Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? - The Firearms Forum

RAJBCPA · 12-02-2012, 11:07 AM

My brother enjoys loading 40 more than others - maybe because it seems easier than some others including 9s and 380 45C, etc...

gdmoody · 12-02-2012, 11:19 AM

I load a lot of calibers and I really can't think of one that I enjoy more than the others. Maybe the larger pistol calibers, if I had to pick, like .45 or .44 because they are just easier to handle.

cycloneman · 12-02-2012, 11:30 AM

i got a thing for the 223

howlnmad · 12-02-2012, 11:31 AM

That's a difficult one to answer. I really enjoy loading up rifle rounds because of so many different variables and things to play around with. If you mean enjoy because of ease, I'd have to go with 38 spl and 357 Mag.

cutter · 12-02-2012, 11:38 AM

I like loading the .338 Lapua. I think it is a neat looking round.

ozo · 12-02-2012, 11:38 AM

.327 FedMags.......

time2shoot · 12-02-2012, 11:48 AM

.357 mag.

ejkoechling · 12-02-2012, 12:00 PM

40 s&w, and 45acp just seem to be easier than 9mm
Haven't done any rifle yet

mikld · 12-02-2012, 12:08 PM

Kinda depends on how I feel at the time, but I've reloaded a train load of .44 Magnums. I have 5, .44 Magnums that I like to feed a variety of ammo, and cast bullets for them too. But, lately I've been playing with my .223 and loads of WC820 and also trying cast bullets in it.

Sometimes I think I've been neglecting one of my guns (or calibers) and do some shooting/reloading (45 ACP and .357 Magnum are also near the top of my list), but always come back to my .44s...

Old Grump · 12-02-2012, 12:11 PM

Lots of calibers but it goes back to what I started with, 45 for pistol and .308 for competition and deer hunting. I guess you could say they are my meat and potatoes and everything else is side dishes.

aa1911 · 12-02-2012, 12:20 PM

I love just about anything when I switch to a new caliber... it's like the first cut into a fresh piece of construction paper! (ok, stole that line from Family Guy)

.308 is my least favorite for case prep but my most favorite when I'm sinking the bullets. .458 is a close second, seeing those finished rounds is nothing short of hilarious. They're artillery shells!

JLA · 12-02-2012, 02:11 PM

I particularly like loading my precision rifle ammo. Particularly my .308. Just something about the attention of each and every teeny tiny detail and making certain each and every charge, bullet, case, and OAL is perfect. and then hitting the range and firing 10 consecutive 5 shot groups that measure between .6 and .8 at 200 yds. I love it.

ozo · 12-02-2012, 02:17 PM

Loading for perfection....!!!!
I don't know ANY other reason to do it.

I damn sure don't save $$$$$$

guntech59 · 12-06-2012, 07:13 PM

The first cartridge I ever handloaded....22-250.

zant · 12-06-2012, 08:15 PM

I like 6.5x.06 best,I load lots of different calibers,but taking the time,doing everything 1 at a time then shooting 3/4" at 200yds when sighting it in makes the time so worthwhile.

bustedmp · 12-06-2012, 09:06 PM

I just enjoy reloading in general. I find it rather relaxing, and the time passes by so quickly. When I get the first of my 2 AR's built, I'm pretty sure loading 300 blackout will be a favorite for a while. I have been buying brass for it every chance I get. My only choice around here is to either mail order it and pay hazmat fees, drive the 90 minutes to Cabelas and prey they have it, or mail order the brass with no hazmat fee and buy the rest of the stuff local. I have dies, brass, powder, primers, just waiting until the guy at my local shop goes to pick up his order with my order for a good supply of bullets.

woolleyworm · 12-06-2012, 09:13 PM

I enjoy loading the .327's; they seem to be the easiest to get a good flow and few problems. Something I enjoy about loading 38's with 110gn Speer's too though. I have a few loads that I get a little more excited about loading. None that I dread though, they're all enjoyable.

