Would you shoot someone else's reloads?

[Adam Helmer]

Gil.

Excellent post! The ONLY reloads I would shoot are your's! I heard a lot of reload horror stories over my many years. It seems far too many reloaders watch TV, argue with their wives, chat on the cell phone, or do other stuff WHILE they Reload.

Recently, I appraised some guns for a widow who placed her home on the real estate market. She wanted to dispose of the guns before prospective buyers came through the house. She asked me to clean out the cellar where her Alzheimer-afflicted husband reloaded and her grand children played. All the presses were rusted. The reloading manuals were moulded and the powder cans were rusted on top. I removed 12, 50- round trays of reloaded cartridges in various calibers: NONE had a packing slip showing bullet weight, powder type or amount, etc. I made it home before my trash pickup that day and sent all 12 trays of ammo to the dump! They were a risk I could not take. The partial cans of powder went to my gardens.

As for Reloading ammunition: yes, everyone can do it, but far fewer do it well! I have chatted with novices who opened the reloading manual, went to the MAXIMUM LOAD and began there. Whatever.

Adam