners" .

[44man]

IT is NOT the caliber it is the gun and the manufactures of them . Manufactures need to understand and make to those standards and not "cut corners" .
Taken into account! I truly believe a few calibers are harder. Seems the real big ones just plain are easier to get to shoot with more different boolits.

[Lloyd Smale]

45 colt has been the most finiky for me through the years.

[crappie-hunter]

30-30 and 357 mag have been the easiest, my Rossi 92, 44mag has been a problem child. After about 2yrs of fiddeling may have just recently got something to work more testing will tell the story.

[big dale]

The 45 Colt and the 30/06 are both similar for me. I can usually get ok accuracy from them, but it takes a lot of work, whereas getting good accuracy from either a 308 or a 44 Mag is about as easy as falling off a log.

Have fun with this stuff.

Big Dale

[tacklebury]

My .45 Colt/.45 ACP convertible had horrible issues at first. I contacted Ruger, returned it and when they sent it back with a new barrel and both cylinders replaced, it now shoots sub 2" at 25 yards. With a couple loads, I've gotten sub 2" at 50 yards. ;) I shot a buck 2 years ago and put it right through both ventricles of his heart at 15 paces. That's all the accuracy I typically need anyway. My one tough caliber has been 40-60 Marlin, but I'm using .40-65 Win brass due to the extinction of the 40-60 Marlin in 1892 or so. It will hit a milk jug at 25 paces, but that's about it for the accuracy. The other is .32 Win Special. That thing is all over the place and the only good grouping round I've been able to produce is using J-word FTX bullets. It'll go about 6" at 25 yards. 8(

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