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Old January 3, 2010, 10:04 PM   #18
Frank Ettin
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Wow, we're sure starting off the New Year beating this topic to death.

[1] This subject is also being discussed at http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...d.php?t=388901

[2] The legal issues have been discussed at length. See the following threads.

http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...d.php?t=365747

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=261157

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=283823

[3] I'm a lawyer retired after over 30 years in practice. I therefore have some first hand understanding of how the legal system works. I'm an NRA cerified instructor in Basic Handgun, Personal Protection Inside the Home and Personal Protection Outside the Home. My training included classes at Gunsite, with Louis Awerbuck, and with Massad Ayoob. And I will not use handloads for self defense.

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Originally Posted by JohnKSa
...I recall reading one incident where a man committed suicide using his handloads but his wife/GF was charged with murder because the powder stippling that should have been present based on the results of experimentation with commercial ammunition was absent. That made the story told by the wife/GF implausible as far as the forensics expert was concerned....
That's the Bias case. It's discussed in more detail in the various threads to which I've provided links. The "take-home message" is that if gun shot residue (GSR) evidence, for example to corroberate your testimony regarding the distance at which you fired, would help you and you used handloads, you'll be out of luck because you will not be able to introduce test data into evidence .
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