Your most loaded cartridge

[Texas by God]

Not a poll, just a question- what rifle cartridge have you loaded the most of in your reloading career? How about your most loaded handgun cartridge as well?
For me, it has to be the 22-250 Rem. and the .45 ACP; I've been using both since my teenage years and that was long ago!

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[cabezaverde]

30-06 and .45 ACP (with 9mm close second)

[Elroy]

Boring,but 223 Rem,followed closely by 7mm08 .I don't load for any handguns,but may get into it.

[FLINTNFIRE]

45acp then 223 but 9mm has to be right in there and 40 s&w is not far behind but wait maybe 38 special wow am not pulling all those ammo cans down and counting rounds

[Dan Cash]

.32-20, .45acp, .30-30

[adcoch1]

I think 300 blackout has displaced 30-06 for rifle, and 44mag rules the roost for handgun. Of course, thinking about it, about half my blackout ammo goes thru my ar pistol, so who knows...

[375supermag]

Hi...
For rifle it is probably .223 because my son shoots a ton of it. Second most is probably .308 because that is his favorite hunting round and he practices a lot.

Handguns... it's hard to say.
We load in batches of 500 or more for everything from 9mm to .45Colt and most everything in between. It isn't unusual for my son and I to spend several hours each weekend on the handgun range at one or the other of the two gun clubs where we have memberships. Sometimes we visit both on the same day...only one allows shooting steel silhouettes so we usually shoot groups at one club and then go to the other to ring steel.
500 hundred rounds through each caliber every two weeks isn't unusual, so it could be any of the common calibers which is shot the most. I know my son shoots the majority of the 9mm and 10mm and I shoot most of the .41Magnum. We probably shoot equal amounts of .45ACP, .357Mag, .45Colt and .44Magnum. I probably shoot the majority of .38Spl, .44Spl and .45AutoRim.
We usually only load .375SuperMag in batches of 100 and shoot it now and then.

[Winger Ed.]

5.56 and 7.62 NATO to feed a rat gun and a M1A for rifles.
Handgun would be .45ACP.

[BigAlofPa.]

.223 for rifle and 9mm and 45 acp are about equal. I think .380 will soon catch up. I finally got a .380 pistol that is accurate more than just center mass accuracy. It's a SW 380 EZ. I think the fuller size grip is what helps me with getting target accuracy.

[psweigle]

357 magnum/38 special for both rifle and pistol.

[MUSTANG]

.223 then .308 for Rifle. .45ACP then .38/.357 for handguns.

[Slugster]

.30-06 for rifle and .44 magnum for handgun.

[Chad5005]

308,38/357 for me

[rking22]

308 due to some years shooting competitions, 38 special for handgun just cause I like it. I load lots of different cartridges due to liking old rifles. A rifle calls to me, well I grab it and deal with feeding it. I’m not one to say, hey I’m gonna get me a rifle in “what have you” caliber. Now all my metallic loading is a drop in the bucket to shot shell, probably 1/4 million 12 gage target loads is on the lite end, Based on the empty powder can count.

[dragon813gt]

357 Magnum for both.

[JoeJames]

308, revolvers - toss up between 38 Special and 44 Special.

[metricmonkeywrench]

Need to get more guns apparently, 30-30 and -06 in equal numbers, but hands down .38 over my other two handguns

[Bazoo]

30-30 and 45 acp here, with 38 special/357 magnum close seconds.

[Burnt Fingers]

Up till 2019 most loaded handgun cartridge would have be 45 ACP. Since then it's 9mm.

Rifle...223 Remington with 300 Blackout coming up fast.

I used to load a bunch of 308 but I sold the H&K brass mangler. I have a bunch of factory 308 to run in my bolt gun. I've also got a ton of 308 brass should I feel the need to start loading it.

I just picked up a DPMS AR-10 so I might start needing more 308.

[Wheelgun]

Rifle - 30-06 for the Garand with 30 carbine and 45 Colt right behind.

Handgun - 38/357 hands down, with 9mm a far distant 2nd.

Kinda gets clear as mud though, cause lots of 38/357 through the Marlin and 30 carbine through the Blackhawk...

