How many calibers is to many?

[siscoe308]

Landed a striped AR lower and started thinking about the next money sink (I mean project) and I think I’ve matured or am sick with the Rona.

I’m not sure I want to dive into another caliber to reload for….startup cost & rat race of grinding for components has hit me.

So far I’m at 8…none of them that well, TBH.
223/ 223ai/ 6.5Creed/ 6.5x47/ 308/ 280ai/ 300win/ 9mm….. now that I Talley it up, it doesn’t seem that bad. Maybe a lil 6Arc or 6.5 Grendel wouldn’t be so bad!


What is your count?

 

[Hobo Hilton]

Good question. I'm at 6

 

[simonp]

I am at 3 and pretty sure that is my limit.

 

[n2ishun]

Heh, newbs

 

[MadDuner]

What?
No 5.45x39 or 7.62x39?
Slacker!
If nothing else, you need a 6.5 Grendel.

 

[RUTGERS95]

I paired down
556, 308, 9mm, 38/357, 22lr, x39

I stay away from grossly overpriced and hard to get ammo (never any wildcats)

 

[rd_kng]

I am at 6 and that seems like a lot. I try to limit powder types. 223 and 308 I use Varget. 6mm Creedmoor and 6.5 Creedmoor I use H4350. 300 Win Mag and 300 PRC I use H1000. I just happened onto some N565 to try on the 300 PRC.

 

[siscoe308]

What?
No 5.45x39 or 7.62x39?
Slacker!
If nothing else, you need a 6.5 Grendel.

I stacked 7.62x39 deep when it was $200 shipped per 1000.

 

[Supersubes]

I guess it depends on how much you shoot and do you shoot all of them? I’m at least triple the OP’s number, but much of those are shot infrequently.

 

[Im2bent]

Let's see....223, 22-250, 7-30 waters, 357 mag, 44mag, 9mm, 45 acp, 45LC, 454 Casull, 50AE, 44-40 ,22 Hornet, 6.5 mb, 30-30, 308, 300rum, 338LM, 7RM, 30-06, 45-70, 375CT. Reload all of them plus 12gauge. And then there's the black powder which is basically reloading everytime on the fly. Probably forgot a couple. Too many calibers? No such thing he who has the most calibers when he dies ....wins.
Added a couple I forgot.

 

[MadDuner]

I do not want to make my head hurt by typing all the calibers I currently attempt to keep ammo supplies for.
Suffice it to say there are too freakin' many, and I need to narrow my focus some.

 

[MarkCO]

I got out of 4 calibers in 2020/2021. Down to 18 that I reload for. I have 3 shotgun calibers that I don't reload for, but have a 12g press, and no on .22LR.

 

[n2ishun]

Have yet to see .454 Casull, .470NE, and 50-140.
Let alone .22LR or 17HMR.
You guys have some serious work cut out for you.

 

[Im2bent]

Ahem

 

[Tempest 455]

At 6 and I only do rifle.

That being said, .223 for SR and .308 for FTR are 99% of it.

 

[JBJW]

What’s one more to load for?

 

[BLKWLFK9]

Here's how i would move further if i were in your shoes to help consolidate.

-Take current .223 barrel, punch it out to .223 AI, sell .223 dies. Now you have two .223 AI barrels

-Take current 6.5x47 barrel, punch it out to 6.5CM to have 2 barrels

option A. Sell 6.5cm dies and shoot factory ammo in order to cull some reloading time
option B. Fuck that, factory ammo for 6.5cm is way too expensive and scarce.
option C. See option B

-Take 6.5x47 dies, switch bushing to a .257 neck bushing, have a 25x47 barrel cut. Buy 135g Bergers, enjoy stupid high BC and low recoil.

-Figure out which you shoot more of between the .280AI and .300wm. Both will likely serve the same purpose.

option A. Sell the one you dont shoot as much.
option B. Keep both, but the one you shoot less, load a shit ton of ammo for it, sell reloading stuff and survive off of what you loaded for it.

-Continue loading for .308 and 9mm, because Murica.

 

[Feniks Technologies]

You officially have too many when you have one more than is currently available on the planet.

 

[hafejd30]

“How many calibers is to many?”

That’s enough with the stupid questions for today

 

[nightman89]

Let's see: 223, 308, 6.5g, 6.8spc, 300blk, 9mm, 7mm mag. I'm trying to pare down the bullet selection for each so I'm not wasting time/money/components chasing a bunch of different loads when I can find one that will work across multiple rifles.

 

[larryh128]

Landed a striped AR lower and started thinking about the next money sink (I mean project) and I think I’ve matured or am sick with the Rona.

I’m not sure I want to dive into another caliber to reload for….startup cost & rat race of grinding for components has hit me.

So far I’m at 8…none of them that well, TBH.
223/ 223ai/ 6.5Creed/ 6.5x47/ 308/ 280ai/ 300win/ 9mm….. now that I Talley it up, it doesn’t seem that bad. Maybe a lil 6Arc or 6.5 Grendel wouldn’t be so bad!


What is your count?

There is no such thing as too many. I would highly recommend a Grendel. Super fun and accurate.

 

[Franko]

I have been fighting tooth and nail to reduce the number of cartridges I load for. I am currently at 7; 9mm, 10mm, 223, 6BR, 6.5CM, 7RM, and 308. I expect to relapse but hopefully can limit myself to less than 10 cartridges...

 

[Fig]

Like the blades of grass on the prairie. Like the stars in the night sky.

 

[jbuck88]

Let's see. 380 auto, 9mm, 38spl, 357mag, 41mag, 44spl, 44mag, 454 casull, 45acp, 17rem, 204ruger, 223rem, 22-250, 243win, 6mm CM, 25-06, 257wby, 6.5cm, 6.5-300wby, 270win, 270wby, 28nosler, 300blackout, 30-30, 300sav, 308win, 30-06, 300wsm, 300h&h, 300NM, 338win mag, 338Lapua.

