Crunchy Frog
Member
My response to this question has for years been the same as several others have said: With the high cost of shot, it is difficult to save money reloading “standard” 12 gauge bird/clays ammo. Even after I started reloading “specialty” shells I bought (buy) factory ammo for the occasional round of clays rather than to reset the adjustments on my MEC.
I bought the press to load low recoil shells for cowboy action. I could load the equivalent of a AA “Featherlight” for about half the price, using reclaimed shot which is adequate for my purposes. Later on I started loading with black powder; factory black powder ammo is very dear so almost all “Frontier Cartridge” shooters handload.
In the current climate being set up to handload, assuming an adequate stockpile of components, may mean the difference between shooting or not shooting. I stopped by a Sportsmans Warehouse store earlier this month and they had NO shotgun shells. That was sobering.
I bought the press to load low recoil shells for cowboy action. I could load the equivalent of a AA “Featherlight” for about half the price, using reclaimed shot which is adequate for my purposes. Later on I started loading with black powder; factory black powder ammo is very dear so almost all “Frontier Cartridge” shooters handload.
In the current climate being set up to handload, assuming an adequate stockpile of components, may mean the difference between shooting or not shooting. I stopped by a Sportsmans Warehouse store earlier this month and they had NO shotgun shells. That was sobering.