[fabsroman]

I agree with Skeet about loading buckshot and slugs. I loaded slugs for a couple of years and just this season found that the sabots I loaded were nowhere close to the factory loaded sabots. Hence, I used the factory loaded sabots instead. Now, the grouping was about the same whether the sabots were factory loads or handloads. Buckshot might be a little more consistant and you will probably be able to achieve factory load ballistics without much hassle. However, you probably won't use much buckshot throughout the year, so I wouldn't hassle too much with it unless you have extra time on your hand.

If you shoot 100 rounds an outing at clays, you will probably shoot 150 to 200 after you start reloading. The saying is that you don't save any money by reloading, because you just shoot more with the saved money. I shot about 6 to 10 boxes a week at trap and found myself reloading most of Sunday with the MEC 600 Jr. However, it is a good starter press to learn on because you can concentrate on a single procedure instead of having to try and follow 6 different procedures at once.