Reloading has been around since the first all-brass shotgun shells. But it boomed in the 1960s with the advent of plastic shotgun hulls and continued to grow through the 1970s.

Many turkey hunters load their own high-performance shotgun ammunition with Tungsten Super Shot (TSS) and Hevi-Shot, but reloading improves performance for all shotgunners.

With the popularity of .45 Colt/.410 handguns, ammunition companies were bound to introduce specialized loads. But do loads like Hornady’s Triple Threat perform as advertised?

Improvements in shotgun shell loads have made .410s and 20-gauge shotguns more effective for large turkeys.

When it comes to handloading, shotshells receive considerably less attention than do metallic cartridges, but here are five reasons to consider it.