Interesting discussion on carrying reloads.

[357 Terms]

Why JHP? - THR

This is a long thread, but has information that many of us who have discussed this topic before might not have known.

A very good read/debate.

 

[357 Terms]

I am posting this to get a feel for what the consensus is around here on this issue.

Just curious, any opinions?

 

[db1959]

I am going to go "off the reservation" a little with my thoughts on this. I dont reload but if I did I wouldnt trust my reloads to go bang in a life or death situation. Having said that, I dont know what makes me trust factory loads.

Some of that could be in purple.

 

[lrahm]

We use to buy reloads when we would practice or qualify on the range. We would buy large ammounts of wad-cutters. We had more than our fair share of squib rounds.

 

[Caldad]

I reload.

I practice with them.

They are consistent.

They always go boom.

I carry them regularly, because if I ever need to defend myself;

1) I want to use what I practice with and know is reliable

2) and if I'm the one fortunate enough to live through such an experience, I would owe it to the fact that I was able to practice with hundreds/thousands of rounds of my regular load. ...rather than something that impacts the target differently (higher/lower) because of what/how it was loaded and/or has an unfamiliar recoil that alters my normal recovery time.

 

[marv]

We use to buy reloads when we would practice or qualify on the range. We would buy large ammounts of wad-cutters. We had more than our fair share of squib rounds.

May I ask who you bought them from? I still have some squib wadcutters I bought in Dubois County.

 

[Caleb]

I practice with reloads, I carry factory JHP