In the first example in that Massad Ayoob article, the prosecution's attack on handloads fell apart.
In the second, couldn't you have the same problem with factory ammunition?
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You shot him with a factory round? No problem. We call the factory, get 50 rounds of identical amino of the same lot, do the GSR testing, and determine virtually to the inch the actual distance involved.
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Sure, no problem, assuming you have the box with the lot number on it, and the factory still has samples from that lot. How long do they keep samples from every lot they made? I have a couple boxes of Federal Hydra-Shoks I'm sure were made before 1993. If I use them, will I end up in the same boat as if I had used handloads in that second scenario? That's something to think about even if you only use factory ammunition.