shotshell reloading

  1. Alex G

    Sources for Lead Shot Online

    Good morning everyone! Recently moved from southern Ohio up to the Ann Arbor Michigan area, and can’t seem to find any local shops within reasonable driving distance that carry shotshell loading components. Are there any online shops that are offering shot for less than $75/25lb? I’ve found...
  2. M

    Reloading data for Estate Cartridge

    Good evening, I was hoping that some one here would be able to tell me where I can find reloading data for Estate 12 gauge shot shells? I know that the Estate factory is right next door to the Federal cartridge plant and owned by the same company, but I do not know if they use the same method...
  3. Alex G

    Shotshell reloading-component advice needed

    Hello All! looking to get into shotshell reloading for 12 gauge here in the next few months, and was wondering what people’s favorite standard velocity trap load recipes were :) So far, I’m planning on using Win AA hulls, as that’s what I have on hand. (2 3/4”) Lead shot most likely, seems...
  4. S

    Shotshell reloading - What would you tell a Beginner?

    I've reloaded tens of thousands of metallic cartridges over the last 5 yrs. I've never loaded shotshell, and never really planned on doing so as a $5 box of Gun Club seems to work fine for my needs. But, I may inherit/acquire an older 600 Mac Jr Mark V. (FIL/BIL used it previously) I have...
  5. tbradford13

    Am I getting a good deal?

    I sell guns at Academy Sports and was visiting with a customer last week. I told him I was getting into shotgun reloading and he offered to sell me an old 12ga MEC 200 for $50. He said that he bought a more expensive press for competition and left me his name and number. Is this a good deal?
  6. Olon

    209A Misfires?

    Fellow reloaders, Over the summer, I got fed up with paying $14 a box for 16 ga. shells. I bought a load-all, some Hi-Skor 800x powder and a big box of 209A primers. Getting wads to work was a royal pain which ended up being resolved with 3 kidney beans under every payload but that's another...
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