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• a small volume of powder that burns rapidly and turns to a large volume of hot gas to push the shot through the barrel;

• a wad and/or shotcup to hold your pellets and protect them from the powder burn;

• and shot to fill the cup and shell.

In addition, a specific load may or may not have additional internal spacers to help fill the hull and balance the load.

One of the important factors of handloading is that because these elements, at first glance, seem so similar, you must study them carefully. Small differences definitely exist and both manufacturers and other reloaders testify to this fact. Keeping your reloading components separate, labeled and identifiable is a matter of preservation of life and limb.

Experienced handloaders recommend that once you find recipes that suit your shooting, stick with known components. Otherwise, there is a significant chance of confusing the materials, and in handloading that can cause a drop in performance and very unfortunate results.

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