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Clay dot, Win 231, Power Pistol, TiteGroup is all that come to mind right now
Looking to use Sport Pistol & Win 244 for the coated pistol bullets, none around that I can find.
Other than Berrys Bullets, if your looking for Poly/Moly for pistol and some rifle sizes there's Bayou Bullets,
Blue Bullets, SNS Casting, Acme, Bang & Clang.
Plated, maybe Xtreme
Jacketed, RMR
Primers, Win small pistol, Federal Sml Pistol
 
I only load .44 mag, .460 Rowland and .45 acp but this is what i use


H110, longshot, power pistol

CCi 300 and 350 primers

Hornady XTP and xtreme bullets

i wish i could find a 330 grain gas checked 25 brinell hardness cast lead bullet with a wide meplat for the .44. Thats the bullet that Garret Cartridges uses, i guess its proprietary.
 
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For pistol or shotgun, Unique, Red Dot, Bullseye, Hodgdon Clays, W231. For rifle, H335, H322, IMR 4198, IMR 3031, IMR 4895. All proven powders many times over, and most of these have been popular longer than I've been alive (1967). I use CCI and Winchester primers interchangeably and you will want to stock Federal small pistol primers for the revolver guys.
 
I use a lot of CFE pistol for 9mm, mostly berry's plated- I like the Flat nose hollow based 115's. I usually use CCI pistol primers (non magnum).

Currently looking for some inexpensive 30 carbine bullets, might also be in the market for a progressive.
 
Unique, Reloader 7, Bullseye, a bunch of the IMR, green Dot.
#7.5 lead shot, 138 gr semiwads, 230 gr round nose, I have good luck with Sierra Match King for long range performance
Rem primers mostly, some CCI.
 
Shooters-Hooksett said:
Need top ten list of powders, top 5 primer sku’s and top ten bullets besides Berrys that you purchase the most of. You know where I’m going with this 😁
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HP38
Win 231 (same as HP38 according to the Hodgdon phone tech, just different name)
Unique
Tite Group
Sport Pistol
HS6 ?

WIN large primer, pistol
Win small primer, pistol
Federal Small primer, pistol

Xtreme bullets
Blue Bullets
Black Bullets intl


Zero input on rifle and shotgun stuff
 
Powder
H110
Bullseye
700x

Projos
CLRN flat point 158 grain .38 (not too fussy about brand I use em for plinking).

I use a ton of Berry's plated 200 grain 45acp swc.
 
Surprised nobody has mentioned the Fiocchi SP primers yet. Myself and several others use them by the case.
 
Primers CCI 400,200,and 250

Powder Alliant Reloader 15,17,22,and 26 Ramshot Tac and Big Game

Bullets Barnes TTSX Hornady ELD/M and ELD/X
 
Missouri Bullet Company Hi Tek bullets. It is all I use. I am loading for 9mm, 38sp and 357mag. Soon will load 45-70, will use same bullet. I have had very good luck with them. Never an issue with leading, and I am pushing my 357. And it is less money than a jacketed bullet. My costs run 11 to 14 cents per round. 357 is the most costly because of the amount of powder I use.

Small pistol primers for all my pistol loads. I never really cared about which one. If I can find it on sale, I am buying it.

Powder. HP38 for my 38sp loads. It is an old faithful. Alliant 2400 for 357. Again another old faithful. BE86 for 9mm. Honestly, BE86 could probably be used for all of my pistol rounds.

I just started loading 308. Using IMR4895. Would have used Varget if I could have found it.

Still working on what to use for 45-70.
 
CCI 500 (small pistol primer),
CCI ? (Small rifle primer),
Titegroup,
I’ve had great results with Rocky Mountain Reloading bullets.
 
H4895, IMR 4895, AR Comp, CFE 223, Alliant 2400, CFE Pistol, Bullseye, Trailboss.
Mostly CCI primers in all sizes, some Winchester
Hornady bullets for rifle

I'll PM list of bullets so as to not "out" companies that ship to MA.
 
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Accurate 2200
Varget
H4895
Reloader 7

CCI#41
CCI BR2
Winchester Large Rifle Primers

Sierra 168 SMK (.30 cal)
Hornady 120 SST (.270 cal)
Hornady 150 FMJ (.30 cal)
Hornady 140 SST (6.5 cal)
Hornady 75 BTHP (.22 cal)
 
Drix said:
Currently looking for some inexpensive 30 carbine bullets
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Berry’s 110 gr round nose. They can be used up to 1950 FPS. I get good results with them and have shot a ton. No difference in accuracy than the slightly more expensive Hornady 110 gr FMJ.
 
