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recamended shotgun reloader
DaBowMan18
Member Posts: 2,962
which one do you recamend? there are so many i dont know which one is better than the others. thanks for any info
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From there you need to determine the volume you will be loading.
for a box or 2 a week the entry level (650jr?) works well, but is slow.
For higher volumes, you might want to consider the 9000G.
All three of the kids I helped get into loading there own 12's, 20's and 410's use them and do very well with them. It's one of there favorite pastimes now.
Mines probably pushing 40 years old, and even the house fire way back when didn't seem to bother it other than removing some paint.
A mec will easily do 4 to 5 boxes in under 2 hours.I know my cheap little Lee Loadall will,and the mec is a much better machine.
I saw Jim Scoutten running the Hornady on tv,and man did it put out some shells.whoooeee.
None of them has had a miss fire in over 500 rounds !!!
Oh to be that young again, it takes me about 20 minutes to do my 12's.. [:)]
Are you thinking of going cheap for now or going whole hog like a Hoarnady progressive?
It's Hornady [:D]
The 600JR works well, but at only 4 boxes/hour it is to slow for volume shooters. On the plus side, it is under $100 brand new.
The MEC 9000 G is a 1 pull, 1 shell progressive, and has no problem eating 1000 primers/wads in 2-3 hours (15-20 boxes/hour).
I was feeding 3 shooters off my 9000G, my wife at 8 boxes/week, my buddy at 8-10 boxes/week and myself at 10 boxes/week. (10bx/wk = 250 shells/week x 52 = 13,000/year, and compaired to some of the shotgunners I'm considered a flyweight[:D]).