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Like OneOunce said - the cheaper rounds are reloadable - but not long term.
By far the best hull to reload in 12ga - is the Remington STS (dark Green ) or Remington Nitro hulls ( gold ) .... and unless you make up a real "hot" load - 20 or 25 reloads per hull are easily attained before they'll crack.
The Rem Gun Club ( usually black hulls ) - use the same recipe as the STS or Nitro hulls - but the plastic is thinner and more brittle - and you'll only get about 5 reloads out of the Rem Gun Clubs...
You can't mix and match head stamps on shotshell hulls for reloading - you need to pick just one to save and reload ( its not like metallic - where it doesn't matter ). Once you have the hull, you pick a wad and powder combination, and a primer ( you can't mix and match primers either like you might in metallic ) ....and set your press up.
My personal favorite reload for 12ga ( for sporting, skeet and Trap ) is 1 oz of 8's, at about 1225 fps - using STS hulls, Hodgden Clays powder, and Win 239 primers - and a "Green Duster" wad...... I use all MEC presses - look at the Grabber model or the 9000-GN / if you have more room and a dedicated space for loading look at the MEC 9000-HN hydraulic presses. You will need a different press for every gague - if you go with MEC. But MEC has been in business a long time / they're simple machines and solid workhorses .....although Posness Warren, RCBS, Dillon etc make good machines too.
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