Shotshell Hand loader?

[Steve McCarty]

Originally Posted by William Davis

Years ago I loaded paper 8 G black powder shells for a fellow that let us hunt on his land. Bought hulls new empty from Dixie Gun Works. Punched out the fired primers with a hand punch & seated new primers with a small nutcracker looking tool the 8 G shotguns owner had. It worked ok just slow and did not re-size the shell. Size is not important if the fired shell fits your chamber crippling if not.

Wads for stacked loads can be pushed in with a dowell I sealed those black powder shells with wax, Crude but it worked.

Today I would recomend buying one or two of the pamplets Ballistic Products sells, One on Black Powder loading another on stacked wad loads. It will give you the basics. You are probably going to have to buy 3 kinds of wads from them anyhow. Nitro over powder Fiber cushion and thin over shot wad. The pamplets cost a couple of bucks each lot of good info for the price. Far as tools you can load without a loader using hand tools but used Mec's gauge specific can be bought off ebay for 75 bucks. Probably cheaper in the long run.

Last tip paper works best Plastic of any kind does not mix well with Black powder, Melts causing a mess,

William

Thanks for the info.