How many here do carry hand loads for the carry ammo ? Now I do know it is not legally recomended cause it opens up an exrta liability factor, but if one was to load the same bullet, case, primer and powder (if possiable) to the same velocity or slightly lower than the factory ones shoot would it be out of the question ? lets have some imput here ?
Massad Ayoob popularized the theory that you should only carry factory loads due to them being less liable in a court case. At some point, people started questioning this and by now I think most people can't recite any cases where it mattered.
As far as loading for practice...my thought has always been that the place you save some money is in the bullet. You can take a good cast bullet and load it to the same velocity and have a practice load that duplicates your carry load, recoil-wise, without the expense of either factory loads or premium bullets. Then you carry either factory or reloads with the bullets you want.
