Loading your own shotgun shells is not economical if you shoot 12- and 20-gauge, but it is practical for tailoring ammo for specific applications. Twenty years ago, when lead shot and primers were ...

Tom Reiten was 16 years old when he started reloading his own ammo. It was either that, he said, or not shoot the 7mm Mauser Model 1895 rifle he inherited from his grandfather. "It was the sheer ...