Loading one shell at a time is to me, the most enjoyable way to shoot a match.  Ya just cant get in a hurry.  Whats the sense anyway. 
I preload my .32 miller short cases.  Its no fun, but what are ya gonna do when the top shooters are machine gunnin um into the 25 ring. 


                                                                Joe. 


                                   

me too.
you would be sprised how fast you can load and shoot when you have been doing it a while.
irish

I'm a one shell shooter to when it comes to SS shooting.

  I find this very handy when working loads up as you don't have a bunch of cartridges to shoot down if a particular load you're working on doesn't pan out. You can bring along several different primers, powders and bullets to try out to.

  When match shooting, as the day progresses, conditions sometimes change to the point that a slight change in powder charge brings a gun that's gone "sour" back to shooting well.

  Then of course I think most of the people shooting the old original SS's have found breech seating is more accurate than fixed ammo.

PETE

Ive seen those little vials to hold premeasured powder,otherwise I just use an RCBS little dandy powder measure.
Using their chart and a manual,you can find one rotor handles a few powders,for example:
rotor#26 will drop 18.0/4759,24.0/5744,and 2 spins yeild 16.0/trail boss.
Some large stick powder wont cut/feed but I use short stick or flakes/ball.sometimes you get bridging and a tap on the knob send it thru.meacham re/decapper-lee hand primer does the rest.

I'm only familiar with what goes on at Etna Green matches but in the center fire matches there I'd estimate that most use a single case.  If you walk the shooting line and look at the shooting setups almost all of the benches will be equipped with boxes of bullets,  a re/de capper, primers, and a bench mounted powder measure of some sort.  I imagine most of the guys have a couple extra cases in their bench box, "just in case"  A few might have a dozen or so preloaded cases just in case they need to quickly take advantage of a specific condition or if time is running short in a relay specific match

With out doing a survey I'd bet that most of the guys shooting the older style long cased cartridges are loading a single case as they shoot. the slow deliberate pace seems to be part of the charm of the game. 
It seems like with the newer short cases, 32 miller and various sawed off 30-30s etc I see more loading blocks with larger batches of pre-loaded case with the case mouths sealed with foam or cork.

I take primed cases to the bench, and charge powder on the spot.  Saves the time of decapping/priming and still allows me the opportunity to tweak the charge for conditions.

David
Montezuma, IA

With one cartridge case, Pope style de&re capper & Micrometer adjustable measure clamped to the bench I shoot in a nice easy rhythm with plenty of time for offhand matches. Charging at the range lets me adjust the powder charge as the day progresses.  Smokless powder I don't use wads which cuts the number of steps, generally have bullets pre lubed but sometimes will lube at the shooting bench with one of Singleshots Pope/Dell lube pumps.  The time between shots can be very short once you get the routine down, however that pause is an advantage and leads to good shooting. Pace and routine are key elemients in offhand shooting

Smokeless loads carry 5 or 6 cases with me in case one gets dropped stepped on or something goes wrong with it.  When shooting black powder use the same routine except will add a wad on top of the powder using a hand wad seater. With black take 10 cases to the range for a 100 shot match. The get dirty and it's easier to switch out the case than stop and clean.

Boats