Reloading 12/20g Anyone?

[SPARKIE]

ive got the lee loadall 2 which was originally 12g ive just bought the 20g conversion kit for about £22 so I'm now set for both in total you could have a set up press for about £80 to do 12 and 20g

[Musclefox]

I was looking at them on H Krank Sparkie, not bad prices, can you use spent cartridge?

[Musclefox]

Can anyone shed some light on what I need to set up cheers..

[Junes1]

I reload all my shotgun cartridges, 12g but mostly 20g. What do you need to know? A lot of the reply would be based around how many you intend to shoot. My supplier of choice is John at Folkestone Engineering Services, he manages to come my way once in a while and drop off supplies post free.

[Junes1]

Can anyone shed some light on what I need to set up cheers..

Personally I wouldn't use a Load-all but would stump up for a second hand Mec 600jr at the very least and a progressive press if you want to load more than a box or two per week. I use a Mec 650 semi progressive for reloading 20g and knock out around 300 shells per hour without rushing but I would get a 9000 if I was starting out again.

[Musclefox]

I wouldn't be reloading a large amount, maybe 100 shells a month, not sure what basics I need, as in shells, powders, shot, primers, wads etc.. I don't want to go out a buy something not suitable..
Can spent shells be used over? I assume they can depending on condition?
Thanks..

[Junes1]

I wouldn't be reloading a large amount, maybe 100 shells a month, not sure what basics I need, as in shells, powders, shot, primers, wads etc.. I don't want to go out a buy something not suitable..
Can spent shells be used over? I assume they can depending on condition?
Thanks..

Spent shells are best reused just the once as the crimps tend to split afterwards which makes for a nasty looking shell and it's not as if they are in short supply. You will learn which ones reload best.
Lower brass causes less resizing issues and in 12gauge you are best to stick to 70mm because most recipes are for this length. Probably best to stick to this length in 20g too though 67mm has become very popular of late in the clay club bins so I have proofed some loads for this size.
If you bought a Mec 600jr you can buy different die sets but constantly setting up would be a pain so you are best to have dedicated presses for either gauge.

Recipes depend on whether you want plastic or fibre wad and how much lead you want in a given shell.

[Musclefox]

Thanks fella, some food for thought for me there..