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Hand loads get to be a very taboo subject if you go to court and have to argue self defense. Not saying it makes any sense it’s just how it is.
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Heard that many times. And don't agree with it at all. My uncle was a homicide detective and later an investigator in the D.A.s office and I asked him about handloads and he stated that as long as a shooting was justified it would most likely never even come up. But don't do anything stupid like add Mercury to the nose or make exploding bullets. Stick to book loads and don't don't make super hot rounds and you should be fine.
And don't shoot somebody unless there is absolutely no other way around it! even a justified shooting will be a life changing event for you and will cost you a lot of money and trouble.
About now someones going to jump in and say "but Mass Ayoob said don't use handloads". Yep he said it alright. But he also has an agenda to sell his articles with his opinion in them. Believe what you want but all I use are handloads in my guns. I own almost no factory loaded ammo. Most of my guns have never had factory ammo fired through them.