shooting other peoples' reloads

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10 years 7 months ago #36583 by NightForce
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Personally, I don't do it but I have to confess. I've loaded a lot of pistol ammunition for two individuals. I know I was leaving myself wide open for a lawsuit but I did it anyway because we were all close shooting friends..My two friends are gone now, and no, not because of my reloads. :P

Today I reload only for myself but I do occasionally teach the fundamentals of reloading and I'm actually in the middle of creating a Microsoft Power-Point Presentation on this subject...

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10 years 7 months ago #36594 by OleCowboy
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IF reloading means using the same brass more than once then there is no shortage of reloads.

The govt stores tons of munitions in Igloos. I used to work in the industry. I did a lot of jobs one was working in small arms or in this case 5.56 and 7.62. Much of the stuff is very old and its pulled, inspected and tested, if it passes it gets shipped out to units if not then is broken down and goes to reload.

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10 years 7 months ago #36617 by SOC
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Some questions I hope will add perspective.

Does using 1x fired brass make it a reload? Lots of manufacturers do this, some don't even mention this on the box.

Does using military stock that was pulled tested and failed make a reload?
Many companies do this, most even take all those components and reassemble them even thought they failed mil testing.
Some call this remanufactured some call it new just cause the brass was never fired.

Would you buy ammo from a company that only visually inspects it after loading?

BVAC and HSM (the two largest private ammo MFRs in the US both less than 30 miles from me) have neither strain testing or a comparator (weighs each round and discards rounds out of spec). Both simply shoot a few rounds through a chronograph and call it good enough. I am unsure if they lot test this way of simply test the first few new loads.

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10 years 7 months ago #36632 by Siscowet
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SOC wrote: Some questions I hope will add perspective.

Does using 1x fired brass make it a reload? Lots of manufacturers do this, some don't even mention this on the box.

Does using military stock that was pulled tested and failed make a reload?
Many companies do this, most even take all those components and reassemble them even thought they failed mil testing.
Some call this remanufactured some call it new just cause the brass was never fired.

Would you buy ammo from a company that only visually inspects it after loading?

BVAC and HSM (the two largest private ammo MFRs in the US both less than 30 miles from me) have neither strain testing or a comparator (weighs each round and discards rounds out of spec). Both simply shoot a few rounds through a chronograph and call it good enough. I am unsure if they lot test this way of simply test the first few new loads.

Both HSM and BVAC have been trashed pretty heavily on their reloads in other Forums and CTD's customer reviews. I have some of both, that I have yet to fire. If I have any problems, I am going to break the rest down and reload them myself. During last years panic, I picked some up simply to have some ammo on hand, now That I have a reloading kit, I would rather load them with my preferred bullets any way. When I take them to the range, I will give a report.

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