12ga Reloading Queries

After a long break from shooting due to injury and work,
I finally went to the nearest gun club and joined.
When I was shooting before everyone that didn’t reload used Winchester AA shells so there were an unlimited supply.
Luckily I still have a supply of powder etc.
Now every one are using these straight walled shells.
Can I use the AA wads in them?
Looking online they say you cannot purchase powder, primers online.
Is there any way to purchase powder etc if you don’t live anywhere near a gun shop?

Haven’t been in a gun shop for years but one thing I always remember is a large bin full of once fired shells do they still have that?

I cant really help you other to say The only people I know that bother to load for shotgun are here and will be along shortly. Most normal people make the drive to the gun shop and buy 12ga. @bentaz take this man down the rabbit hole :grinning:

This should help with the questions about hulls and wads.
As for buying powder and primers, its not going to be easy without going to an LGS and even then it’ll be cheaper to buy shotshells than powder.
Even before they used covid as an excuse to rape us on the price of powder and primers it was oonly really economical to load slugs and buckshot.

When I was reloading before the both of us were shooting, it was more economical for us to reload.

Thanks for that link.
I guess I will have to plan a holiday, geez I hate cities.

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