Do you shoot factory ammo or handloads?

[Adam Helmer]

TreeDoc & Mr. 16 gauge,

I have not read any case law that "lawyers will get ya" if you use handloads. I have seen a few articles in various gun magazines along that theme.

I sat in on a discussion on that subject at the local club recently between two attorneys. One fellow stated the "NO handload" scenario could be stretched to cover the homeowner repelling a home invasion and using an aluminum baseball bat instead of one made of ash wood, or the homeowner using a muzzleloader and 90 grains of 2F behind a patched ball instead of 70 grains, yadda, yadda."

Both fellows were of the opinion that the justifiable use of deadly force is the determining factor and not the means used. FWIW.

Adam