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All,

Looking to get into shotgun shell reloading in the near future (12g slug and almost certainly small bore (410/28g) birdshot). Anyone know of a decent reloading book that covers the process (not necessarily load data) in detail?

I'm a comfortable rifle reloader (both in pistol calibres and bottlenecked cases) but my books are very light on shotgun reloading procedures (ABCs of reloading has a brief guide to it but that's only a quick step by step review really).

Will also be looking for (online) slug/case suppliers.

The Lyman manual on shotshell loading is also a MUST HAVE

SLUGS: make your own, buy a mold
BUCKSHOT: make your own, as buying them in either loaded form or even just the shot is pricey

CASES: I pick up once fired cases at the shoots I attend
WADS: Buy mail order. For slug loads you may need to do some on-line research to see which wads best suit the slug moild you eventually go with.
PRIMERS: buy from whoever has them locally or can supply from their importer/trade account
POWDER: I tend to stick with the powders that will do double duty in my pistol caliber guns - so Red Dot/Unique/Herco & the like all make good choices

Get a GOOD press and check out the hints & tips on-line and on YouTube.

Shotshell reloading is LIKE other reloading - but then again it isn't... You'll know what I mean when you start