[skeet]

GOB,

Shotshell reloading is easier than metallic. seriously. But ya still need shot powder primers and wads. Oh and empty cases..not those crap shells ya been shooting. Remington STS or Win AAs. Much easier to use and to find components for. For your load..a Winchester 209 primer. 15.5 grains of Unique. Remington RXP 20 wad. And for shot..#6 Magnum shot..not the cheap stuff..good magnum type shot...or even better..Lawrence copper plated #6s...for skwerls I prefer copper plated Magnum 5s..as for the powder..for a bit more velocity you can go to 16 grains of Unique..or look at Hodgdon Longshot..can't give you a load off the top of my head..but it will get you much velocity. Not being a snob..but ditch the Lee and find a good used Mec 600. You can adjust it to load good lookin good shootin shells. If we were close to each other I'd give ya one to use..and some components too. I have more than 25 full cases of 20 ga loaded here..but not many with 5s. I also use 5s for fessints(southern for pheasants). I almost always use the 20 ga for hunting any more. cept fer waterfowl...and bear protection..

As far as prices..I surely can't help you with that but I truly believe there is a conspiracy of sorts on ammo and components..gummit..maybe. they do want us disarmed...ammo companies..maybe they will milk higher prices as long as they can...but also think there are other factors raw materials metal prices and GUMMIT regulation. Look at oil. We are swimming in our own US produced oil and we still buy foreign oil at ridiculously inflaterd prices.. It ain't a global economy so much as a global political climate...Soap box??? We don't need no steenking soap box!!