[2A-Jay]

.40S&W, .45ACP. 30-06 M2Ball.

[Snow ninja]

Rifle- 6.5x55 Swede with .218 Bee close second

Handgun- 45 Colt and 38 Sp are probably tied.

[LynC2]

Was 22-250, then became 30-06, then .308. Presently .223, .357 and 40-65 BP. The calibers followed my changing pastimes from hunting to competition.

[plowboysghost]

.45/70 and .45 Colt.

[Hootmix]

40-60 win. ( chaparral ) ,44-40 wcf. ( Rossi ) 1875 Outlaw 44-40 & 72 OT in 38spl.

coffee's ready ,, Hootmix.

[GhostHawk]

I have probably loaded more 7.62x39 than any other 2 or 3 calibers combined.
.30-30 is creaping on it now.

I've loaded easy twice as much 9mm as .45acp. But I have 3 9mm guns total, only 2 in .45acp and one of those is fairly recent.

Long term both the .32sw long and .32acp are going to give the 9 a run for its money.

Thrifty on lead, thrifty on powder, less recoil, less muzzle flip, less noise and more accurate.

[tazman]

30-06 and 38 Special.

[Cast_outlaw]

Well it’s 303british and 9mm Luger for me

[sharps4590]

Handgun, nothing I've ever owned or loaded for is remotely close to the 45 Colt. Rifle....Toss up, 300 Win Mag or my 45-90

The old 32-20 accounts for an awful lot in handgun and rifle so combined it would be close.

[trails4u]

Recently......30 Rem, 43 Spanish, 11mm Werndl and 45-70. Historically.... 30-06, 9mm, .40, 5.56 and 7mm-08. My tastes are changing.... :)

[Pete44mag]

Rifle, 30-06, Pistol tied between .38 special and .45 ACP.

[444ttd]

for a rifle, 444 marlin. for a handgun, the 44 special.

2nd rifle is the 30-40 krag but the 35/30-30 is hot on its heels.

[dverna]

.38 Spl. Probably over five times as much as any other cartridge.

[Drm50]

38sp Wadcutters , 222 Rem

[unclemikeinct]

Right Now I'm loading more 6mmBRX than I care to admit. It is almost a chore. used to be the 243 Win. & 22-250 Rem. & 357/38 spec. & 45 ACP.

[skeettx]

38 Special
Then 45 ACP
then 9mm
then 12 gauge
then 20 gauge

[Minerat]

.308 the longest and 44 mag

[WinchesterM1]

I load 7.62x39 for my rifle and then definitely 9mm for my pistol I load 2-3k a month of 9mm

[JShipwash]

The two for me would be 223and 9mm

[Butler Ford]

Really hard to say. 30-30, 30-06, 308, 38Spl and 357mag all somewhere near the same.

[Cosmic_Charlie]

.308 and 45 acp for sure. Now it would be .357 and .308.

[Gewehr-Guy]

30-06 or 30-40, and for handgun, .38 special. I really don't shoot a handgun much, but sure do love loading them with an old Star.

[charlie b]

.308

Easy cause I only cast for one rifle.

[bedbugbilly]

For me, probably 357/38 spl for rifle and pistol

[one-eyed fat man]

.45 ACP absolutely tops the list for handguns and .30-06 for rifles.

[pworley1]

45 70 and 45acp

[popper]

BO, 30/30 and a little 308 - plus 40sw. 9mm occasionally.
Gee B-F, I got a ar10 308w rifle upper I don't carry anymore.

[Shuz]

Rifle it's. 250 Savage with cast. Handgun it's. 44 mag. Also with cast.

[DAVIDMAGNUM]

Way out in front... 44WCF with black powder for mainly rifle then revolver. Second would be 357 magnum for mainly rifle and then revolver.

[besk]

38special/357magnum & .410 pistol and rifle

[MT Gianni]

38 special has to be pushing 10K maybe more. I am not sure if 223 has exceeded 30-06.

[GregLaROCHE]

.30-06 with a lot of others close behind.

[jonp]

38sp/357 with more 38sp than the mag but 45lc runs close enough its hard to tell. Probably a tie between 38sp and 45lc. The rifle, i load several but not enough to keep track.

