Got some questionable hand loads

[DIXIEKIMBER]

9mm factory loads are cheap enough that you don't have to endanger yourself with someone elses questionable handloads. Around here you can go to Wally World and buy 100rnds for about $10 and have peace of mind.

 

[HankB]

I don't shoot other people's reloads.

I don't give or sell other people MY handloads.

I don't buy or shoot gun show reloads.

Too much downside, not much upside . . . especially in cartridges like 9mm P, which are CHEAP when loaded by the factory.

 

[deadin]

I haven't wasted my time reading all of the responses to your question because there is only one answer concerning unknown reloads. DO NOT USE!!!
Either break them down, dump the powder and use the other components or dispose of them. Personally, I won't even use a reload from my best friend in any of my guns. If I didn't load it, I won't shoot it.

Dean

 

[OldSchooler]

I dont plan on EVER firing them. I plan on trading them for stuff when people REALLY need ammo.

Okay, let me see if I got this right.
Youre going to hoard them until SHTF Day. Then you will use what is already POS ammo as trade tokens for people who are, shall we say, distraught enough as it is? Distraught, armed people?

Providing your trade partners survive:

A. The ammo itself, or,
B A dangerous encounter wherein they actually use the POS ammo,

You will not have done much to endear your "customer" to you, who is now a very disgruntled individual that likely wants a "refund" - with no LE and no small claims court to muddy the proceedings. Should this turn of events result in your own personal SHTF Day, you could possibly stand the worse for it.

I'd call that poor business practice and piss-poor planning. Just because it's SHTF Day, doesnt mean you should turn jackal.

You got the stuff for nothing. You're out nothing. Dispose of it or recycle it.

Here's an idea. Take the stuff on your next campout, have a few drinks and then toss the ammo into your campfire, one handful at a time. Great fun and excellent training if your personal SHTF Day ever comes.

 

[jjohnson]

Dump 'em.

Yeah...... I HATE to waste ammo, too, but come on, 9mm is cheap. It's not like pitching even 7.5 Swiss or something worth pulling bullets on so you can recycle the brass. Somebody else's unknown ammo is potentially problematic to start with, and if it's visibly wrong, don't go any further. I like the idea of using the brake fluid to kill it. There's just too many down sides to the equation to make any idea outside of properly disposing of it make any sense.

 

[Tidewater Tom]

Lifes to short...toss em. It's 9mm!