SHOTSHELL RELOADING COMPENTENTS???? where can i buy....

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I going to start reloading 12 gauge,

The problem is a cant find any reloading components....

I'm looking to reload 0 and 00 buck, as well as slugs. I need everything from primers, hulls, wads, buffer media, and some buck/ slug molds.

Can anyone point me in the right direction or provide a location/link.

Thanks,

Clegger
 
Reloading for shotguns is really worth it if you cast your own projectiles. If your buying projectiles it is less worth it compared to the lower cost per round of factory shotgun shell than rifle rounds.
 
When I got into 12g slug loading I got almost everything form Henry at budget shooter supply

I used a MEC jr600

I found Remington gun club and Winchester AA were my favorite hulls.

Federal GM were nice but can't find any more

Also for slugs. Look into a roll crimper.
 
For hulls, go with Winchester AA or the Remington Gun Clubs or Nitro( check the EE, lots of them there at the moment).

Wads, try googling Hummasons. Site isn't the most user friendly, but they have all kinds listed.

Powder, good luck. Buy what you find and then look up loads on the Hodgdon site

Lee makes relatively cheap buck and slug molds. You could look up Higginsons near Ottawa, they carry a ton of Lee, or Google Titan reloading, they ship Lee from the U.S.
 
I'm not sure if Al Day (Part of the Day Family from Silver Willow Sporting Clay in Carstairs, AB) is an option for you as I totally didn't look at a map of where you are in AB ;). He runs Claybird Shooting Supply (no website), and I use to get my components from him.

Second the powder comment. I keep a list of viable powder and grab what I can (only what I need, that is).

I got an awesome deal on Waa12 Clay Buster wads back when Trap Happens Canada was operating. I don't think Jim is in business anymore though. Wads are decent and cheap. Unsure if they make appropriate ones for your use though. I was reloading primarily for Sporting Clay
 
Any store that sells reloading supplies should have 209 primers.
I bought a flat of Win AA and shot them in skeet and trap, kept the hulls, and started out with those for 00 buck and slugs. I later picked up ~500 Federal high brass hulls when the police did shotgun qualification at the range I'm a member at and left all their hulls.
Wads I buy local but several retailers carry them. Henry at Budget as mentioned but also Bilozir Fine Guns who are the Canadian distributor for Ballistic Products stuff from the US. If you want fibre wads, Track of the Wolf in the US is where I get mine.
For buffer I use cream of wheat from the Bulk Barn. Really helped with my buckshot loads (shrunk groups by ~25%) and costs a fraction of what the plastic powder buffer does. Just don't get it wet.

I have a Lee 7/8oz mold but can't find a load that will shoot them worth a damn. No matter what I try (different screw in chokes, different loads, and a fully rifled barrel) they don't seem to work well.
The 1oz Lee slugs I cast I have several loads that will group 4-6" @ 50yds out of a smooth bore with IC choke. Still can't get them to work in a fully rifled barrel.
For 00 buck I use the Lee 18-pellet mold. Kind of annoying clipping the shot apart but for the price, I can't really complain. Stacks in 2's for 4 layers inside a shot cup, or if I use fibre wads and no shot cup, 3x3.
All my molds come from Titan Reloading in the US. Shipping is faster than many Canadian retailers and they were much cheaper than Canadian retailers when our dollar was up. Now that our dollar is down, it's pretty much on par for cost, but I still order from them since they always have everything I want in-stock; no ordering from 3 different retailers or waiting weeks from a single retailer to put together everything I want.

I use a Lee Load-All 2 for 12ga and a MEC 600jr for .410. If you'll be loading thousands of shells a year, I'd pickup a 600jr, but if you're loading a couple hundred a year at most, a Lee LA2 will get the job done. You need to hand load the payload with any press anyway so even if you got a progressive press, you'd have to remove the shell to load the buckshot or slugs in so there isn't much point. If you want to go the MEC route, I'd try to find a used one. A 600jr. can run $250-300 new but often go used for $100 or so.
 
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