might want to check this out about ammo

[jaybet]

Very bad idea. DO NOT use handloads for SD. Buy the boxed stuff. The reason is the prosecutor can nail your ass to the wall for being a blood thirsty gunfighter type if you use handloads. "Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, the defendant, not being satisfied with the lethality of what our police carry, crafted in his basement a cruel and deadly round. Designed to cause not just a wound, but.......". Buy some Gold Dots and save yourself the hassel. Just my .02.
FQ13

I have to conditionally disagree on this one. In NJ one gets crucified for shooting a perp with hollow point...it is considered "malicious intent". That, coupled with the fact that we live in an area where neighbors are nearby rules out hardball in my mind. We now use my own tested reloaded lead ammo for home defense. The lead stands a better chance of stopping somewhere in my house instead of someone else's house. I have also reduced the powder charges somewhat...they are still strong, but will lose velocity in the walls, etc.
A good defense attorney could point out the composition of your reloads and the reasoning behind their use to show responsible gun ownership and reluctant use.

[2HOW]

Very bad idea. DO NOT use handloads for SD. Buy the boxed stuff. The reason is the prosecutor can nail your ass to the wall for being a blood thirsty gunfighter type if you use handloads. "Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, the defendant, not being satisfied with the lethality of what our police carry, crafted in his basement a cruel and deadly round. Designed to cause not just a wound, but.......". Buy some Gold Dots and save yourself the hassel. Just my .02.
FQ13

This is an urban legend There has been no documented accounts of anyone ever getting busted in court for using reloaded ammo.

[Tyler Durden]

^^^ I really can't put it any more succinctly than what 2HOW just posted.  Thanks 2HOW!!!   

If anyone has any links to case law where a plain ol' civilian used handloads in a bona fide'd self defense situation and then got "his ass busted", I will at least keep an open enough mind to click on them and then read them myself.

Thanks in advance.

[fightingquaker13]

I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV. Someone on this board must be, and I would like to here from them. 2How may be right and it is just an urban myth. Its just what I have been taught. If anyone knows for sure, we would all benefit from the answer.
FQ13

[1911 Junkie]

FQ, you have spouted this before and you were taught wrong.

If you can't provide proof, then you are wrong and need to stop posting incorrect info that others might mistake as gospel.

The burden is not for us to prove you wrong (because no such acts have taken place to find) but for you to prove yourself correct.

You are not a professor on here and do not get to assign homework.

[Sponsor]

[deepwater]

I think my 1224 rounds of VERY EFFECTIVE 7.62x25 for 130 dollars will do just fine thanks.

[Timothy]

FQ, you have spouted this before and you were taught wrong.

You are not a professor on here and do not get to assign homework.

In other words......YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!!!!!!!!

 

Well said Junkie....

[r_w]

Very bad idea. DO NOT use handloads for SD. Buy the boxed stuff. The reason is the prosecutor can nail your ass to the wall for being a blood thirsty gunfighter type if you use handloads. "Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, the defendant, not being satisfied with the lethality of what our police carry, crafted in his basement a cruel and deadly round. Designed to cause not just a wound, but.......". Buy some Gold Dots and save yourself the hassel. Just my .02.
FQ13

Not true, but it could cost you extra $$$ in defense lawyer costs....

Chalk it up to the high cost of LIVING.

[Tyler Durden]

Money well spent, in my opinion since it is better to be judged by 12 (of the dumbest people who couldn't come up with a weak @$$ excuse to get out of jury duty) than to be carried out by 6 (of your still living friends and relatives).

[fightingquaker13]

FQ, you have spouted this before and you were taught wrong.

If you can't provide proof, then you are wrong and need to stop posting incorrect info that others might mistake as gospel.

The burden is not for us to prove you wrong (because no such acts have taken place to find) but for you to prove yourself correct.

You are not a professor on here and do not get to assign homework.

No homework and no putting on airs either. Its just what I was informally advised in my Tx. CHL class and what I have been told here in Fl. As I said, I don't know whether its true or not, and agian I don't claim to be the guru. But, it seems to me that it is both cheap and easy to avoid borrowing trouble by using standard boxed ammo unless you are in Jaybets situation with insane ammo restrictions. I did not mean to sound pretentious, just pass on what I was told by folks who at least theoretically, know what they're doing. Take it or leave it. No gospel just my .02, YMV.
FQ13