MEC, located in Mayville, Wisc., is the world’s largest manufacturer of shotgun shell reloaders with seven models ranging in price from about $120 to almost $1,000. While the company’s dollar ...

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.

There are good reasons and bad reasons to reload shells. Most people want to hear that you can save a bunch of money. But that’s not the case anymore.

The last few years, however, barely a box of any 16-ga. shells can be found anywhere. But that’s of little concern to those with a shotshell-reloading press, such as the MEC 600 Jr., close at hand.