Abstract: A dispenser for shotgun shells includes an upper supply housing (16) and a lower ejecting housing (41) arranged transverse to the supply housing and, when mounted on a belt, located directly opposite the hand of the user. An ejecting member (61) is moved through the ejecting housing by the depression of a forwardly projecting actuator (71) advantageously located directly opposite the heel portion at the rear of the palm of the hand of the user. Shells (14) are dispensed one at a time through a release opening (49) in the bottom upon each depression of the actuator, and springs (73) in the ejecting housing automatically return the ejecting member after each dispensing operation to load another shell for dispensing. The housings (16, 41) are made as a one-piece body and a waterproof lid (71) closes the shell fill opening in the supply housing to prevent the shells from becoming wet.