I wonder how many presses, cases, cans of powder, bullets, primers and cases of ready-made are out there in workshops, garages, barns etc.?
I have enough for a few thousand rounds that I’ve never touched.
I have known several other guys who had a lot more than I do.
None of us were ever really into loading but we bought and stashed the stuff.
And then there’s the guys who are serious.
I have loaders for 12 and 20 shotgun shells. When I load I use #2 buck.
Mr. GG2 just found out about reloads in composite pistols Monday afternoon at our rural property. He bought some off his buddy for cheap practice rounds. I told him months ago I thought it was a bad idea. OK in a rifle if he’s using his own reloads that he makes but not in a Springfield Armory XDE.
Long story short, I run through 3-4 mags in my new Ruger SR22 and then he starts firing his XDE and the 4th round blew up in the gun. I’m standing behind him calling out hits and misses when he bends over and says “something really bad just happened”. I turn him around and there’s powder burns on his right hand and some nicks on his arms and one on his face. Fortunately God dearly loves Mr. GG2 so he still has his fingers but he won’t be laying any vinyl planks with that hand this week. The gun is tango uniform.
The Springfield Armory warranty expressly states reload accidents void the warranty but our gunsmith said they’re pretty good about overlooking the poor fools who shoot reloads in a composite weapon. So were sending the gun in pieces back to the factory in the hopes they’ll replace it. Just goes to show even a weapons expert can mess up.