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Reloading of shotgun shells
I shoot skeet quite a bit. If you buy components right it costs approximately 3.00 a box to reload 12 gauge shells. The most expensive part of reloading is the lead shot. You can cut reloading costs in the 12 gauge by loading 1oz instead of 1 1/8 oz. The real savings in reloading comes in reloading the smaller gauges(410 and 28). Ammunition makers charge a premium for shells in these gauges. Component prices are approx the same for all 4 gauges except for the lead. You really want a reloader dedicated to each gauge. Once it is set up you can really reload a box of shells really fast. There are a lot of good quality reloaders out there. You want to buy a progressive reloader with automatic shell resizing. If you want to try reloading fairly inexpensively look for a used MEC Grabber in the gauge you are interested in reloading.
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Reloading of shotgun shells
Dillon makes a good reloader. For somebody trying to decide whether or not to reload I would think twice about spending $800.00 on one machine. You can absolutely load steel shot with a reloader - just remember that you need a different charge bar and powder bushing for the reloader and different components (wads,powder, and shot) and that a reloader that is used for 2 3/4 inch shells usually can't be adapted easily or quickly to load 3 or 3 1/2 inch shells. I think that if you shoot a few boxes of steel shot a year you are better off buying factory ammo.
What I would do is decide what you are primarily going to reload 12 gauge shells for (trap, skeet, or sporting clays) work up a good recipe - all the component manufacturers have charts. You will find that you have to fine tune powder and shot bushings to drop exactly the quanities that you need. Don't deviate from these recipies. Start loading. You will find after a couple hundred shells you will get a rythym going and you will get much faster. After a while you can develop different loads (i.e. a 1oz load) but at first keep it simple.
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