Yes, I do. A Mann/Schoen 7X57mm, a Ruger No. 1A 7X57, a R8uger 1B 7mm Rem. mag., and a No 1S .45/70.....

Well I hate to say it but yes I have fired factory ammo through my 22-250's!!! But only in desperation.. I was on a day and a half p-dog hunt two years ago..... Took almost 500 of my reloads with me.... after the first full day of shooting I was down to 37 rounds. firing through three weepons!!! So that evening I went and purchased cheap winchester rounds...only used these in one gun. But hey when one tends to need ammo, he needs it very bad!!!

There is that browning .270 that I bought used. The previous owner was not a handloader. Then there is that good old P-14 in .303 british. The rest may have had factory ammo fired through them before I ripped the barrells off of them.

I am ashamed to say that one of my current rifles
has been fed factory ammo. I purchased a Tikka
M695, in .25-06 Rem., at a gunshop that was
closing down. This was a new to me chambering,
and I didn't have any dies, brass, or bullets.
I was 100 miles from home, and the gunshop
had their Winchester ammo marked way down,
so I bought a few boxes, to zero the scope,
and to get some once fired brass. There I
said it, and I feel better The only other
time I purchased factory ammo, since I started
hand loading, was for a miserable T/C Encore,
that would not group. I called T/C and asked
what they shoot for test ammo, and went out
a purchased a box, to prove the Encore had
issues. It did, and it went back to T/C, and
they got it shooting "within specs". It went up
for sale. T/C's within spec's didn't match my
idea of "MOA accurate". But that is another
story.

Even my shotguns have been weened from
factory ammo!

Squeeze

I've never fired a single factory round through my .338 WM. (it's just too expensive). Hand loads work great though.

mike

Shilen DGA in 338wm, never shot factory.

Marlin 1895 Cowboy, 45-70, never has metal(of any sort) touched the bbl. Paper Patch only.

Wildcat #1 - 275 Rigby Improved, handload only.

if I had all the gear to roll my own from teh get go, I would not purchase factory ammo. But, if I was waiting on stuff in the mail, and absolutely HAD to shoot it, I would buy a box or 2, as long as it was something cheap, and not a 416 Rigby or something like that, $50 or $100 a box. Besides, its not like you would have a genuine shooting session doing barrel break in on a new rifle, shoot, scrub, shoot, scrub. You get the point.

Gixxer, that was the whole reason I never fired any comercial ammo through my .338. Because the cheapest ammo I can get is the Win. Ballistic Silvertip (believe it or not) @ about $37 a box. (before horrible 8.6% sales tax)

mike

I own four rifles they never shooted a factory round: 7X57, 300 H&H, 338 Wm and a 375H&H.

I own two more that never shooted a factory round for hunting purposes: A 8x68S and my beloved 404 J.

I have handloaded for about 30 years, and use my own blendings of components only.

Never gave it much thought but I have not used a factory bullet in any of my centerfire rifles since I started loading in 1980.

I had actually not fired a factory round through anything for a couple of years at least, except .45 ACP. until last weekend, I shot up some 270 grain .375's that are so old they are in a yellow Winchester box. they work good for fast offhand practice.

Wow! All I can say is, I'm not alone in this world after all. Tom Purdom

Three of my last four rifles have only fired handloads.

The odd one out is a 257 WBY that I could not find cases for so I had to buy factory ammo to get some cases to reload.

The only factory rounds that have passed through any of my weapons in the last 20 years have been a couple of boxes fired for chrono purposes only.

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Originally posted by 7x57mm:
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It got me wondering, are there others out there who shoot nothing but handloads and have rifles that have seen nothing but handloads? I'm just curious, that's all. Tom Purdom

I have not shot any factory ammunition in quite awhile, and those rounds were at targets to fire-form the cases to the chamber for my 7mm magnum.

I have a pile of .223 cases that I disassembled and used for 6x45mm and never fired them in a .223, also 6mm-284 that were unprimed cases and never saw a .284 Winchester chamber.

I shot three fatory 280s out of my 280AI to check the chamber demensions and make dummies so I did not use Norma brass. That is it out of the 5 rifles I have now. Three I have are wildcats and could not shoot factory if I wanted to.

Rifles with no factory rounds ever down the tube;

45/70
9.3x62
.585 Nyati
.416 Rigby
.458 Lott
.243 win
.300 RUM
.50-110
.375 H&H

I have a Steyr Mannlicher Model L 243W that has never had a factory round put through it and I bought it at leat 28 years ago.

Regs,

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Originally posted by 7x57mm:
I was talking to my little brother yesterday who is as big a gun-nut as I am and he was shocked to find out that the three 7x57mms I have owned (two Rugers and now a CZ 550 American) and two .223 Remington's (a Howa Lightning 1500 and now a CZ 527) have never had a factory round shot through them. He said that was just plain nuts. It got me wondering, are there others out there who shoot nothing but handloads and have rifles that have seen nothing but handloads? I'm just curious, that's all. Tom Purdom

My rimfire rifles, rimfire handguns, and shotguns feed on factory ammo.

Centerfire rifles and handguns only get handloads.

I am 53 years old. I currently have 47 rifles. Probably have owned that many more. Never, did I say never, have I ever fired a factory round other than rimfire.

30378 ,
Reckon you've probably got the world record there . You must really hate factory loads !
I've had a .220 Swift and a .243 Ackley that have never seen a factory load .

The only one for me is my CZ550 American in 9.3x62. My 22-250, 7mm-08, 30-06 (3 of them), and 7.62x54R have seen a varying mix of factory and handloads. My 6.5 Grendel has only seen factory loads because my reloading bench is in pieces due to a recent move. My 380, 9mmP and two 40 S&Ws have only seen factory loads. However, I plan on reloading for one 40 (a S&W 610 revolver, my other 40 is a Glock, and cases that have been used in the Glock are unrealoadable due to the unsupported case head).

Yes a few.