Buying reloaded ammo

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dtaski

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Guys,

I found a guy that has 700 rounds of reloaded .380 for sale. He bought it at a gun show.

Would you take a chance on it ? It's very dificult to find .380 right now.


Thanks !
 
No. I don't use reloaded ammo unless I personally loaded the rounds. I don't use reloaded ammo at ALL for self defense.
 
Depends who reloaded it, but..

.. I buy and shoot LOTS of reloaded ammo including .380 and It has been very good overall, it is usually dirty and mixed brass. I would never use it a an SD round but it is great for range.
 
I'd never buy "gun show" or some individual's reloads. Would buy from reputable manufacturers like GA Arms, Black Hills, etc.
 
I don't trust unknown handloads. I'll use a trusted friend's handloads, but not from some guy at a gunshow, and especially not second hand.

Here in Ohio, gunshow reloads tend to have only two criteria, loud and bright. Accuracy, reliability and safety are WAY down the ladder in terms of importance.

I started stocking up on reloading supplies LONG before the Obama panic.
 
Lets be a little more specific.

Generic "reloads" should be avoided unless it is a local guy known for his quality and stands behind them....who you can find IF there is an issue.

Factory Remanufactured: Boxed and labeled from Commercial ATF Licensed Manufacturers is probably as or higher quality than some plain box/promo factory ammo. BlackHills, BVAC, Georgia Arms would be examples.

These guys completely clean and roll size brass back to original specs and then load with all new components....the GREEN Recyclers of the gun industry !
 
Generic "reloads" should be avoided unless it is a local guy known for his quality and stands behind them....who you can find IF there is an issue.
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Yup, always know whose *ss needs to get kicked if things go wrong. None of my fiends has come to kick my *ss so my reloads must be working fine.:D
 
I've noticed a few more ammo manufactures at the local guns shows lately. One guy had his packaged in plain white boxes with no label. He knew what the individual components were, but I still wouldn't trust him. Another guy had his packaged in a Berry's plastic box. When asked if they were reloads, he said "No it is new ammo." I asked who makes it and he said "Midwest." Never heard of them. I asked what powder was in them and he said, "Probably H110 or 296." Great. I guess new ammo would be made with new brass and reloads would be made with once-fired brass? I'll stick with my own handloads. At least I know who to blame if there is a mistake. The next show I go to, I'm going to ask if they are licensed to see how legit they really are.
 
when ammo was available (remember those days) I used to get reloads at the gun show in Austin from a company called Collins (they have a web site and you can buy from them online). I never had a failure with their ammo, it was great for practice and was relatively cheap, compared to factory stuff ... I wouldn't bet my life on reloads, but I'd sure take them to the range ...
 
Go look at the posting by the guy who blew up his new Beretta with "mystery" ammo and then tell me if you want to chance it. Well the .380 is alot lower pressure than the 9MM stuff would be, but if it had a squib you could really trash you gun with that too, if you fired a second shot aftewards, or you could spend an afternoon digging a bullet out of the barrel. Might be a bit hard to over load a 380 case but there are plenty of other failure modes to contend with. This just shows how desperate people are right now. Sad. I would put the gun away till the market adjusts more supply.
 
I agree with the general thrust above: avoid gunshow reloads. I have also been stung by "factory reloads" from a major distributor. However, I can highly recommend Mastercast (www.mastercast.net). I have fired off around 7,500 of their reloads, mostly .38sp but including a thousand 9mm, with no problems. Right now, and for the foreseeable future, you must send them your spent brass in exchange. I hope to see this requirement disappear after the ammo bubble pops.

I also agree that self-defense ammo should be from a major manufacturer, not your own fancy-dancy reloads. As does Massad Ayoub.

Cordially, Jack
 
I buy my 9mm from Sheepdog Ammo, a local outfit here in southwest Idaho. I've been through a few thousand rounds with nary a misfire. They also sell to a few of the ranges in the area, so that's many more thousands without any problems, so I trust them.

But some guy at the gun show? Not a chance. But I have to say that at the last show, anybody with any kind of ammo was getting overrun. It was nuts.
 
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