[iwottopq]

Hello.
I reload all the calibers that shoot but the many reloaded are are .308, .300WM and, of course living in Italy, 9x21...
Ciao
Nino

[Walks]

12ga, 18,000 rds a year from 1966-1971. ATA Jr & Cowboy Shooting
.38/357 cause I love it
.30-06 cause of M-1, 1903's,03-A3's, M1917's, M70 & M700
.44Spl & .44WCF, Tack on .44Mag just because
.45Colt & .45-70 cause I Love them

So it boils down to .38Spl in handguns & rifles
.30-06 in Rifles
12ga

[marshall623]

With IHMSA & NRA Hunters Pistol
357 Mag for T/C & GP100
22 Hornet T/C soon will be cast as soon as mold shows up
7mm-08 Savage Striker
7mm TCU T/C

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[smithnframe]

45/70 and 45 acp!

[ulav8r]

Cut down 44 Special for a german Reischrevolver and either 308 or 30/30.

[OutHuntn84]

9mm/308

[ACC]

9mm, .38 Special, .357 Magnum, 7.62X39

[Shawlerbrook]

38/357, 44 mag., 222 Remington and 30 30.

[curiousgeorge]

.38 special / .357 magnum pistol & rifle
8mm Mauser rifle (13 grs red dot)

[Went2kck]

30-06 fallowed by 7.62 x 54R nagant Then 45acp

[lolbell]

327 Federal Magnum in revolver and rifle. Rifle only would be 22-250.

[tdoor4570]

Starts with 30-06, 243win,30-40 krag then 357 mag all started in 1972

[brass410]

45-70, with close second, 44 mag, don't shoot handgun anymore, still shoot rifle a lot.

[DukeConnors]

Pistol would have to be 9mm cast. We shoot more 9mm than anything else.
Rifle FMJ would be 150 gr 308.
Rifle cast would be 220 gr 300 blackout

[DDriller]

6.8 spc for rifle, 9mm and .45 acp for pistol

[Win94ae]

30-30 and 357mag.

[samari46]

7.62x54r in a 1935 Finn model 27. Haveing no time to slug and start casting for a second Moisin.Soon as I get my yard work squared away than a casting fool I will become. Frank

[roverboy]

Got to be .38 Special. I used to load a lot of .223 but, the last few years I shoot my .357 Magnums with a lot of .38's.

[Lloyd Smale]

9s and 223 are probably the winners.

[winelover]

9 mm and 38/357

Winelover

[GSP7]

6.5x55

close second, Browning .50 Cal for my P51 mustang


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[Targa]

.44mag

[JShipwash]

9 mm 223

[RickF]

Rifle, .223 and .308 win are real close.
Pistol, .45 acp.

[El Gato]

Easily 30-06 for the Garand. In cast bullets it is 8x57mm. Handgun is probably 45 Colt.

[richhodg66]

Probably .30-06. Past few years 7x57 has given it a real run for its money.

For handguns, toss up between .357 and .45 Colt.

[jimb16]

I've loaded for so many years that I can't give a single answer to rifle or pistol. For rifle there are 3; .30-06, .223, and .30 carbine. For pistol, there are 2; .45 auto and .38 sp.

[Gunslinger1911]

45ACP by a long shot. Multiple 1911's, Smith 625, AR rifle in ACP.
Second 45 Colt. SAA, Smith 25, Win 94, Uberti Henry

[Texas by God]

6.5x55

close second, Browning .50 Cal for my P51 mustang


.Is that close second your " hog strafing rig"??[emoji16]

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[robg]

357 mag followed by 308 win then 45-70 .

[rintinglen]

For me, it is 38 special by a country mile, I have loaded nigh onto 100,000 of them over the last 45 years. 2nd would be the 30-30, at around 8,000. Nothing else I have reloaded exceeds the 5000 round mark, though the 45 ACP and 357 come close. 44 Special is creeping up there, as well.

[iomskp]

For me it's 38 special, I have about 3000 44 mags to load but we are not allowed to travel or shoot here at the moment so it makes it hard to work up a load.

