FACTORY vs.RELOADS

[Evil One]

I carry reloads in my .44 Mag snubby.
226gr lead hollowpoints over 11 gr of Unique.
They perform WONDERFULLY, in fact... I need to order up some more before long.


Jim

 

[MP22]

No comparison.....RELOADS....RELOADS...RELOADS...better in every aspect. You can "tweak" loads for "your" specific gun.

 

[smithnframe]

99 % of the ammo I used is handloaded! I can't afford to shoot factory ammo. I carry them in my carry weapons too. I have bought some oddball factory stuff if I can't find brass readily available like the 8 x 56r Hungarian. And some 41 mag ammo as I can't find brass in my area either.

 

[MP22]

Ah you posted as I typed the last response.

The legal issue is if you make your own rounds, an agressive lawyer for either the Prosecution and /or the inevitable civil suit to follow will say that you used 'special secret super-lethal bullets' that you cooked up in your basement, which shows that you 'clearly' were a homicidal head case.

The message the pros put out is that you should use factory ammo or ammo that your local police use, so as to avoid that line of questioning.Of course this advice doesn't help if you carry a different caliber than the police, or if you have a gun with a hard to find ammo type that isn't made at factories in great quantities.

Plus, as I stated in my last post....I cannot see a vicious attorney giving you a pass because you used the same round the cops did. They'll just as easily say you were an irresponsible fool because you choose to carry law enforcement rounds when you ARENT a sworn officer.

Either way, factory or reloaded odds are you're going to court.

^^^^^^^^I got a chuckle out of that part....sorry.^^^^^^^

 

[1morethan8]

"Well! You intended to shoot somebody, didn't you!? after all you did get a concealed carry permit!"

And I thought he was going to talk about my reloads!?

 

[nathanistre]

I carry with my reloads but I am very meticulous on my reloads. I have never had failures with my reloads and I am much more proficient with them. In my opinion I trust my loads more than factory but then again I am OCD about just about all my reloads. One friend of mine told me and I quote " trust your loads get good at reloading your eyes hands and a multitude of other body parts depend on it heck maybe even your life" . He also said " If your life depends on your reloads, use them if you must and if you live, deal with the law not your life". just passing on what a friend told me.

 

[ares338]

If you worry that much about what a lawyer is going to do, sell your pistol and chunk rocks at the BG. Oh wait...you didn't have that rock shaped at home did you? I'll bet you made that big ole point on that rock with the intention of killing poor mr. robber. Why didn't you use a nice smooth rock so as to cause less damage? I don't reload as of yet but when I do and get good at it, I will carry reloads for SD.

 

[oldafsp]

If you have never had the expirence of testifying on the stand, you truly have no idea of how you will react to the questions that are put to you.

No matter how well versed you are, how prepared you THINK you are, a question will be put to you, worded to slant your answer.

After countless hours on the witness stand, in front of a grand juries, civil cases and what not, your going to get caught in a trap question. If the other sides attorney is good enough.

You or your attorney can only protest the context of the question so far, until the judge orders you to answer the question. You will get that sick sinking feeling in the pit of you stomach that tell you it has just hit the fan.

I pray none of you fine folks ever has to find this out the hard way.

Just food for thought.......

 

[Kanewpadle]

You should all just hang your guns up and if your too scared to carry them then.

You must be a pleasure to deal with on the job.

 

[Silversmok3]

If you have never had the expirence of testifying on the stand, you truly have no idea of how you will react to the questions that are put to you.

No matter how well versed you are, how prepared you THINK you are, a question will be put to you, worded to slant your answer.

After countless hours on the witness stand, in front of a grand juries, civil cases and what not, your going to get caught in a trap question. If the other sides attorney is good enough.

You or your attorney can only protest the context of the question so far, until the judge orders you to answer the question. You will get that sick sinking feeling in the pit of you stomach that tell you it has just hit the fan.

I pray none of you fine folks ever has to find this out the hard way.

Just food for thought.......

Amen to that.

"Mr Reloader is it true that you shot my client, this adorable 17 year old inner city youth ,with a 10mm 1911 modified with a 3.5lb hair trigger loaded with ammunition rated to stop an 800lb Bear?"

"Well, I believe this question is a little out of context-"

Judge Fire N. Brimstone: "Answer the question".

Mr Reloader : "****"

 

[Rockets]

Sold all my factory ammo since I started reloading ...

 

[shooter5112]

Amen to that.

"Mr Reloader is it true that you shot my client, this adorable 17 year old inner city youth ,with a 10mm 1911 modified with a 3.5lb hair trigger loaded with ammunition rated to stop an 800lb Bear?"

"Well, I believe this question is a little out of context-"

Judge Fire N. Brimstone: "Answer the question".

Mr Reloader : "****"

Anything, no matter how outrageous, can be conjured up from the imagination. How about giving a real example of anything resembling such a scenario actually taking place.

 

[snowman]

"Mr Reloader is it true that you shot my client, this adorable 17 year old inner city youth ,with a 10mm 1911 modified with a 3.5lb hair trigger loaded with ammunition rated to stop an 800lb Bear?"

"Well, I believe this question is a little out of context-"

Judge Fire N. Brimstone: "Answer the question".

Mr Reloader : "****"

Sir,

I believe that question may be answered, "No, that is false," without perjury being committed, may it not?

Andy

 

[cracker57]

How often do we hear the ammo you use don't matter if its a clean shoot. A clean shoot is a clean shoot. well this is true a clean shoot is a clean shoot however its the DA that has to stamp the file clean shoot we don't get to. so no pun intended don't give them any ammo!