We have reloaded shot shells since I was about 14, I’m now almost 70.
Don’t hunt as much now, but reloading is still worth the effort.
My father is 92, he has his grandfather’s double barrel, hammerless, 12 ga shotgun. (Damascus barrel, never to be shot again) Untold number of times it has been shot. His grandfather saw to it that his children and grand children were fed.
I’ve been reloading rifle and hand gun cartridges since the 1970’s.
There is a danger, I have a family friend who put a double charge of powder in a reload for a fine, very expensive 45 auto pistol. He survived it with no real damage, but he as very lucky. That expensive hand gun will never be fired again. (he is a mechanical engineer?)
Had an old double barrel coach gun with hammers with a dirt dobber nest in the left barrel. Went to load it and couldn’t see daylight through one of the barrels. Rodded it out, and sure enough, a dirt clod. Could have been a bad day real easy
What is your agenda here?