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Originally Posted by Justaguy
Regardless of who the messenger is, the reasoning is sound.
For me, factory ammo for SD. Period.
Criminal and civil defense is expensive in both time and money. No need to make it more so...
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Of course, you are correct in the first point.
The more I think about this though, there is just no point in handloading your carry ammo. Handloading for rifles you can, with a lot of testing and time at the bench, create a load or two that will out shoot factory ammo. However, that is normally for 100+ yards. At the short ranges of a defensive shoot - it just seems silly. Would saving 1 moa in your grouping (which at 7 yards would be .073") really help??? I don't think so. Do you have access to better self defense bullets than those offered in factory handgun loads for self defense? Don't think so there either.
The on possible thing that loading can do for self defense is let you load practice rounds that are equal to your defense loads in point of aim/impact and recoil. That is where the benefit is. NOT in reloading your actual carry ammo.