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So I've been using and old MEC 400 for the past 8 months and it's been a great machine to use and get a firm base on how reloading works. In those 8 months you can imagine some things wear out and come loose. I noticed that the rim of the hulls started to roll after putting in the wad with the...

Hi all, Reloaded my first few batches of shot shells. 1oz lead 5, green dot and fiber wad seems to pattern very well. However, 1 1/4oz BB steel loads, loaded with aliant steel and fiber shot cups (tested load by fiber shot cup providers) seems to shoot high and to the right by 5 inches. What...

Hi everyone, I am looking to get in to reloading and am looking for components (hulls, wads, powders, primers etc.) that will be versatile enough to reload bismuth, steel, and hevi shot through a lee load all II without issue. I am very new to reloading, so if a combo with the versatility I'm...

Hi all, Very new to reloading, I got a few manuals and it seems very important to match the hull to the recipe, so I don't want to be careless with it. I live in the UK and have a 16ga, ammo is tough to come by, so I thought reloading would be a good option. However, most if not all manuals use...

Over the past two years of the pandemic I have been acquiring reloading components for my Lee Load-All ll. On top of all the shortages in the component arena I am at a further disadvantage in that I am a resident of California--not only scarce supplies but very high prices. This is all that I...

Just getting started with a new to me MEC 9000. I have been loading for a while on multiple 600 Jr machines and I have found several things to be true about the 9000. 1. You ARE going to spill shot and powder. 2. If you don't put a wad in things get ugly quick. 3. It would be really handy to...

Have three MEC charge bars for sale, came with some of the used loaders and are all used. Asking $15 ea, plus postage, or all three for $40 plus postage from northern Virginia. Just the bars, no bushings or fittings. Can accept paypal (as parts) or USPS money order, if you're near Fairfax can...

I just recently got some supplies to finally start reloading but I've hit an issue because it don't have a chronograph. I'm reloading with longshot powder into Nitro Gold hulls. Using 1 1/8 load with 7 1/2 shot but I don't know how fast it's going to go when I add 27.7 grains of powder. Is there...

Hello so im new to reloading and just got a 37mm flare launcher for my birthday and am looking at reloading some firework rounds for 4th of July I dont really know anything about it other then it has to be black powder so I dont blow myself up so I was wondering which powder and primers you can...

I own a taurus judge for self defense and recently purchased a mec jr 600 because ive been told its cheaper to reload than to keep buying .410 for our monthly range trips however, as I was scrolling through a forum post about reloading trying to learn it came to my attention that lead shot and...

Guys, its crazy here, where are you getting primers from?