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To: unclewest who wrote (200538)	3/25/2007 10:24:49 PM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 793782

Better to do self loading for in-home defense and adjust the load down to decrease the muzzle velocity I certainly am no expert on home defense, but I've read that handloading for self-defense is inadvisable because in the event you have to use it and are hauled into court, the lawyer for the guy you shot will argue that you were a gun nut looking for an excuse to shoot somebody. You must be, because, see, you went to a lot of trouble to work up the load you shot him with. That is an absurd argument, of course, but lawyers will say anything. Rather than 'working up' a self-defense load, it might be cleaner to just buy some Glaser frangible bullets and use them. Glasers are designed to expend all their energy without much penetration. I think they are made with small lead pellets embedded in an epoxy slug. I've never used one. I'm familiar with handloading and used to do it as a kid because factory shells for my .44 magnum were too expensive. My 8th grade teacher introduced all the boys in my class to handloading and came out to my house when I got my reloading gear to show me how to use it. Who can imagine that happening in this day and age? So sad.