Do you shoot reloads other than your own?

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NEVER.

Years ago, I used to occasionally shoot a friend's handgun reloads and rarely those. I sometimes shot this same friend's rifle handloads when I didn't have time to load my own because his were far and away better than ANYTHING you can buy on the market. We both trickle and weigh EVERY rifle charge. If commercial reloaders loaded the way we do for rifle, they'd charge $80/box.

Here in NE Ohio, commercial reloads appear to have only two criteria, "loud" and "bright". I have a specific need for neither.
 
There is a commercial reloader who is not far from my house. Williams Cartridge Co. I shoot their reloads, but they are not some joe-blow working in the basement. They have several Joe Blow's and tons of equipment and produce high volume that local gunshops stock, as well as the local shooting ranges. So I am fairly confident with them.
But no, I would never shoot an amateur's reloads other than my own...when I start reloading.
 
How 'bout never AGAIN?

Picked up ONE bag of .45acp ONCE at a gun show. The vendor made claims about how it was "low muzzle-flash" ammo. It turned out to be low POWER ammo. Wouldn't reliably cycle any of my semi autos.

Someday I may get around to emptying the rest of that brass (one way or another) and reloading it - MYSELF!
 
1. My own

2. Somebody I know and trust

3. Factory reloads from a reputable ammo remanufacturer.
 
First of all, I messed up trying to make a poll. But anyway, what prompted me on this post was the latest "torture test" on Guns & Ammo TV, this time an improper charge that basically destroyed this nice rifle.
Over the years, in private sales usually with revolvers, I've been offered anywhere from 50 to couple of hundred rds of their reloads to sweeten the deal; never wanted them...I was just to wary about using them and the guy thinking I'm nuts....:rolleyes:
 
Do you shoot reloads other than your own?
Yes, all the time.
Only if I know the reloader
Never, no way.
Only from vendors at gun shows.
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Only my own. Too many fools out there.
 
"Yes, all the time." My wife got sick and tired of walking on spent primers in the garage decades ago when I was reloading just about everything you can think of. Now, shooting nothing but handgun ammo, I send off my spent brass to www.mastercast.net in thousand round lots by USPS Priority Mail in exchange. Costs eight bucks and change, and any other way I know of costs more than twenty. Within two weeks, I receive their reloads: prompt, reliable and inexpensive. Did I mention "prompt?"
Cordially, Jack
 
Nope. I know all the dumb stuff I did when I was learning to reload, and don't need to press my luck by trying somebody else's ammo. These days, I load in batches, and triple-check everything. Haven't had a problem in many years........and that's a good feeling. ;)

Papajohn
 
No

No, I don't. And for good reasons. Sometimes, even licensed ammo manufacturers screw up. They have liability insurance for when they do. Ordinary home reloaders don't.

Look at it thihs way, if Billy-Ray down the block fixes your brakes, and a week later you got no brakes, does he have the resources to make it right, or would you have been better off going to a licensed mechanic or a dealership?

I'd rather pay a little more up front, and know that the people I deal with will stand behind their work if something goes wrong.

And besides, I shoot my own reloads nearly exclusively. Besides .22LR (where I have no choice) I almost never buy ammo. I buy components and laod my own.
 
If its some one I know very well( and trust) and they offer to have me shoot thier gun, yes.

Then again I don't really know anyone that would freely give out reloads... they are all smarter( or maybe its greed) then that.
 
Under only one circumstance

The reloads are from a fellow I know. I get them very, very seldom, and it is pretty much one of these "Try this..." scenarios with a handful of cartridges. I know him to be 1) stone sober all the time, 2) meticulous to the point of insanity involving anything with firearms, 3) safe to the point of insanity involving anything with firearms, and 4) a good, good friend.

The Doc is out now. :cool:
 
No. There are a couple of guys that I know that are careful enough I might be tempted to shoot their reloads, but ultimately I'll just shoot my own.

I do let other shooters at the range shoot my guns occasionally (Tuppergun shooters who have never fired a revolver), and +90% of the time I have reloads in it; but I do tell them I'm shooting reloads. I'm pretty sure they don't know enough about it to make an informed decision, so even this is probably not a good idea.

BTW, one of them let me try out his Glock, and I didn't want to like it but I kinda did anyway. ;) I cleared the 6 targets fairly quickly in 7 shots, shooting one-handed. My BHP has a "humped" feed ramp and it tends to jam if I shoot it one-handed. (if I practiced with it enough I could probably overcome this)
 
I will buy commercially reloaded ammo from known good makers like Mi-Wall or Black Hills with complete confidence. From the small private reloaders at the gun shows? Let them blow or jam up someone else's gun. :p I don't reload myself, so that point is moot.
 
only commercial reloads here. I have used mastercast with great sucess, as well as williams and MPS

19-3Ben Do you know if williams is still in business? Their website bestshotammo.com has been in-opperable since the end of Jan!
 
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