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View Poll Results: How many Calibers do you load for?

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    10 1.10%
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    24 2.65%
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    42 4.64%
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    37 4.09%
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Thread: POLL ... How many different Calibers do you load for?

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    This is one of these deals that sneak up on ya. I started out with 2 or 3 but when I started counting the different recipes in my load book I soon ran out of fingers and toes.

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    .223-.243-7mm mag-.300 savage-30'06-7.62x39-7.62x54r-30 carbine.

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    I counted up 15 handgun cartridges, and didn't even start on the rifles.
    My first love, was the 38 Special and I have loaded many , many more of them than any three others combined. What the total is, I have no idea. Well over 100k I suppose? I also have loaded a lot of 30-30's, 357's and 44 mags, in numbers running well into the 1000's. These days, I cast for everything I own.
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    Top three? 38 special, 22-250, and 30-30. I've loaded more of these in the past 45 years than anything else.

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    Every thing I shoot other than rimfire.

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    Never counted or cared too.

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    .25 ACP
    .32 ACP
    .32-20
    .30 Mauser
    7.62 Tokarev
    9 MM Luger
    9 MM Largo
    .38 Super
    .38 Spl/.357 Mag
    .44 Mag
    .45 ACP
    .45 AR
    .45 Colt
    .218 Mashburn Bee
    5.56 Nato
    .220 Swift
    5.6x61 Vom Hofe SE
    6x45
    .243 Winchester
    .257 Roberts Ackley Improved
    .270 Winchester
    7 MM Mauser
    7x66 Vom Hofe
    7x68 Askins
    .280 Ross
    .280 Remington
    .280 Rem Ack Imp
    .30 Carbine
    .300 Savage
    .308 Win
    .30-06
    7.65 Mauser
    .300 Belted Newton
    7.62x39
    7.62x54R
    .303 British
    8x57
    .35 Whelen
    9.3x62
    9.3x64
    .338 Lapua
    .375H&H
    .416 Rigby
    .416 Rem Mag
    .45-70
    .577-450
    .577 Snider
    Missed the .256 Newton and the 6.5-06
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    Those dies alone would take a lot of shelf space...I can't imagine where you stock all that extra brass and loaded rounds. Then there are moulds to feed some of that...sizing dies etc....whew!

    Just think of the multiple gun safes! Compared to 50.9% of this forum...I'm a 'minimalist! The first time I ever thought of that...
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    Quote Originally Posted by OS OK View Post
    Those dies alone would take a lot of shelf space...I can't imagine where you stock all that extra brass and loaded rounds. Then there are moulds to feed some of that...sizing dies etc....whew!

    Just think of the multiple gun safes! Compared to 50.9% of this forum...I'm a 'minimalist! The first time I ever thought of that...
    You're going to have to quit that slacking, Charlie!

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    Quote Originally Posted by OS OK View Post
    Those dies alone would take a lot of shelf space...I can't imagine where you stock all that extra brass and loaded rounds. Then there are moulds to feed some of that...sizing dies etc....whew!

    Just think of the multiple gun safes! Compared to 50.9% of this forum...I'm a 'minimalist! The first time I ever thought of that...
    According to that, you need to make a trip to your local reloading shop! 38 special is still my favorite hands down....dunno why it just 'is'
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    Derek...you shouldn't be screwing with me....I'm still trying to cope with the shock of being a minimalist!
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    As stated by Shiloh everything I shoot except rimfire . I stopped buying store bought ammo about the time I stopped getting store bought hair cuts , for the same reason . I wasn't satisfied with the quality . For the poll probably 15 different calibers .

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    Uh, not enough...

    Started with 9mm, added 243 for some reason, i could buy ammo cheaper than loading for it with the few time I shoot it. Added a 22tcm, more of a pain the the 9mm, but was unsure of ammo supply. Then .223 and last was .300 aac. Avoiding adding more!

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    223, 22-250, 243, 25-06, 257 STW, 6.5 Creedmoor, 270, 7 STW, 308, 30-06, 300 BLK, 7.65 x 53, 32-20, 32 WS, 338WM, 35 Remington, 45-70, 45-90 and that's just the rifle calibers best I can remember right now.

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    My caliber list has been getting smaller lately because I've trimmed down the number of guns that I own. I don't have any relatives that are still alive that I like well enough to leave them my guns when I die, so I'm cutting things down to the minimal that I feel that I need to survive. I don't have any friends still alive either, so I won't be leaving anything to them. At some point, I'll probably be able to go back to an old single-stage press.

    Just counting the days until I die, I guess.
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    Sorry to hear of your dismal condition. Prayers sent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JakeBlanton View Post
    My caliber list has been getting smaller lately because I've trimmed down the number of guns that I own. I don't have any relatives that are still alive that I like well enough to leave them my guns when I die, so I'm cutting things down to the minimal that I feel that I need to survive. I don't have any friends still alive either, so I won't be leaving anything to them. At some point, I'll probably be able to go back to an old single-stage press.

    Just counting the days until I die, I guess.

    What a sad post. True enough but still sad. I know an 80 something guy who is in the Michigan Trap Hall of Fame. Lost his wife....no kids....no longer able to shoot. Gave away one of his K80's to someone who could use it and still goes to the club to help new shooters.
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    All the usual suspects. 6 different 30/31 bores, 3 different 6.5's . favorites as far as quantity are 9mm, 45 and 38 . (the usual suspects)
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    308 WIn, 300 Savage, 303 Savage, 358 Win, 243 Win, 284 Win, 8mm-08, 30-30, 35 Rem,32 Win Special, 444, 45-70, 35-284x2", 375 Win, 218 Bee, 223, 22-250, 300 Win Mag, 7mm Rem Mag, 44 Mag, 348 Win, 325 Win, 357 Mag: Thats the Lever Guns with overlap 8x57, 30-06, 303 British, 44 Special, 38 Special, 9mm Luger, 40 S&W, 45 ACP I've got other dies, but only firearms for these. The 308's, 300 Savage's, 243's, 45 ACP's and 9mm's get the most use.

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