I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but those are the ones I'm set up for. I have other fiends who will bring their own stuff over to load.

 

[roostercogburn98]

Just buy another already and tell us what it is for fucks sake

 

[DangerRanger]

I used to think the more the merrier. Now with a toddler I’d love to only load one lol

 

[culater]

I think I sometimes enjoy reloading more than shooting. I've got 3 more that I want to load for.

HI My name is Chris and I'm a recovering reloading addict. The only know cure at the moment is to keep pulling my lever on my press and finding more useless ways to shoot the same bullet faster in different calibers. Like my 300 blk,308,30-06, 300 mag and maybe soon the 30-378 Weatherby. I have reloading issues.

 

[OkieMike]

4 different chamberings at the moment... May add a fifth later unless I can convince her to sell it and get something worth a damn to replace it.

Mike

 

[airborne_trooper]

20 practical, 223, 6 & 6.5 creed, 7-08, 30-30, 308, 300WSM, 300 Norma improved, 7.92mm aka 8mm muaser, 7.7 Jap 9mm, and 45-70

Just started last year doing 9mm on Dillon 750 and love my 20 practical which is my lastest project.

Looking at 8.6 blkout and a 17 hornet or something similar

 

[theLBC]

no such thing as too many if you have money to burn.
i only have the essentials, because more of one thing means less of another.
.22lr 9mm .308 12ga.
some people on calguns have 20ish.

to either cut down on beer or the kid's new gear, it's a big decision in a town called malice.

 

[sharpshot50]

All of these posts except jbuck’s make me feel crazy. There was a time where I felt like every new firearm needed to be a new chambering to me. Now I don’t load all of these with any regularity, but I regularly jump back and forth between a dozen or so of these to keep stocked up on loaded ammo.

.204 ruger, 22 hornet, .223, 22-250, .22CM, .243win, 6GT, 6.5x47, 6.5CM, .270win, 7MM Rem Mag, .308, .300BLK, 30-30, 30-06, .300WM, .338LM, .338NM, .45-70

5.7x28mm, .380 auto, 9mm, 38 spl, .357 mag, .44 spl, .44 mag, .45 Colt, .454 casull, .45 acp, .460S&W, .50AE

I don’t think I’ve forgotten any, but maybe. If I had it to do over again, I would probably try to stick to 10 or so but I don’t shoot them all enough to make it difficult to keep stock levels adequate.

 

[MarkyMark007]

to many calibers is when you cant shoot them all, you dont know shit about it's benefitials, you dont have time to master all those rifles, and dont have money to buy good rifle and good scope for it.
than it's too many. and ppl have too many cartridges, because they are retarded massive consumers. and dont know shit about their gun and cartridge. especialy in hunting... too many similar cartridges for no real use...

 

[Aftermath]

Landed a striped AR lower and started thinking about the next money sink (I mean project) and I think I’ve matured or am sick with the Rona.

I’m not sure I want to dive into another caliber to reload for….startup cost & rat race of grinding for components has hit me.

So far I’m at 8…none of them that well, TBH.
223/ 223ai/ 6.5Creed/ 6.5x47/ 308/ 280ai/ 300win/ 9mm….. now that I Talley it up, it doesn’t seem that bad. Maybe a lil 6Arc or 6.5 Grendel wouldn’t be so bad!


What is your count?

You are very likely "sick with the Rona." What sort of sane firearms aficionado asks such a question?
17HMR, 22S, 22L, 22LR, 22WMR, 32ACP, .38, .38Special, .357Magnum, 9mm, 40SW, 45ACP, 45LC, 454Casull, .223, 5.56NATO, .223AI, .243, .243AI, .280AI, 7mmRM, .308, 7.62NATO, 30-06, 300WM, 30Nosler, 300RUM, .338Norma Improved, 410, 20 gauge, 12 gauge, 10 gauge and 58cal Flintlock

 

[sirhrmechanic]

8… ah hahahaha….

Sirhr

 

[roostercogburn98]

8… ah hahahaha….

Sirhr

The answer my wife gets

 

[308pirate]

What is your count?

Actively loading
9x19
38 Special
223
308

Leftovers for guns I no longer have
30-06
6.5X55
260 Rem
44 Magnum/44 Special

 

[siscoe308]

I’ve said for awhile that after the latest build (the 280Ackley for mid weigh do all hunting rifle) that I’d throttle back the expansion of the collection.

I’ve already got more than I need for my use. (Hunting/paper& steel punching/ the rare rimfire comp)

I’m not looking condense the collection. I’m just nearing the end of the puzzle. All of my applications covered.

 

[TripleBull]

9, 45 ACP, 357 mag, 223, 22-250, 6 ARC, 6.5 PRC, 308, 30-30, 300 PRC, 338 LM, 12 GA

On the horizon: 44 mag, 416 Barrett

Under consideration: 6.5 Grendel, 300 BO, 38 Special, 224 Valkrye

Do cannons count? I'm trying to find a used, low cost A-10 to beef up my self-defense arsenal. These days, you never fucking know...

 

[Im2bent]

9, 45 ACP, 357 mag, 223, 22-250, 6 ARC, 6.5 PRC, 308, 30-30, 300 PRC, 338 LM, 12 GA

On the horizon: 44 mag, 416 Barrett

Under consideration: 6.5 Grendel, 300 BO, 38 Special, 224 Valkrye

Do cannons count? I'm trying to find a used, low cost A-10 to beef up my self-defense arsenal. These days, you never fucking know...

A GAU-8?