I wouldn't use my own reloads in my home defense weapon. Not because I might not trust them, but because I would not want to be explaining them in a courtroom.
Still, I think it would be cool to make and shoot some. Take care. Tom Worthington
I know there are many that shares the same opinion.
I don't have a problem with it either way.
If I have to defend myself or my family, I'm going to do it with the best materials that I have available. I take the safety of my family very seriously. No less serious than the choices the military makes using the best equipment they have that protects the country, or no less important than the best materials that police can have that protects the community. I should be treated no differently.
It's well known that LEO agencies follow current NIJ standards to make sure that their bullets will go at least a
minimum depth.
I'll say that again and add emphasis here:
MINIMUM standards.
To my knowledge, NIJ or anyone else has never issued a guideline that says there is a
MAXIMUM standard of how bullets perform.
If I have to protect myself or family, play time is over. I intend to protect my family no matter what. If it comes out in court that I make my own, I don't care. Maybe I made the particular ones I used, maybe I didn't. I would've defended my family without regard to who made it.
I just prefer my own because I feel that I have better quality control and manufacturing standards than some automated machine. The rest is just semantics.
That's about all I've got to say about that.