I got into a discussion at the gun counter at Gander Mountain with a gentleman regarding .380 ammo. It seems that our Gander Mountain doesn't carry Federal Hydro-shoks, Cor-Bon or any of the other hot defensive rounds.
I was talking about the possibility of reloading a decent defensive ammo, and the guy said: "Don't ever do that, if a lawyer finds out you reload, he could crucify you in front of a jury if you were ever involved in a shoot".
I hadn't heard that, and it really doesn't make sense to me. If I use a deadly weapon to stop a perp, does it matter that the ammo I'm using is as hot as ammo I could buy over the counter?
I just bought 200 90gr Speer Gold Dots and I just reloaded 50 rounds of ammo using the lightest charge listed in the Speer reloading manual. I'm going to try them out at the range tomorrow since I zeroed the laser on my LCP last week, and I'm hitting the red dot on the target at 10 yards.
What are your thoughts?
(Mods, I didn't know if this was a CC issue discussion, an ammo discussion or a reloading discussion. Move it where it needs to go if it's wrong.)
I was talking about the possibility of reloading a decent defensive ammo, and the guy said: "Don't ever do that, if a lawyer finds out you reload, he could crucify you in front of a jury if you were ever involved in a shoot".
I hadn't heard that, and it really doesn't make sense to me. If I use a deadly weapon to stop a perp, does it matter that the ammo I'm using is as hot as ammo I could buy over the counter?
I just bought 200 90gr Speer Gold Dots and I just reloaded 50 rounds of ammo using the lightest charge listed in the Speer reloading manual. I'm going to try them out at the range tomorrow since I zeroed the laser on my LCP last week, and I'm hitting the red dot on the target at 10 yards.
What are your thoughts?
(Mods, I didn't know if this was a CC issue discussion, an ammo discussion or a reloading discussion. Move it where it needs to go if it's wrong.)