OCD load development

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I was taught... (and it was pounded into me...) when I was in the Army, that the Key to Success is UNIFORMITY!!! I shall cut those kernels 90^ straight with my cutoff saw!

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I'm quite serious.

Review 2 or 3 reloading manuals for 38 Special with 148 / 150 grain wad cutter bullets. Almost any powder with 2.8 to 4.5 grains is a safe load. I load 3.5 grains of 'Pistol Powder' in a 38 Spl case with the Lee cast wadcutter bullet. The wadcutters are cast from melted "range scrap", composition unknown, lubed with home brewed lube made with beeswax, Tacky red grease, candle wax, spoonful of ATF, all melted together in a 3# metal coffee can. The bullets are fired in K- , L- or N-frame S&W 357 magnum revolvers. Muzzle velocity is 750 FPS nominal. Accuracy is as good at 50 YARDS as my "pure load" Accurate Arms #5 using the same bullet. I have had no problems in shooting over 3,000 rounds using "Pistol Powder"

I achieve similar results with 223 brass and 55 grain FMJ and 22 grains of "Rifle Powder" in a bolt action 223. My prairie dog loads group at 1/2" at 100 yards on a calm day. The blasting ammo holds 1-1/2' groups at 100 yards. The fun starts when shooting out to 400 yards at the steel tombstone targets. I have as much success as the 'Match Ammo' boys for much less money.
Okey dokey and more power to ya', but given today's litigious society, the possibility of an incident being blamed directly on retail reloads using blended, random powders, and the fact that powder manufacturers state clearly what you describe should not be done, I have to wonder why any business would decide to take on that kind of liability, let alone advertise that they are doing so. I'm not a lawyer so maybe I'm wrong about this being a potential liability problem for the retailer of such ammo; however, there are some real lawyers - who may even have played one on TV! - who can (and I hope will) comment on the practice, as described.
 
Okey dokey and more power to ya', but given today's litigious society, the possibility of an incident being blamed directly on retail reloads using blended, random powders, and the fact that powder manufacturers state clearly what you describe should not be done, I have to wonder why any business would decide to take on that kind of liability, let alone advertise that they are doing so. I'm not a lawyer so maybe I'm wrong about this being a potential liability problem for the retailer of such ammo; however, there are some real lawyers - who may even have played one on TV! - who can (and I hope will) comment on the practice, as described.

These reloads never leave my possession, and are only shot by me in my firearms. The cases have fallen easily out of the cylinder, or extracted easily from my rifle. This ammo is NEVER shot by anyone else.
 
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