New Powders and Primers on the Horizon
 

https://shotbusiness.com/2024/12/new...ity-expansion/

It will be interesting to see what type of powders they manufacture. Hopefully some will be suitable to using in the reloading of shot-shells.

Thanks for the link. One can only hope.:cool:

I hope they can help us. It's been a long wait for 16ga RST shells. RST update; they are testing new powders trying to come up with a 16 ga 7/8 oz and/or 3/4 oz loads. Fingers crossed they can make something work. Otherwise, I am not sure when, if ever they will be able to run these loads again.

Garth, that is why we have been reloading pretty much every gauge for years. If shells are available then we can easily buy factory shells. If not, we roll our own.

^^^^^ What Mike says. I actually prefer my loads over the factory overpriced stuff.

Ha! I need to put a MEC Jr on my Xmas list!

Somebody should tell them shotgunners use an awful lot of 209 primers. 100 for a round of sporting. Millions for skeet and trap.

I'm sure you and I together could account for at least one of those millions.:bigbye:

Jokes aside I betcha since I started loading forty plus years ago I’ve used up half a million 209 primers for myself and I suspect 100k rifle primers if not more .

If you enjoy shooting vintage shotguns in the obsolete gauges, 8ga, 10ga or 16ga, reloading is the only option. Try to find 3/4oz or 7/8oz 1150fps 12ga loads commercially. Try to find a 1 1/8oz bismuth low pressure load for your Parker duck gun. Reloading is easy and gives you a feeling of satisfaction when you dust a clay or drop a bird with your home rolled.