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 ...I feel we're getting pretty exotic with our shell choices here  .


Well, I didn't bring up Pixie Dust and double ball loads!   

 

Just roll your own with some rainbow 100's and 1000's and you'll be good on not over penetrating. After that, just bake at 350 for half an hour  .

Pray thee tell, just what are "rainbow 100's and 1,0000's ?"   Perhaps you would be so kind as to provide loading data and a link or links to ballistic gell testing. 

They are not just sprinkles, but specifically the round ones that would most likely resemble shotgun shot. I was being cute  .

Previously, I was just messing around, but I'm curious as to what the ballistics would be.

I have no reloading equipment, but do we have any mad scientists with a sweet tooth in the house  ? If so, please post.

It might be the best load to use in the gingerbread house  .

Also, is sugar corrosive in a bore?

Really? Dang, we'd have to break out the 409 then.

But it's the best way I know to break down corrosive fouling, as many current gun cleaners do not break them down (to my knowledge).

So what methods do you use to clean a gun after corrosive ammo?

But it's the best way I know to break down corrosive fouling, as many current gun cleaners do not break them down (to my knowledge).

So what methods do you use to clean a gun after corrosive ammo?

The corrosive part of corrosive fouling is a salt so it needs to be dissolved in order to remove it.  If you're cheap you can just use hot water and a few drops of dishwashing soap.  We used to use Windex with Ammonia D on old Enfields and the like.  Ballistol diluted with water ( 9 parts water - one part Ballistol )also works well and has the advantage of leaving a bit of oil behind in the bore or gas chamber when you're done. 

I assumed that was your reference but others may not - good catch.   

not to keep thumping on this,  but this just hit my inbox this morning from Massad Ayoob.

http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/

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THE PROBLEM WITH HANDLOADS FOR DEFENSE
Friday, May 5th, 2017 by Mas | No Comments »

For years, I’ve warned people that there are a couple of serious concerns with using handloaded ammunition for personal or home defense.  The big one is forensic replicability when the shooter is accused, and opposing theories of distance become a factor.

How often does this happen? One time some years ago, that question came up on an internet debate.  I looked through the ten cases I had pending at the time as an expert witness, and gunshot residue (GSR) testing to determine distance from gun muzzle to the person shot was an issue in four of them.  Forty percent is not what I’d call statistically insignificant.

I’ve found this to be perhaps the most visceral and contentious of gun forum debates. When I suggest to someone that the ammo he crafted himself might be a handicap in court, it’s as if they had just prepared a Thanksgiving feast for their family from scratch, and I’d told them “Don’t poison your family with that crap, go out and buy them some KFC.”

They react as if you had told them they had ugly babies.

Here are two very good writeups, at least one by an attorney, explaining how and why handloaded ammunition can muddy the waters if and when you find yourself in court after a self-defense shooting:

https://www.glocktalk.com/a/the-peculiar-problem-of-handloads-in-self-defense-shootings.18/

and

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/carrying-handloads-for-self-defense.618021/

Read, and if you have any friends who use handloads for serious social purposes, please share. You might just save them from the sort of nightmare suffered by the defendant in New Jersey v. Daniel Bias, who was bankrupted by legal fees before the first of his three trials was over, and wound up serving hard time.  Both of his attorneys were convinced he was innocent, and told me they believed that if he had simply had factory ammo in his home defense gun, the case would probably never have even gone to trial.

Discussion is invited here, but PLEASE, read and absorb the two links before posting.
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not to keep thumping on this,  but this just hit my inbox this morning from Massad Ayoob.

http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/

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THE PROBLEM WITH HANDLOADS FOR DEFENSE
Friday, May 5th, 2017 by Mas | No Comments »

For years, I’ve warned people that there are a couple of serious concerns with using handloaded ammunition for personal or home defense.  The big one is forensic replicability when the shooter is accused, and opposing theories of distance become a factor.

How often does this happen? One time some years ago, that question came up on an internet debate.  I looked through the ten cases I had pending at the time as an expert witness, and gunshot residue (GSR) testing to determine distance from gun muzzle to the person shot was an issue in four of them.  Forty percent is not what I’d call statistically insignificant.

I’ve found this to be perhaps the most visceral and contentious of gun forum debates. When I suggest to someone that the ammo he crafted himself might be a handicap in court, it’s as if they had just prepared a Thanksgiving feast for their family from scratch, and I’d told them “Don’t poison your family with that crap, go out and buy them some KFC.”

They react as if you had told them they had ugly babies.

Here are two very good writeups, at least one by an attorney, explaining how and why handloaded ammunition can muddy the waters if and when you find yourself in court after a self-defense shooting:

https://www.glocktalk.com/a/the-peculiar-problem-of-handloads-in-self-defense-shootings.18/

and

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/carrying-handloads-for-self-defense.618021/

Read, and if you have any friends who use handloads for serious social purposes, please share. You might just save them from the sort of nightmare suffered by the defendant in New Jersey v. Daniel Bias, who was bankrupted by legal fees before the first of his three trials was over, and wound up serving hard time.  Both of his attorneys were convinced he was innocent, and told me they believed that if he had simply had factory ammo in his home defense gun, the case would probably never have even gone to trial.

Discussion is invited here, but PLEASE, read and absorb the two links before posting.
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This was fantastic! 

Do you have any similar articles for trigger jobs?

I remember one court case that ended up talking about ammunition.   The lawyer made the argument that because the subject purchased hollow point ammunition, he was premeditated in killing his victim (who was attacking him) with malice.
The defense simply stated that the subject purchased and used the same ammunition as the police used, which reduced over-penetration and ricochet danger... and asked if the lawyer was implying something about Law Enforcement.
This line of questioning was immediately dropped.