Everyone seems to be worried about criminal charges being laid against them after a totally legitimate SD shooting. The worry is not there, it lies in the inevitable civil suit that will ensue after such a shooting. It is in that kind of forum that modifications, disabling safety devices, using hand loads and so forth WILL bite you in the butt. The rules of evidence are different and the standard of proof is much lower than in a criminal case. The same is true of decorating your guns with deaths heads and the like. In the civil case the lawyer representing the family of the (hopefully) deceased BG will be trying to prove that you were just waiting to shoot some honor student, and will use anything he can to show that point. It is there that anything you have done to the gun may be brought out and an attempt will be made to use it against you. When you have gone through a civil suit, you might wish you had been prosecuted successfully, at least you would be getting 3 hots and a cot. After losing a civil suit or even after winning one, you will probably be really broke and chances of a financial bounce back are pretty much non existent in today's economic world. Keep it simple! Plain gun, factory ammo, and most of all, limit your vocabulary to two words; "Who? Me?" After a legit SD shooting, get a good lawyer and say nothing you don't have to say. Particularly do NOT discuss the incident with anyone but your lawyer. Spouses have a way of becoming adverse witnesses and friends from the tavern often remember things you may have said differently, and sometimes they don't stay your friends (maybe they ran off with your spouse?).