Insulation Tim · 12-06-2012, 09:39 PM

Since moving to a Dillon 550 B, I only load .45ACP even though I have everything to load 9mm.

bluesea112 · 12-07-2012, 12:17 AM

I like loading 300 RUM. There is something about pouring 106 grains of powder into a case, capping it off with a bullet, and then feeling the weight of the finished cartridge in your hand; all the time knowing how much power is bottled up inside it.

carver · 12-07-2012, 05:17 AM

I started with the .44 mag, and I have to say that it is still my favorite round to load. .45ACP would come in second. I just like big bullets!

sting75ray · 12-07-2012, 07:57 PM

Handgun ammo I like loading the 44 Mag
Rifle I would have to say 45/70

streetbob · 12-07-2012, 08:07 PM

Handgun would be the 9mm Luger. Rifle would be the 7mm Mag.

Kevin Rohrer · 12-07-2012, 09:10 PM

.308. My Dillon loves to load them, and my M1A loves to be fed them.

Deacon_Man · 12-08-2012, 06:21 PM

My favorite round to load is the .45 long colt. I have a pistol and rifle that use the round.

norahc · 12-08-2012, 06:24 PM

.30 Carbine is my favorite to reload.

12-02-2012, 11:07 AM	#1
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12-02-2012, 11:19 AM	#2
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,338	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? I load a lot of calibers and I really can't think of one that I enjoy more than the others. Maybe the larger pistol calibers, if I had to pick, like .45 or .44 because they are just easier to handle. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

12-02-2012, 11:30 AM	#3
cycloneman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 7,404	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? i got a thing for the 223 __________________ Who are you going to serve today?

12-02-2012, 11:31 AM	#4
howlnmad Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Harriman, Tn Contributor Posts: 2,569	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? That's a difficult one to answer. I really enjoy loading up rifle rounds because of so many different variables and things to play around with. If you mean enjoy because of ease, I'd have to go with 38 spl and 357 Mag. __________________

12-02-2012, 11:38 AM	#5
cutter Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 630	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? I like loading the .338 Lapua. I think it is a neat looking round.

12-02-2012, 11:38 AM	#6
ozo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 2,770	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? .327 FedMags....... __________________ http://www.nranews.com/#/nranews, "ozo. you're off your rocker sir." -johnlives4christ http://www.prisonplanet.com/ -America,Bless GOD-

12-02-2012, 11:48 AM	#7
time2shoot Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brandon SD Contributor Posts: 2,600	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? .357 mag. __________________ I AM A VETERAN MY OATH OF ENLISTMENT HAS NO EXPIRATION DATE!

12-02-2012, 12:00 PM	#8
ejkoechling Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Imperial, MO Posts: 558	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? 40 s&w, and 45acp just seem to be easier than 9mm Haven't done any rifle yet

12-02-2012, 12:08 PM	#9
mikld Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oregon Posts: 573	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? Kinda depends on how I feel at the time, but I've reloaded a train load of .44 Magnums. I have 5, .44 Magnums that I like to feed a variety of ammo, and cast bullets for them too. But, lately I've been playing with my .223 and loads of WC820 and also trying cast bullets in it. Sometimes I think I've been neglecting one of my guns (or calibers) and do some shooting/reloading (45 ACP and .357 Magnum are also near the top of my list), but always come back to my .44s... __________________ My Anchor is holding fast.

12-02-2012, 12:11 PM	#10
Old Grump Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Little hut in the woods near Blue River Wisconsin Posts: 2,290	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? Lots of calibers but it goes back to what I started with, 45 for pistol and .308 for competition and deer hunting. I guess you could say they are my meat and potatoes and everything else is side dishes. __________________ "When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil."~~- Thomas Jefferson Roman Catholic, Life Member of American Legion, VFW, Wisconsin Libertarian party, Wi-FORCE, WGO, NRA, JPFO, GOA, SAFand CCRKBA

12-02-2012, 12:20 PM	#11
aa1911 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 3,113	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? I love just about anything when I switch to a new caliber... it's like the first cut into a fresh piece of construction paper! (ok, stole that line from Family Guy) .308 is my least favorite for case prep but my most favorite when I'm sinking the bullets. .458 is a close second, seeing those finished rounds is nothing short of hilarious. They're artillery shells! __________________ "Loud noises don't end gunfights.... well placed shots do."