Shooters-Hooksett said:
Need top ten list of powders, top 5 primer sku’s and top ten bullets besides Berrys that you purchase the most of. You know where I’m going with this 😁
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Powder:
Vihtavuori N320
Alliant 2400
H110/Win 296
Alliant Sport Pistol
IMR-4064
H335
Trailboss

Bullets:
Blue Bullets - 147 gr RN 9mm. Don't think you can sell/stock those as I believe they only sell direct to consumer?
Zero bullets - 38 cal 158 gr JSP/JHP and 44 cal 240 gr JSP
Nosler 30 cal 168 gr BTHP custom comp bullets
Hornady .223 55 gr FMJ

Primers:
CCI or Win small pistol, large pistol, small rifle, and large rifle.
 
Powders:
  • Varget
  • IMR 4895
  • H335
  • Win 231
  • AA2495
  • CFE223
  • IMR 4064
  • IMR 4320
Primers:
  • CCI large rifle
  • CCI small rifle
  • CCI small pistol
  • Winchester large rifle
  • Winchester small pistol
Projectiles:
  • I chiefly shoot Hornady bullets
  • I also shoot PPU bullets
  • Nosler Custom Comps in 308, 168 gr
  • .311 bullets of any kind at a good price would be great!
  • Would like to try Zero bullets for 38spl
 
Titegroup, H110, Varget, Bullseye and Power Pistol.
9mm 115RN, 9mm 124RN, maybe some Speer GDHP 50/100 packs for HP goodiness.
.223 55gr / 62gr
.45acp 230gr RN
.38/357 in 158Gr RN for plinking, lesser weights for CCW type loads.
 
daekken said:
Powders:
  • Varget
  • IMR 4895
  • H335
  • Win 231
  • AA2495
  • CFE223
  • IMR 4064
  • IMR 4320
Primers:
  • CCI large rifle
  • CCI small rifle
  • CCI small pistol
  • Winchester large rifle
  • Winchester small pistol
Projectiles:
  • I chiefly shoot Hornady bullets
  • I also shoot PPU bullets
  • Nosler Custom Comps in 308, 168 gr
  • .311 bullets of any kind at a good price would be great!
  • Would like to try Zero bullets for 38spl
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I will just add to this list:

Powder:
  • Trail boss
  • GOEX or SWISS - no one sells SWISS around here (not even KTP) :(

Bullets:
  • The lightest 38 special, around 100 grains.

Primers:
  • CCI Large Rifle Magnum
  • Federal Small Pistol
 
Powder: Titegroup, Sport Pistol, Unique, Bullseye, W231/HP38, Red Dot, H4895, IMR 4895, Varget, H335 are the biggies.

Primer: CCI #500 Small Pistol, Federal Small Pistol Primer, Winchester SPP, Winchester Large Pistol, and Winchester Large rifle. Having case quantities available at a slight discount would be sweet, I'm not sure if that's a thing already available at Hooksett.

Bullet: I think getting on board with supplying a powder coated or hi-tek coated projectile source would be a great idea, especially for the popular pistol calibers and weights. Brazos precision comes to mind for the coated projectiles, and Zero Bullets are a great source for pistol FMJ that might be good to explore into. Hornady and Sierra rifle caliber bullets are always great.
 
Powders:
I use a lot of surplus WCC844 and WC820, but my top commercial powders are:
Varget
Benchmark
IMR 4064
IMR 4895
Power Pistol
Win 231

Primers:
I'm not real fussy on pistol primers, any CCI/Win/Fed will do.
CCI NATO large rifle for milsurp semi-autos
CCI 200 for .223's.

Projectiles:
55_grain HDY FMJ's
165 SP and 168 BTHP .308's
plated pistol such as the Berry's you already mentioned. 115/124 9mm, 200/230 .45's, 165 .40's, etc.
 
10mm Longshot with CCI 300 primers Hornady or Berry's or whatever is on sale. 180GR

.223/5.56 H335, Varget, X-Terminator with CCI 450 or Winchester WSR primers. Sierra or Bob's bullets 55/62GR

6.5CM H4350, RL-16/17 CCI 450 primers. Hornady ELD-X BULLETS 142GR
 
daekken said:
Powders:
  • Varget
  • IMR 4895
  • H335
  • Win 231
  • AA2495
  • CFE223
  • IMR 4064
  • IMR 4320
Primers:
  • CCI large rifle
  • CCI small rifle
  • CCI small pistol
  • Winchester large rifle
  • Winchester small pistol
Projectiles:
  • I chiefly shoot Hornady bullets
  • I also shoot PPU bullets
  • Nosler Custom Comps in 308, 168 gr
  • .311 bullets of any kind at a good price would be great!
  • Would like to try Zero bullets for 38spl
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I basically will mirror this

i will add group buy on sierra SMKs if you can work out a decent deal shipped.

rifle I use Noslers 90% of the time
Pistol mostly cast but 45 acp jacketed is right up there.
 

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