[RJM52]

.38 Super...used to shoot 20K rounds a year when I was competing back in the 1980s and 90s... Even had a Dillon 650 for several years that all it ran was Supers...

Bob

[tankgunner59]

For rifle it would be a toss up between 22-250 Remington and 30-06 Springfield, both of which I love to load for and shoot. As for pistols it would be one of mine but now that my wife has a 9mm, it is the most loaded and shot pistol round. I have two 9mm's myself but the missus goes through it like it's water. :shock:

[Michael J. Spangler]

Rifle would be .308 but that’s because I loaded a ton in a couple big batches for plinking ammo years ago.
The most loaded by time spent and most frequently shot one the years would be 45/70.
Now if you were counting pistol cartridges shot in rifles then 38 takes the cake.

[TNsailorman]

It would be between the .38 Special, .45acp/ar or possibly the 30-06. I have loaded thousands of each. james

[waco]

.308 and .38spl

[19112TAP]

25-20, 32-20, 32 h&r & 30-30

[JonB]

For the handgun: 45 ACP with 9mm behind that.
Rifle: .556 with 300blk behind it.

[mozeppa]

38 Special
Then 45 ACP
then 9mm

[ddixie884]

.41spl.............

[Hickory]

Prairie dog caliber, .223 Remington.
2000-3000 per year.

[quilbilly]

Recently it has been 270 Win to develop a good load for NCBS in a few weeks hopefully for the 400 yard iron sight shoot. 45LC otherwise.

[shtur]

Most is 45 ACP, second is 44 mag, then 30-06, others are just enough to plink with.

[KCcactus]

38 special. Most of them go through my Rossi M 92.

[Geezer in NH]

It will take 10 years or more for any metallic cartridge to get above the 12 gauge I have loaded.

Riffle or pistol t I bet it will be either 38sp or 9mm

[warren5421]

Rifle: .45-70 for a Trapdoor and a Sharps, most with bp and a postal. Pistol/rifle is .44 WCF for SASS, 4 rifles and 6 pistols. I have liked .45-70 and .44 WCF for many years but the .32 ACP has found it's way in to my fun shooting round.

[Earlwb]

I would go with the 22-250 Ackley Improved. When I was real big into varmint hunting, I shot jillions of rounds and reloaded them of course. I wore out a couple of barrels using it too.

[sigep1764]

I reload 9mm the most. In the last 3 months, Ive loaded 6000 of them. Do this once or twice a year, depending on the free time to shoot. After that, 223 gets loaded around 4000 rounds a year. Then 270 gets around 1500 per year.

[robg]

shoot 3000+ 357mag/200+ 223/2000+308/1000+ 45-70.all cast by me except some 223 hunting jkt bullets we have to use over here.that my very ruff annual shooting in a normal year.have not loaded for my shotguns but they get a bit of use too

[groovy mike]

Never worn out a case for 375 H&H or 9mm...…………………………. Just keep loading them time after time after time.....

[Herb in Pa]

9mm when I was shooting my MP40 (used commercially cast slugs) as I could dump a 32 round mag in about 4 seconds....

[winelover]

Never worn out a case for 375 H&H or 9mm...…………………………. Just keep loading them time after time after time.....

Then you're not shooting enough.

[9mmskng]

45acp!

[John Boy]

what rifle cartridge have you loaded the most of in your reloading career? How about your most loaded handgun cartridge as well?
For me, it has to be the 22-250 Rem. and the .45 ACP
45 ACP is a handgun caliber

Me ... 45-70, 32-40 and 30 WCF

[Texas by God]

45 ACP is a handgun caliber

Me ... 45-70, 32-40 and 30 WCFRead it again, John Boy.
I skip words too when reading sometimes.


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[Carrier]

I load pretty much the same amount for 38/357, 44 special/44magnum and 45 Colt.

[IHuntDragons]

Not a poll, just a question- what rifle cartridge have you loaded the most of in your reloading career? How about your most loaded handgun cartridge as well?
For me, it has to be the 22-250 Rem. and the .45 ACP; I've been using both since my teenage years and that was long ago!

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Presently 9mm...but I expect that scale to tip in another direction soon.