Shooting Another Persons Reloads?

[nachogrande]

I NEEDS TO KNOW!

Even shooting my own loads I want to know more than what caliber they are. Pre printed peel & stick reloader labels are something even this tightwad will splurge on, & there should be (a current/correct) 1 on every box of ammo. I may not have my log book/index cards/rolodex/lap top, or whatever system you use to keep track of what you load, with me at the range OR I may have passed on. With the # of "warm/hot/gorilla" loaders out there, let's be careful.

 

[Cal44]

I purchased a 25-2 from a private party a few years ago. He gave me 500 rounds of 45 Auto rim reloads with it. He reloads for his competitive target shooting hobby, and says he reloads for friends at his range.

I put them away and have never used them. Stuck with factory ammo only.

I just a little leary of shooting someone else's reloads. But then, factories screw up loading new ammo some times also.

Maybe I'm too cautious.

I count the reloads as my SHTF ammo stash. But I don't expect a SHTF in my lifetime.

 

[Skeet 028]

Wimps wimps wimps wimps...golly gee guys. Where is your sense of adventure..the old risk taking feeling you had as a kid...remember?? And as a young adult...hey hold my beer and watch this, risk assessment? Only a couples reloads will I trust and I taught them to reload. And saying this I just looked at an estate from an old friend who recently passed away. A good reloader...but more than a hundred boxes of rifle reloads in his stash... His wife wants me to purchase them....and I don't want to. He must have more than 50 cans of powder in his closet too...some full...most not. I did purchase a Puma knife though..Called a Game Warden...Some of the 21 guns I do want.

 

[Hasbeen1945]

I have a few friends that don't mind shooting my reloads. We will be shooting plates. Usually have several guns on the table and I carry plenty of ammo. A couple don't reload but will cabbage onto mine even if I'm watching them.
The ammo I dodge is reloads at a gun show. A friend of mine blew the grips off his Sig 9mm using gun show reloads. Cheap but risky.

 

[RGPM1A]

There was an older gentleman who belongs to my gun club. He decided he wasn't going to shoot much anymore so he gave away all of his rifle and handgun reloads (thousands and thousands of rounds).

These reloads blew up two model 52s and at least one M1 Garand that I know of.

No I won't shoot another persons reloads and I won't let them shoot mine.

 

[Kiwi cop]

I still remember the VD films from basic training. She's such a nice girl! She looks so clean! She says she has never been with anyone else!

50 years later and I've never had VD (honest, baby, I swear!), I've never had to worry, and I've never fired anyone else's reloads in my guns.

YMMV

Many years ago as a young and impressionable youth I caught one dose of something I shouldn't have. This was back in the late 70's before AIDS/HIV. I was a callow 18 yo and the lady was the other side of 35 (and you think Cougers are a new innovation?).

I was once given some .308 reloads to shoot in my L1A1 SLR. I had no knowledge of the loader at all so I pulled them down, salvaged the bullets and reloaded the primed cases.

Early last year my gun broke down first day of a two day comp and couldn't be repaired. Another shooter who I have shot with several times but don't know away from the competition circuit let me shoot his spare 1911 .45 with my reloads.

A few months ago I was running a club shoot and someone turned up to observe. I offered to loan them my Kimber 1911 9mm as I had been sighting it in before the event started and I had enough ammo for it onhand. The other shooter replied he had ammo. My club president immediately said "We don't let others fire their reloads in our guns". Turns out the guy had factory ammo but had never shot a 1911 (only a CZ clone) so I was happy to let him borrow my pistol.

The first weekend of this month I was shooting my Kimber in a match when, on day 2, my front sight drifted loose and I couldn't keep it tightened (I had been relighting it after some sight mods and forgot to put some loctite in the dovetail after removing and replacing the sight) . My club president offered to let me gun share with him, but only on the condition I shoot his ammo. Not because he didn't trust my reloading (he has watched me shoot my reloads for years) but because his ammo was what his gun was sighted in for. Suited me, I didn't have to withdraw form the event and took all my ammo home.

