Reloading Shotgun Shells

     Over the last few weeks I’ve been having difficulties finding shotgun ammo. It seems like everywhere I go they’re out. So I’ve decided to start reloading my own shells. Along with the reducing the cost per box (about $2 per box) I can make custom loads. The neat thing about making custom loads is tailoring my ammo for the sport I'm shooting. For example in Trap I can make a heaver load so the shot can reach out there for long distances and lighter loads with less recoil for Skeet.

     Below is a Mec reloader I've found on a local firearm forum. It comes with 1000 spent hulls (spent shells) and looks like a good deal, wish me luck on getting it.         

 

Fallen Firefighters Skeet Shoot

There’s a big Skeet competition coming up March 9^th so I’ve been practicing my shooting. It’s a benefit for two fallen firefighters and all the proceeds are going to their families. The Skeet shoot looks like it’s going to be a big turnout involving over twenty teams so far. It looks like most of the teams are made up of Fire and EMS personnel along with a couple police departments. Any one is welcome to join. Here is a link for all the info. http://www.salisburypost.com/article/20130127/SP01/130129739             

 

Tools for clay target shooting

This week I’m going to talk about the tools used for clay target shooting. There are three must have things. You need a good pair of safety glasses, hearing protection and a shotgun. One misconception is you need a high dollar shotgun to shoot clay targets. Not true, someone with a $10,000 shotgun and miss or hit the same amount of targets as someone with a $300 gun. I was lucky to find a great deal from a gentleman that was upgrading to a higher end firearm. Below is a photo of my shotgun, it’s a Beretta 686 over/under. The neat thing about my shotgun is that it came with an extra trap barrel and a full set of tubes.

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 Tubes are basically metal tubes you place into the barrels that let you shoot different gauges all in the same gun. For my gun I can shoot 12ga, 20ga, 28ga, and 410. In a skeet competition you are required to shoot all four gauges and by having tubes you don’t need to have four different shotguns.

  

The trap barrel is a little longer than the sporting barrel to help with the long distance shots you encounter with trap.