Perhaps this is in the very unlikely category, but it's a question that's been nagging me...
I shoot 200-400 rounds every time I go to my local indoor range. I do not collect the brass, but the range does. They sell it to reloaders.
My question is this: to what extent do my fingerprints survive the reloading process? If someone bought reloaded ammo made from my original brass and used it for nefarious purposes, would it then possibly be traced back to me (having been fingerprinted in NJ just to get an FPID to buy ammo in the first place)?
I know this is probably a super remote thing, but it does bother me that I leave the place with up to 400 copies of my fingerprints lying on the floor.
[In a more remote scenario, has it ever happened that someone purposely collected someone else's brass to reload, with the intent of having that other person's prints on ammo used for nefarious purposes? I'd imagine THAT person could take steps to avoid smudging the prints in the reloading process that might otherwise destroy prints in a more automated process.]
Please help quell my paranoia on this (or confirm it and make me reconsider collecting my own brass or loading my magazines with gloves on).
[If it matters, assume we are talking 9mm, 45ACP, and rifle caliber brass for the above (i.e. not tiny ammo like 22lR).]
I shoot 200-400 rounds every time I go to my local indoor range. I do not collect the brass, but the range does. They sell it to reloaders.
My question is this: to what extent do my fingerprints survive the reloading process? If someone bought reloaded ammo made from my original brass and used it for nefarious purposes, would it then possibly be traced back to me (having been fingerprinted in NJ just to get an FPID to buy ammo in the first place)?
I know this is probably a super remote thing, but it does bother me that I leave the place with up to 400 copies of my fingerprints lying on the floor.
[In a more remote scenario, has it ever happened that someone purposely collected someone else's brass to reload, with the intent of having that other person's prints on ammo used for nefarious purposes? I'd imagine THAT person could take steps to avoid smudging the prints in the reloading process that might otherwise destroy prints in a more automated process.]
Please help quell my paranoia on this (or confirm it and make me reconsider collecting my own brass or loading my magazines with gloves on).
[If it matters, assume we are talking 9mm, 45ACP, and rifle caliber brass for the above (i.e. not tiny ammo like 22lR).]