THe Dove
BOOMER SOONER!!!
I gotta admit I carry factory ammo while concealed, but I practice and shoot only my reloads because of cost savings.
The Dove
The Dove
And that guy was obviously guilty too. The angle of entry, side of entry, etc. all laid t out. Even his gunshot residue defense was pretty weak.
The issue is whether one could be...
If you're talking about the Bias case, I didn't get that impression from my reading of the four trials. He may well have been guilty, but it wasn't obvious at all.
The handloaded 115-grain lead bullet punched into the left side of Lise's skull 2 1/2" behind and 1 1/4" above the ear canal
the fact she is right-handed and had the gun in her left hand.
guessing you dont reload, huh?2. alot of people will cut corners to reload ammo, that makes them a hazard to themselves and anyone within the blast radius when there handgun or shotgun or rifle fragments upon firing.
I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, but I see no advantage to using handloads for self-defense.
A right handed woman held a pistol 24-30 inches from her head with her left hand and shot herself in a forward angle from behind and above with her left hand? The GSR isnt why he was convicted. This not an example of a good shoot and someone in trouble because of handloads.
Thats my point exactly. The evidence proved him guilty, the handloads had some effect on the GSR testing, but still not to the extent that it was made out to be. They conceded that the light loads didnt leave as much GSR, but for his story to have been true the woman, who was right handed, would have had to use her left hand to shoot herself at the wrong angle, and held the gun two foot or so from her head. Also I dont think was mentioned in Ayoobs article is that why, if she fired the shot was there no residue on her hand?It's been a while since I read it, but seem to recall coming away with the impression the GSR testing was to prove/disprove guilt. I don't recall any mention of self-defense or charges brought because of handloads.
Accuracy isnt, but reliability is. Also, if you shoot an innocent bystander handloads wont matter. Again, its all based on nothing.Accuracy of the ammo is not an issue at self-defense ranges (10 yards).
The money you save on carrying reloads would be greatly offset by a lawsuit if one of your rounds shoots through or richochets into a bystander.
S**t happens.
Bill
I know there is facier stuff but all those thousands of dead Germans, Japanese, Koreans and VC can't be worng.
Do those discussions include reference to cases where use of handloads was used by the prosocution? I'm interesting in reading anything beyond opinions. We already have enough of those.One point that has been missed here is that in all the many threads in the many forums on this, NO ONE has ever found a case where a court DID accept the defendant's word as to what was in the defendant's gun, if gunshot residue testing became a critical issue to determine distance.
Anyone interested in the matter should use the SEARCH function for the many long and involved discussions on the topic here.