This weekend I shot a competition. A club mate and off range friend was having issues with his 1911 A1. His ammo wasn't firing. He thought his firing pin was broken so I offered to let him shoot my spare 1911. That too suffered some misfires. I thought it was his ammo (his primers were quite high) but didn't have enough ammo with me for him to shoot too. Overnight he pulled out the firing pin and found the spring gunked up and semi compressed. Today he still had the odd misfire. But I have shot with him for years and trusted his reloading.

Bottom line, if it's someone I know and have shot alongside for some time then maybe I'd let him shoot my ammo. But if I don't know them then its factory or my ammo. If I'm borrowing a un then it is the owner who makes the decision.

 

[Rivoak01]

Not to hijack this thread or anything, but does anybody know any firearms manufacturer that will honor the warranty on gun that has been firing reloads?


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[nachogrande]

YES

Not to hijack this thread or anything, but does anybody know any firearms manufacturer that will honor the warranty on gun that has been firing reloads?


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THE ANSWER WOULD BE NONE.

 

[littleriver1]

I have offered friends my reloads to shoot. I always tell everyone at the get go, you should never shoot anyone else's reloads in your gun and you are doing it at your own risk. Some will and some say no thanks. I am not heartbroken if they decline. If they choose to shoot my stuff I hold my breath till they are done. That would be a terrible way to lose a friend. I do not shoot other peoples reloads. If someone gives me their reloads I take them apart and remake them.

 

[BE Mike]

But they still could make a mistake - it's human - and whether I sued them or not for any injury or damage, it could ruin a good friendship forever. If I do that with my own handloaded ammo, well, tough luck, it's all on me, but we'd still be friends.

I just don't shoot anyone else's handloads.

I would never consider suing a friend over something like this. It would have been my decision to use the reloads and it would all be on me.

 

[gonerydin]

I was given 125 rounds of assorted .40 S&W that came from an estate. 12 of them experienced case rupture in my 4006. I don't know if they were reloads but I am cured of firing ammo with dubious history.


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[Drm50]

I have two friends who are fanatics when it comes to loading. I
wouldn't hesitate to shoot their loads in my gun. They have match guns that they neck size only for the particular rifle. No
point in shooting these but not because of load itself. Unknown
handloads I wouldn't shoot in my gun. Some guys I know I would
want no part of their loads. One guy ruined a m19, 1911 and a
Ruger Blackhawk in the same year. Another blew up a H&R Ultra
7mm mag & Rem 870 12g. There are to forces at work here in
addition to smarts. The experimenting with powder charges that
are way past their pay grade and the drive to produce quantity
with little reguard to quality.

 

[Gunhacker]

Nope.. I equate shooting someone's reloads with putting on a pair of homeless person's unwashed underwear that has been worn for an extended amount of time... you may or may not suffer any ill effects, but the potential exists and the thought of doing so isn't too appealing.

Nor do I offer up my reloads to friends... early on in my reloading experience, I experienced my own fail (squibs) that fortunately did not result in disaster at the range.

It was a potent wake up call for me to tighten up my attention to detail and eliminate all potential sources of distraction whenever at the reloading bench, and to not expose anyone else to the liabilities of my potential mistakes (which thankfully have not occurred again) by passing them on to shoot in their guns.

 

[Eddie Southgate]

I am still using ammo loaded by my grandfather and father . Pap died in 1990 and he's the one who taught me , Dad died in 2018 and Pap taught him . They are the only two I have ever trusted 100% , anyone else is suspect and I would salvage anything they reloaded .

 

[yeti]

Generally no. Only a couple of friends that are as obsessive about quality as I am would be trusted.

 

[Narragansett]

I have always had in mind an old admonition about shooting another persons reloads. Over the years I had older friends pass along ammo they have reloaded, but due to age, sold guns, etc. they no longer need. I have never used it. I am even reluctant to offer it to others. That said, I have often taken a few shots with a friend's gun when offered at the range. Opinions appreciated.

Time to get the bullet puller out