Shotgun shell reloading.

[Liveonce]

my belief is provided the cartridge is correct for the chamber length and shot can leave the barrel then it’s very unlikely you can blow up a shotgun, plug the muzzle with mud, snow, wad, 20ga cartridge in a 12gauge then kiss the gun good by.
One exception to that may be wrong powder used like a very fast powder used in a heavy load, or in say a .410
follow the load data just as you would for rifle loads.

Re:
The other consideration is that some clay grounds may specify that you use factory loaded ammunition only. The reason being that if a faulty factory cartridge "lets go"

Do ranges ban home loaded ammo? I think not yet the same risks apply do they not?

 

[Foxyboy43]

I here this occasionally and not trying to be obstinate but have you seen a shotgun let go due to a reload? I haven't yet.

Worse things have happened!

 

[Stimo444]

In my opinion not if you can earn more money in the time you expend on reloading. I shot thirty years ago, and pistols, with a man who was a jeweller. He always shot factory ammunition.

When I and others asked why he didn't reload (as we all did) he said that he made more money that in that doing jewellery or watch repairs in the time he'd have save if set aside that time to reload his own ammunition.

I think that the same holds true for the bog standard 12 bore 70mm 28 gram 1 ounce plastic wad clay cartridges but outside that I think it can make sense and like taking a deer with a cartridge you've loaded yourself or landing a trout with a fly you've tied yourself the satisfaction is immeasurable.

If you've already got the press and all that you are at least down the road bar layout for primers, powder and wads. In the smaller calibres of 28 and .410 it makes sound sense. 16 bore also as you can load those smaller shot sizes that nobody no longer loads commercially such as 7 1/2 and 8.

Hull cartridges do a Pro Sixteen which is 7.5 x 24 gram which I use on clays, or the Rottweiler Special F16 which is 7 x27. I understand that there is a new Jocker 7.5 x 21 gram which I will try if I can get some

 

[enfieldspares]

Hull cartridges do a Pro Sixteen which is 7.5 x 24 gram which I use on clays.....

Ooh! Nice! I'll make enquires of that here in Leicestershire. Thank you!

 

[Smellydog]

Ooh! Nice! I'll make enquires of that here in Leicestershire. Thank you!

My local has a few hundred 16g in. Old stock. Possibly Eley, not sure. North Staffordshire.

 

[Stalker-of-the-deer]

Save alot money with the unusual stuff like 10, 16, 28 and 410.

Save a bit in 12 bore with 3.5"


I've gone back to buying all apart from 10 gauge as you can't get components and by the time I've got them in it works more expensive to make them!

Though if I get bored I make stupid things, have some steel in my 12 that's rocking about 1600 to 1700 fps at the mo seems to work very well on the ducks. Had a stack of components left over to use up so thought that was the best way of getting rid!