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i have my own reloading staion but my freind reloads for my 32 rem only because he has 30 plus years knowledge and the dies and books with the factory loads and gun model pressure specs and so on sum of which i do not so he does it for cost all i supply is the cases but pay him for noses and powder and primers. i have reloaded for others for money and for free depends on the person but never put my name on anything and never worked up a load for them that strayed to far from factory only once i strayed and thats because i owned the gun before my freind and it was a ruger number 1 and i had shot the same loads for years which where hot and he didnt like the kick of that 45-70 with a hot load so that was all for that

here in "the golden state", it's against the law, IIRC, as most have said here, CHECK WITH THE STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL ORDINANCES before undertaking reloading for anyone other than yourself.

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Originally Posted by skeet (Post 337458)

Transfer of cash doesn't denote anything except you took money for something. If their gun blows up because of a bore obstruction that was already there...it won't matter. It's still gonna come back to you..unless you can prove something else caused it. Most of us have gotten away with giving reloads to friends because..first off we are safe and secondly because of the good nature of our "friends". But if an unscrupulous attorney gets to 'em..it may turn out another way. I have met more than one ambulance chaser in the course of my duties in the fire dept. Fortunately they are few and far between..I hope!

Skeet, you are dead on. All the money does is create a contract for which breach of contract and product liability can be causes of action. Even if there is no money exchanged, negligence is still a cause of action that can be sued upon.

Yeah, I would be very, very hesitant about reloading for anybody. I have only ever taught one guy, which was a friend of mine from law school. He and I reloaded a bunch of shells together and did a bunch of hunting and shooting together. Otherwise, the only people that use my reloads are me and my family members.

i have and do load for freinds, i work the loads up in theyre rifles and run finished loads under book loads with bullets seated further in the case so they dont have problems cycling from the mag.

two are good freinds the other is my father who could care less but i i make sure and have him a fresh box of 20 shells at the begining of each deer/elk season for his 3006