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.

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.

With the popularity of .45 Colt/.410 handguns, ammunition companies were bound to introduce specialized loads. But do loads like Hornady’s Triple Threat perform as advertised?

When it comes to handloading, shotshells receive considerably less attention than do metallic cartridges, but here are five reasons to consider it.

Improvements in shotgun shell loads have made .410s and 20-gauge shotguns more effective for large turkeys.