My Shotshellreloading station.

[Fred M]

Here are my two reloaders. The P/W Duomatic has two tooling heads for all 4 gages 12 and 20 and 28 and 410. I also have a modification to load 3" steel BBB goose loads.

The P/W 900 Elite has tooling for 12 and 20  2-3/4". These two machines have been in service for many many years and make very good shot shells.

The 900 makes mostly skeet shells and is pretty fast. The 375 is for special hunting loads in 12 and 20.

Now these two are a bit over kill since I don't shoot that much anymore.

[jbmi]

Nice setup Fred. I'm always looking for a good PW but have ended up with two MEC's 12 ga and a 600JR for 20 ga. . My Grabber loads 1 1/8 oz and my 9000 loads 1 oz.  They work great but don't have the quality of a PW or Spolar. Someday I'd like to upgrade, I reload lots of shells and a quality loader will make it easier.
Here's my set up. It use to be in a dark corner of the basement next to the furnace, when I retired I moved it into my old office.

[30-06man]

jbmi or fred not being nosy how much did it cost you to get the 12ga setup? and what powder do you use? i am interested in getting into shot shell reloading about how much should i expect to spend?

[Hairtrigger]

I thought I was the only one to put up with one of those old P/W reloaders.
I use a LS1000 (GREAT machine!) and an old Multomatic as a secondary machine... built like a tank but with manual primer insertion and manual powder drop it is noticeably slower than the LS1000

[jbmi]

06 Man, If you look you can usually find a use MEC. I found my just about new 9000 for $225, a used Grabber should be less than that.
I buy my components in bulk at big state trap shoots. I use Claydot powder ($90 for 8lbs) Downrange wads ($65 for a case of 5000) Fiocchi primers ($95/5000) and both reclaimed and new lead. (reclaim shot $25/25lbs, new 8 1/2 shot $39/bag)
I can almost buy cheap promo loads of Top Gun, Estate, Remington Sport for just a little more than the cost of my reloads, but they don't have the components I like nor the shot size or speed. I do shoot them for practice but when money or trophies are on the line I use my reloads.
I also reload for the enjoyment, just the same as when I do it for my rifles. I always feel good winning or getting a clean kill with something I put together.

[30-06man]

thanks