Reload question
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Basically every firearm manufacture will have a warning regarding using reloaded ammo.
If you reloaded the ammo and know what you are doing, you are fine.
FWIW ....... you would be taking a risk shooting someones elses reloads (unless that person possesses the proper FFL license(s)).
Remanufactured ammo is not considered reloads.
If you reloaded the ammo and know what you are doing, you are fine.
FWIW ....... you would be taking a risk shooting someones elses reloads (unless that person possesses the proper FFL license(s)).
Remanufactured ammo is not considered reloads.
JNewell
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On the other hand, a huge majority of the kB! episodes that get featured on the internet are the result of reloading goofs...so the warnings are part CYA and part reality. Factory loads almost never blow up guns when the right ammo goes into the right gun.
I talked to the S&W rep when I bought my Shield about reloads. He said he reloaded for his. But if I had trouble and had to send it back to say a reload caused it. He said they could tell what kind of powder I used. Don't know if he was truthful or not. Reloads are what I shoot in all my hand guns and rifles. Only trouble I've had was some mild loads that wouldn't eject in auto's.
robkarrob
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Don't know if I buy that one. CSI - Smith & Wesson????
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Maddmax
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There is no "cool" in any reload. Mistakes DO and will happen eventually,esp' if you get cocky and go "Know-it-all". The only reloads you can really trust are your own. There's no make or do overs for mistakes. S happens. I've had a few close calls in 40+ years of reloading. I've had to pull bullets "to make sure" of loads. Never damaged anything,but I consider that smart luck. If you shoot some one elses reloads and they blow your weapon up,they will NOT stand behind what they did and you are SOL.
Don't get me wrong. Reloading is fun and you get to see what the results are. It's fun dialing in loads for a weapon. But it's one of those things you start at the bottom and work up,NO skipping through or around. You can read until your eyes almost pop out. There are tons of reloading manuals to read and cross reference. About the time you think you know everything,THAT'S when you REALLY need to watch your step.
It's another enjoyable part of the hobby if done correctly.
Yes mistakes can happen. But also with new factory loads. I have a friend that is a LEO and during a qualifying shoot he had a round dismantle is Sig.
One of my ways to confirm no double loads for my reloads is I weigh the rounds after on a digital scale during final inspection.
One of my ways to confirm no double loads for my reloads is I weigh the rounds after on a digital scale during final inspection.
Maddmax
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I have nice bright lights. I use old plastic cases from used ammo. I do 50 rounds at a time. I put all the powder in the cases before I start seating bullets. Then look at the batch of 50. Anything "off" will stick out like a sore thumb under the lights. Then again visually check each case before I seat the bullet for a back up. A bit slow,but relaxing.
WaMike
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Maddmax's routine is why, after a few bad loads (none damaging, thank goodness) in a progressive press, I went back to a single-stage press. I'm sure a turret press is just as safe, as long as one uses the same safety precautions.
Oh yeah.....don't reload in front of the TV set....
But, yeah, it does take longer.....
Oh yeah.....don't reload in front of the TV set....
But, yeah, it does take longer.....
Maddmax
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I have an old C&H 4 stage press with dual arms. It'll never wear out. But,I load like it's a single stage doing that too. I load primers with a handheld LEE. The Powder drop is on the press (just easier),but I finish with a tricle loader too weight. The "old routine" works.
I understand what you are saying but I do not believe that making a mistake is inevitable. I TOO have been reloading for more than 4 decades and never have I made a mistake reloading. I did have a friend "mistakenly" pick up one of my reloads and fire it out of a rifle not up to the task with near disastrous results but that was not a reloading error. The key is, don't strike out on your own, use published data, and for heaven sakes don't allow yourself to be distracted, period, from the point the primer is seated till the round Is finished. If you are running a progressive press or automatic turret that means never. No radio, no tv, no superfluous conversation and no multitasking. If you are using a single stage press always cover the charged case with a bullet immediately, before charging the next case. That will prevent double charging. My loads are hand crafted and superior to mass produced ammo.
32_d3gr33s
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Anyone have any input on using cast bullets in a m&p 9? Fmj are so hard to come across right now but I can find nice cast bullets all over the place. Never shot any lead bullets before though.
Reloading since '75 (handgun, rifle, shotgun), two duds (bad primers), no squibs, no kabooms. Had worse luck with commercial loads. Noticed the number of commercial ammo recalls in the last few years? Wrong powders, wrong charges, etc. Don't bet your safety on a commercial load.
What S&W is saying is if you wreck the gun with an overcharge,it's not covered,which they may or may not hold you to.90% of the ammo I've used in the last 30 years have been my own reloads.10% is factory ammo when I need new brass.
