Buying someone else's reloads???

[45Badger]

Black Hills, Georgia Arms, and my anal retentive friends Mike in Maryland and Darrin in NY (who taught me to reload).

[mnmike59]

I would have no problem using someone elses rounds. Just as long as it's with their gun as well.

[xd ED]

I would have no problem using someone elses rounds. Just as long as it's with their gun as well.

A broken gun would be the least of my concerns.

[Seismic Sam]

To put it bluntly,

NO EFFEN WAY WOULD I EVER SHOOT SOMEBODY ELSE'S HANDLOADS!!!! PARTICULARLY IF IT WAS A STRANGER!!

Just to come up with a similar (and equally disgusting) concept, would you ever think about using a complete stranger's toothbrush yourself?? I don't think so..... And if you did, all that could happen to you is get a few nasty diseases, which isn't half as bad as getting your head blown off.

True gunshow story: Some yahoo selling reloaded ammo who needed both a shave and a haircut (so he looked like a slob) was taking individual .223 rounds out of their boxes and shaking them up by his ear to make sure they all had powder in them!! He was doing this AT THE SHOW in front of prospective customers. (!!)

True gun range story: Some guy in his 20's was shooting some hot 44 mag ammo in a DA revolver, and I was at the next position to the right. I was getting specks of stuff bouncing off my hands and a few off my face, and wasn't too pleased with the way that gun was running. Either the load was too hot or the gun had a massive cylinder gap, or both. Then I hear a BLATT!!, and the guy stops for a moment, and the gun is still pointed downrange while he's thinking if he should pull the trigger again, and his buddies have the common sense to tell him to put the gun down. Sure enough, it was a squib load and the bullet was stck in the bore.

Turns out this ammo was loaded by this guy's idiot uncle, which pretty much proves the point that you shouldn't be shooting handloads even if another member of your own family made them up.

End of lecture.

[TH3180]

To put it bluntly,

NO EFFEN WAY WOULD I EVER SHOOT SOMEBODY ELSE'S HANDLOADS!!!! PARTICULARLY IF IT WAS A STRANGER!!

Dont't beat around the bush here, tell us how you really feel.

[mnmike59]

I would have no problem using someone elses rounds. Just as long as it's with their gun as well.

A broken gun would be the least of my concerns.

Agreed 100%
My attempt at humor?

[gyrfalcon]

Fine... I get not buying reloads from some yahoo at a gunshow. What about a business that specializes in it and has a lot of liability insurance like Black Hills Ammunition?

[ttousi]

Fine... I get not buying reloads from some yahoo at a gunshow. What about a business that specializes in it and has a lot of liability insurance like Black Hills Ammunition?

properly licensed manufacturer .........sure

unknown homeboy..........no way

SS reloads.... yup.......cause if it goes south I know where to find him

[timwarner]

Sam, wanna try out my glock open gun?

[hammAR]

Sam, wanna try out my glock open gun?

Is it a .50GI.............

[Seismic Sam]

Sam, wanna try out my glock open gun?

With those widowmaker 9mm Major loads of yours?? Uhhhh, NO!! I have a perfectly good EAA Match in 38 Super that digests full power 9x23 Winchester loads and the SD of the velocity is 6 FPS. I can make 9mm bullets go just as fast as you can, but I prefer brass that's rated for 52,000 PSI.

[1911fan]

I just want to say that in modern guns, the risk of serious injury from a hand load is very low. I have intentionally tried to blow up two rifles, two shotguns and indirectly blew up another n frame. all three cases, thegun was ruined but the shooter received or wold have received no injury.

The first was a Savage bolt action, in 30-30. It had no stock and we bought it for $15 bucks as was. Reloading three .30-30 cases with 170 grain bullets and compressed loads of bullseye, we tied the action to a tire and used a long string to trip the trigger. First shot cracked the receiver ring but no gases escapsed. Reloaded and one the second shot the barrel left the action. There was no shrapnel nor was there any seemingly nasty hot gas jets.

The second rifle was a western field in 270. This came with a bent barrel from a guy forgetting he had leaned the gun against the passenger side of the truck and him managing to get the barrel under a rear wheel. Again full cases of bullseye behind 150 grainers. Same procedure. First hot load locked up the bolt. A few whacks with a mallet got the action open. Reloaded result the same except the rear sight fell off, this should have given us a clue but we missed it next load the entire top of the barrel split open. Lots of gas vented straight up. From the action to just in front of the rear sight mounting holes seemed to have acted like stress reliefs and allowed the barrel to split and vet away from where a shooter would have been.

Even the two cheap shotguns blew up in such a manner as to not cause injury to the shooter despite one intentional squish where trilled the barrel with damp sand and pulled the trigger.

[Seismic Sam]

I just want to say that in modern guns, the risk of serious injury from a hand load is very low. I have intentionally tried to blow up two rifles, two shotguns and indirectly blew up another n frame. all three cases, thegun was ruined but the shooter received or wold have received no injury.

The first was a Savage bolt action, in 30-30. It had no stock and we bought it for $15 bucks as was. Reloading three .30-30 cases with 170 grain bullets and compressed loads of bullseye, we tied the action to a tire and used a long string to trip the trigger. First shot cracked the receiver ring but no gases escapsed. Reloaded and one the second shot the barrel left the action. There was no shrapnel nor was there any seemingly nasty hot gas jets.

The second rifle was a western field in 270. This came with a bent barrel from a guy forgetting he had leaned the gun against the passenger side of the truck and him managing to get the barrel under a rear wheel. Again full cases of bullseye behind 150 grainers. Same procedure. First hot load locked up the bolt. A few whacks with a mallet got the action open. Reloaded result the same except the rear sight fell off, this should have given us a clue but we missed it next load the entire top of the barrel split open. Lots of gas vented straight up. From the action to just in front of the rear sight mounting holes seemed to have acted like stress reliefs and allowed the barrel to split and vet away from where a shooter would have been.

Even the two cheap shotguns blew up in such a manner as to not cause injury to the shooter despite one intentional squish where trilled the barrel with damp sand and pulled the trigger.

Yes, but you're the insanely lucky SOB who has done every dumb and illegal thing in the book and gotten away with it. As such, your efforts to blow up guns doesn't count for diddly squat!!!

[R.E.T.]

I agree, but I'm not even tempted since I reload all the calibers I shoot so there's no price advantage. Some of the stuff at the gunshow there LOOKED really well made, however. I probably walked by Thunderjohn. I would have introduced myself had I known him. Maybe next time I will!

If you know someone working the show, ask them, they will most likely know John. That's what I did.

[TH3180]

I agree, but I'm not even tempted since I reload all the calibers I shoot so there's no price advantage. Some of the stuff at the gunshow there LOOKED really well made, however. I probably walked by Thunderjohn. I would have introduced myself had I known him. Maybe next time I will!

If you know someone working the show, ask them, they will most likely know John. That's what I did.

Look for all the Glock signs and the brand new gun cases.