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Originally Posted by DiggerNMt
I DO USE Factory ammo, I use a Saber round the military use in my self defense handgun. It is a 147gr. HP it's expansion rate is 2.5x it's normal size. I know that the problem with reloaded ammo could cause legal recourse. If you had no other ammo but reloaded would it be justified in self defense? For the magazine in my gun has factory loaded, my back up mag. has reloaded. Not that I'm a bad shot or something if it come to using my reloaded in the matter of life and death would you take the chance?
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Again, what?
The military uses 124 grain NATO ball in 9mm.
The ammunition one uses in a justified self-defense shooting should have absolutely nothing to do with anything. Its possible that it might come up in an investigation or court. The more time I spend in law enforcement (13 years and counting) the less likely I think that is. Specific gun and ammunition knowledge is seriously lacking among most officers I have worked with. I wouldn't count on most of them even considering what kind of ammunition was used, let alone think to ask or otherwise look into whether that ammunition was handloaded. The same goes for DAs and ADAs in my experience. Were I using handloads and involved in a SD shooting I wouldn't mention they were handloads unless specifically asked. Again, in a justified shooting it shouldn't be an issue (at least according to the law), so why muddy the waters providing information that has no legal bearing in the first place. If they want to know, they will ask.
I suppose there is probably a court case or two out there where the use of handloads might have come up, but I suspect its mostly internet and gun rag rumor.
I'd be perfectly comfortable using my handloads for self-defense if I could, provided I followed my own protocol of testing as I mentioned in my first post on this topic. Since my department doesn't allow it, its a non-issue for me. However, if I could, and I found myself carrying say a .38 Special as my primary weapon, I'd more than likely carry my own handloads. The .38 Special loads available from the factory come nowhere close to the potential of the cartridge.