I started out loading my favorite dove/quail load 3 1/4-1 1/4-7 1/2 hard shot which was hard to find. That was forty years ago on a Lyman Easy loader I purchased second hand. Still have it but converted to 20. Now I load 10, 12, 16, 20, 28, .410. I have 10 loaders that I don't have to change the lengths on or the charge bars. One 10, four 12s, one 16, two 20s, one 28, one .410. Just moved up to a MEC 9000G in 12.
My favorites are custom buckshot where I load nickel plated 1s with 27 pellets or a hybrid with the 1s and smaller shot in 12 or 10, which you cannot buy anymore. They devastate a deer. Also loading 3.5 inch with Heavy Weight 13 for geese. Still about $3 a shell reloads but cheaper than Hevi-Shot factory loads, over $4.50 a pop.
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