Shotgun reloading practice

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Who is doing shotgun reloading practice over the winter?
Let's here what/how you practice.

Last night, i relaoded some dummy rounds with walnut media for powder and put a dab of hot glue on the crimp to mitigate crimp opening up and spilling lead every where.
 
I usually start in December by planning to spend 20 minutes of practice loading dummy rounds in my basement 3 times per week over the winter. Then I finish in March when I realize it’s March and I’ve practiced for 20 minutes exactly 3 times since December. :d
 
banger said:
Let's here what/how you practice.
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Due to the capacity restrictions on semis, I have 5 shotguns placed around my house that I use for my drills.
I like doing quad loads on the move so I load one, drop it, pick up the next one, quad and drop etc.

Its a bit taxing on the hardwood floors, I've broken one stock and bent a few barrels, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

On the plus side, I now have a lot of spare Benelli parts
 
another pro tip is to remove the primer and fill the pocket with a mechanical pencil eraser, softens the blow of the firing pin stop on the bolt face. cut to fit and glue in place..... if the eraser you buy are to fat you can always ream the primer pocket wider. (or cut eraser to fit)

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You guys are hillarious,

I do the same in the basement i practise with some dummy rounds that were made for me so it feels the same as a real shell,

but i also spend alot of time on the range practising my reloading, the drill that i use is i load two into the shotgun, fire one shot, load 4 in and then fire another shot,then i unload so two shells and repeat. meaning for evey two shots i shoot, i get 6 rounds of reloading practise.

disclaimer, I didnt come up with this drill it was taught to me by a friend at the club and i just spend alot of time doing it.
 
I'm planning on opening up the feed port on my Versamax, and welding up the thumb shredder slot on the lifter this winter. Then I'll start practicing the fancy quads. Should look at making up some dummy rounds. Or getting someone to make some up for me.
 
TinkerBell said:
another pro tip is to remove the primer and fill the pocket with a mechanical pencil eraser, softens the blow of the firing pin stop on the bolt face. cut to fit and glue in place..... if the eraser you buy are to fat you can always ream the primer pocket wider. (or cut eraser to fit)
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I never seem to dry fire my shotgun...my basement practice (when it actually happens) is focused solely on loading the gun as quickly and consistently as possible.

But speaking of pro tips, your dummy rounds will last a lot longer if you don’t rack the action of the shotgun to eject the shells after you’ve stuffed them in; the extractors beat up the rims of the dummy shells as do the inadvertent drops on the floor. Flip the gun over and remove the shells one at a time by hand.
 
667 said:
It's that thing I do in the hotel room the night before the match starts. ..

No, not "that" thing.... The other thing.
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i miss the days of practicing reloads in the hotel room with no pants on

Runningfool said:
But speaking of pro tips, your dummy rounds will last a lot longer if you don’t rack the action of the shotgun to eject the shells after you’ve stuffed them in; the extractors beat up the rims of the dummy shells as do the inadvertent drops on the floor. Flip the gun over and remove the shells one at a time by hand.
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are you training or are you worried about your gucci gear ??.... your making your own dummy rounds. you are practicing loading, but are you practicing getting the gun back on target and following thru with the trigger pull.
 
TinkerBell said:
another pro tip is to remove the primer and fill the pocket with a mechanical pencil eraser, softens the blow of the firing pin stop on the bolt face. cut to fit and glue in place..... if the eraser you buy are to fat you can always ream the primer pocket wider. (or cut eraser to fit)

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I just rammed in a regular wood pencil eraser and trimmed flush with a razor blade, at this point I never glued it and I don’t think it will need it but time will tell.

Runningfool said:
But speaking of pro tips, your dummy rounds will last a lot longer if you don’t rack the action of the shotgun to eject the shells after you’ve stuffed them in; the extractors beat up the rims of the dummy shells as do the inadvertent drops on the floor. Flip the gun over and remove the shells one at a time by hand.
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For the zero dollars and two minutes it takes to make one I think I’ll just spit out a few new ones when the time comes.
 
TinkerBell said:
are you training or are you worried about your gucci gear ??.... your making your own dummy rounds. you are practicing loading, but are you practicing getting the gun back on target and following thru with the trigger pull.
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Gucci gear? That’s kind of funny. I don’t reload shotgun shells so don’t make my own dummy shells. For practice I start with the gun shouldered and on target, wait for the timer, load 12, then back shouldered and on target. Practicing trigger pull is kind of unnecessary imo...it’s a shotgun not a handgun.

wasrupzuk said:
For the zero dollars and two minutes it takes to make one I think I’ll just spit out a few new ones when the time comes.
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Not everyone reloads shotgun shells.
 
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