Many turkey hunters load their own high-performance shotgun ammunition with Tungsten Super Shot (TSS) and Hevi-Shot, but reloading improves performance for all shotgunners.

Reloading is about the only way to obtain a steady supply of ammo for unconventional gauges, especially 16-gauge, 28-gauge and .410-bore. Unfortunately, shotgun reloading is not for dabblers.

Reloading has been around since the first all-brass shotgun shells. But it boomed in the 1960s with the advent of plastic shotgun hulls and continued to grow through the 1970s.

Reloading is about the only way to obtain a steady supply of ammo for unconventional gauges, especially 16-gauge, 28-gauge and .410-bore. Unfortunately, shotgun reloading is not for dabblers.