Hi I am from reloadingbench.ca and I am promoting Mec Reloaders, and the first thing they declare is that overall reloading saves you money. Mayville Engineering Company has been developing shotshell reloaders under the MEC name since 1956. MEC is an employee owned company, which prides itself on making a great product at an reasonable price.
Secondly, for a person who loves shotgun shooting, there's nothing totally like the fulfillment of breaking a clay target, downing a game bird, or scoring a hit on small game with your own reloaded shells.
The stories I have heard about MEC have always been on how their products have performed. When I shot trap, mainly people had good progressive presses, I was envious as I was just using a Lee Load All just to see if I could get to like the sport. I did really like trap and shot gunning but as it turned it was not in my budget at that time. That was fifteen years ago and I am considering retirement now and may re-evaluate.
The way to go in shot gunning is with a MEC reloading system, they seem to be the leaders in shot gun reloading even though they are certainly not the only ones selling good presses.
The ordinary person starts with a single stage press or a beginner kit. Then they have to figure how much he or she desires to reload and buys an appropriate press. Surprising enough a lot stay with the junior press since it seems to fit their requirements because they never shoot that much at once or have lots of time to spend at the reloading bench.
The junior press or the name does not seem to reflect on the quality or performance. This press does the trick for as long as the person wants it. The progressive presses are for the reloader who wants to shoot a lot of rounds and not take a lot of time at it. I have heard, as I never got to the progressive press that they are not all that tough to use once you have learned to use the single stage presses.
I would think that even if you did not have familiarity you could get help and read the instructions. Doing this and reading the reloading manual safety tips should make it quite uncomplicated. I have reloaded for many years and nonetheless like to go to the reloading manual each year before and recheck the instructions and safety guidelines before reloading. I find it a safe hobby and have had no mishaps.