12-02-2012, 02:11 PM	#12
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,317	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? I particularly like loading my precision rifle ammo. Particularly my .308. Just something about the attention of each and every teeny tiny detail and making certain each and every charge, bullet, case, and OAL is perfect. and then hitting the range and firing 10 consecutive 5 shot groups that measure between .6 and .8 at 200 yds. I love it. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

12-02-2012, 02:17 PM	#13
ozo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 2,770	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? Loading for perfection....!!!! I don't know ANY other reason to do it. I damn sure don't save $$$$$$ __________________ http://www.nranews.com/#/nranews, "ozo. you're off your rocker sir." -johnlives4christ http://www.prisonplanet.com/ -America,Bless GOD-

12-06-2012, 07:13 PM	#14
guntech59 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Adirondack foothills Posts: 82	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? The first cartridge I ever handloaded....22-250. __________________ Phil US Army 1977-1998

12-06-2012, 08:15 PM	#15
zant V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: S.Al Posts: 248	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? I like 6.5x.06 best,I load lots of different calibers,but taking the time,doing everything 1 at a time then shooting 3/4" at 200yds when sighting it in makes the time so worthwhile.

12-06-2012, 09:06 PM	#16
bustedmp V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Shamokin PA. Posts: 157	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? I just enjoy reloading in general. I find it rather relaxing, and the time passes by so quickly. When I get the first of my 2 AR's built, I'm pretty sure loading 300 blackout will be a favorite for a while. I have been buying brass for it every chance I get. My only choice around here is to either mail order it and pay hazmat fees, drive the 90 minutes to Cabelas and prey they have it, or mail order the brass with no hazmat fee and buy the rest of the stuff local. I have dies, brass, powder, primers, just waiting until the guy at my local shop goes to pick up his order with my order for a good supply of bullets.

12-06-2012, 09:13 PM	#17
woolleyworm TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SW Fort Worth Contributor Posts: 4,883	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? I enjoy loading the .327's; they seem to be the easiest to get a good flow and few problems. Something I enjoy about loading 38's with 110gn Speer's too though. I have a few loads that I get a little more excited about loading. None that I dread though, they're all enjoyable. __________________ . What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death? -- (on Sigourney Weaver's worry about Guns in Aliens) "Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands." "I carry a small gun to compensate for my huge Blue press." .

12-06-2012, 09:39 PM	#18
Insulation Tim Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Contributor Posts: 2,298	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? Since moving to a Dillon 550 B, I only load .45ACP even though I have everything to load 9mm. __________________ Tim *"Remember the Ark was built by amateurs....Professionals built the Titanic"*

12-07-2012, 12:17 AM	#19
bluesea112 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: West, TX Contributor Posts: 1,257	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? I like loading 300 RUM. There is something about pouring 106 grains of powder into a case, capping it off with a bullet, and then feeling the weight of the finished cartridge in your hand; all the time knowing how much power is bottled up inside it.

12-07-2012, 05:17 AM	#20
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,271	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? I started with the .44 mag, and I have to say that it is still my favorite round to load. .45ACP would come in second. I just like big bullets! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

12-07-2012, 07:57 PM	#21
sting75ray Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,086	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? Handgun ammo I like loading the 44 Mag Rifle I would have to say 45/70 __________________ [IMG][/IMG]

12-07-2012, 08:07 PM	#22
streetbob V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Gulf Coast, Texas Posts: 214	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? Handgun would be the 9mm Luger. Rifle would be the 7mm Mag. __________________ "You're a daisy if you do." Doc Holliday

12-07-2012, 09:10 PM	#23
Kevin Rohrer V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Medina, Ohio Posts: 281	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? .308. My Dillon loves to load them, and my M1A loves to be fed them. __________________ An armed society is a polite society--Robert Heinlein via Jeff Cooper Member: Orange Gunsite Family, NRA--Life, Varmint Hunters Assn, American Legion, ARCTA, & South Cuyahoga Sportsmen's Assn.

12-08-2012, 06:21 PM	#24
Deacon_Man V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Weatherford Texas Posts: 452	Re: Do you have a favorite round that you like loading more than others? My favorite round to load is the .45 long colt. I have a pistol and rifle that use the round.