I am curious how often everyone's cranking out loads. I'm usually at it every weekend during hunting season, maybe once a month otherwise. My buddy goes full hermit mode and loads 500 rounds in one marathon session, then disappears for months. What's your rhythm? Daily grind or weekend warrior? Let's see who's really addicted here
How often y'all hit the reloading bench?
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pasound
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I've got so much backed up that I haven't touched mine all year. Also, been shooting a lot more 22LR, 22WMR, and 9mm (which I don't handload). Haven't had the 38 spl's, 44 spl's, and 45 Colts out all year, either. No shoot, no brass to work on.
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Haha I feel this one. For me, reloading's kind of like a reset button after a long work week... some folks hit the gym, I just crank out a batch of .308 and call it therapy.I know a guy who treats it like his exercise routine too, every Saturday morning without fail, coffee on the bench and brass in the tumbler. Meanwhile, I've also got a buddy like yours... he'll go missing for a whole season, then show up bragging he just loaded half a year's worth of ammo in one sitting. Guess it just proves we all have our own rhythm. Some sweat it out on a treadmill, some sweat it out resizing brass... either way, stress gets burned off 
When you're shooting cheap .22 and factory 9mm, the reloading bench gets pretty lonely, those wheelgun cartridges are fun to load though when you get back to them
That's the truth right there, reloading is cheaper than therapy and way more relaxing than the gymHaha I feel this one. For me, reloading's kind of like a reset button after a long work week... some folks hit the gym, I just crank out a batch of .308 and call it therapy.I know a guy who treats it like his exercise routine too, every Saturday morning without fail, coffee on the bench and brass in the tumbler. Meanwhile, I've also got a buddy like yours... he'll go missing for a whole season, then show up bragging he just loaded half a year's worth of ammo in one sitting. Guess it just proves we all have our own rhythm. Some sweat it out on a treadmill, some sweat it out resizing brass... either way, stress gets burned off
Same here, saturday mornings are perfect for it. Those marathon sessions would drive me crazy, plus I'd definitely screw something up after round 300
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It's sporadic here at best. Have loaded 38 special lately for practice, want to do more rifle as the season will be soon upon us.
Usually evenings when I can and if I'm not tired.
Usually evenings when I can and if I'm not tired.
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I shoot everyday, so I'm reloading everyday for the most part.
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I usually shoot and reload for one caliber at a time. One month I will load up a few hundred 38 Specials and test different powders and charges. (Always seem to go back to Bullseye or Unique LOL). Next month it might be the 45 Auto-Rim or 44 Special.
FWIW, the last month I have been obsessed with loading and shooting the 327 Federal Magnum for a 2-inch Taurus snubby. I have found out in a bout 200 reloads that I will stick with the 100 grain XTP and either Titegroup or Longshot. Max loads of AA-9 are accurate but the velocity swings of over 100 fps I do not like and the gun shoots 4 to 5 inches to the right at 21 yards with the full power loads in addition to face stinging blowback.
In addition, the velocity loss with the slow burners only allows around 1200 fps with the 2-inch barrel. My Titegroup loads are about 980 fps using a load about 1/2 grain below max and an extreme spread of 40 or so and shoot to the point of aim with really good accuracy. The Longshot loads which Brian Pearce likes in this caliber chronograph around 1050 out of the snub with a 1/2 grain below max and the 100 XTP.
As far as factory loads go, the Federal HST Personal Defense104 grain load is the load to carry. It chronographs 1248 fps with and extreme spread of 16 and standard deviation of 5 out in my first test and grouped very well. The second 5 shot group with the HST a week or so later recorded 1231, 58, 18.
The 100 grain Gold Dot shoots well also at 1230 , 20 , 7
A Ruger single 7 with a 5-inch barrel is where this caliber would shine.
Bob
FWIW, the last month I have been obsessed with loading and shooting the 327 Federal Magnum for a 2-inch Taurus snubby. I have found out in a bout 200 reloads that I will stick with the 100 grain XTP and either Titegroup or Longshot. Max loads of AA-9 are accurate but the velocity swings of over 100 fps I do not like and the gun shoots 4 to 5 inches to the right at 21 yards with the full power loads in addition to face stinging blowback.
In addition, the velocity loss with the slow burners only allows around 1200 fps with the 2-inch barrel. My Titegroup loads are about 980 fps using a load about 1/2 grain below max and an extreme spread of 40 or so and shoot to the point of aim with really good accuracy. The Longshot loads which Brian Pearce likes in this caliber chronograph around 1050 out of the snub with a 1/2 grain below max and the 100 XTP.
As far as factory loads go, the Federal HST Personal Defense104 grain load is the load to carry. It chronographs 1248 fps with and extreme spread of 16 and standard deviation of 5 out in my first test and grouped very well. The second 5 shot group with the HST a week or so later recorded 1231, 58, 18.
The 100 grain Gold Dot shoots well also at 1230 , 20 , 7
A Ruger single 7 with a 5-inch barrel is where this caliber would shine.
Bob
