A recent thread about water glass reminded me about shotshell reloading.

When I was a kid my father taught me how to reload shotgun shells using old homemade tools. Water glass was used to seal the overshot card. here is a photo of the old tools

pretty cool randy. did your dad make all the tools?

some of them but some where made by a old neighbor of his when he was a kid in the 1940s. I have some other photos to post, one is a homemade reloading press my dad made and there is a big 30 round or so walnut reloading block for 16 gauge with a hinged bottom. Also some slug and bullet molds. Backwoods type

That's interesting. would like to see a demonstration.
I have this

I like for how alot of the tools are.I know how to use them all because of it is almost like the old Lee shotgun hand loader for shotgun but some different tools Nice to see.

I load some black powder shot shells for a 12 ga. I have. The sound they make is louder than a regular shell with smokeless powder. The smell is great. Do you do any loading with those?

I like the old tools. What is the pipe used for?
Guessing it's for making cards.

Mole. That set looks really nice. Guessing you did the matching paint job? I have a 12 gauge role crimper from the family farm. It's still working today! Always looking for a similar piece in the other gauges.

Was kind of excited when a link from another site led to this excerpt.

For making cards, looks to be 16 ga. I have a few boxes of alcan wads and cards in 12 ga.