Originally Posted by
Petrol & Powder
I've never felt that the issue of factory ammo vs. handloaded ammo would be significant in a civil trial, once all the facts were on the table.
HOWEVER...and this is a BIG however. Why open the door and give the plaintiff that possible argument ?
The question is NEVER "will I be sued?" The answer to that is an absolute - YES, you will be sued. You're going to get sued, get over that fact.
The real question is always, "Will I be successfully sued?"
In the end, the type of ammunition will probably not be a factor but WHY expend the energy to fight that battle if you can just side step it from the get go?
As for snubnose factory loads, there are two with honest track records: The FBI load and the Speer Gold Dot Short Barrel Load.
I'm sure there are others that work just fine but when something is known to work well; why deviate ?