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Once you identify your needs and shooting interests, you can easily program your reloading gear to produce the exact shells you need. Reloading gives you both consistency and versatility. It is quick and easy to make changes and to build, for instance, a dozen shells to experiment with a new load recipe or put together a dozen shells for an unexpected afternoon of pheasant hunting where a limit of birds is two. If you are shooting a course of sporting clays and find it irritating to change screw-in chokes between stations, you can load up different batches of #7-1/2, #8, #8-1/2 and even #9s. Knowing the course, you know the diversity of clay presentations you will face and can load accordingly. Reloaders do not have to get in the car, drive to a local retailer, stand in line and then buy a whole box when they know they may only need a half-dozen shells to pattern a new gun or load.

The reloading experience allows you to experiment with different components. If you have never shot some of the spreader wads, for example, it should be easy to buy a small batch from an internet site or a friend or your local dealer and load a half-a-dozen shells. It should be interesting to see how they pattern with an eye to those fall days of woodcock hunting. When you begin reloading, your shooting opportunities bring whole new horizons.