I'm sure I have at least a dozen different reloaders , and I have about two dozen die sets, all four shotgun gauges plus 10 gauge. When I was able at one time I was loading and shooting a minimum of 35,000 rounds of 12 gauge every year. I made an extra large powder and shot tube set up on my loader. The powder tube held one pound of powder , the shot side I made a frame that mounted under the loader bolted to the bench. The upper hopper holds seventy five pounds of shot . Plus it can be shut off and removed in seconds if a problem arises . I got tired of pouring and spilling shot with my invention I never lost one pellet. The whole bag gets set in the hopper then it's cut open and emptied no mess or trouble . Man it was great load once and load shells all day long and not have to refill the tube. I'd load fifty cases at least every week . Five thousand shells. Used to buy my powder in twenty five pound kegs , eighty bags of shot twenty tho wads and primers. A normal was three trips to get supplies a season. Magnum shot was $11.00 a bag. Now it's cheaper to buy factory loads then reload. The cost of savings is about a dollar now twenty years ago I could load a box of shells for $1.45 saving $3.50 per box . I'm to crippled up now to shoot my life sure went to hell after the pulmonary embolism got me.
