If you’ve been considering reloading your own ammunition as a way to save money, you should first consider the dangers involved. Here at Speed Beez, your source for speed loaders and holsters, we believe that safety should always be your number one priority. Reloading ammunition can be just as dangerous to your personal safety as it is to those around you.
How so? Let’s take a look at how reloading ammunition can cause damage to your firearm and cause personal injury.
- If you don’t seat the bullet to the correct depth, dangerous pressure can build up.
- With just a simple mistake, it’s easy to double charge a round or use too much gun powder.
- You can end up with a squib stuck in the barrel of your gun if you use too little gun powder. If this happens and you don’t realize it, and you fire off another round, you can end up with an exploded gun and some serious personal injury.
- If you use your shell casings too many times, they’ll crack.
- If you have gunpowder from different batches or purchases, it can act differently.
- If the primer hole is too loose, the primer may blow out due to the pressure of firing the cartridge.
- If you’ve repeatedly cleaned your brass shells with ammonia or you’ve repeatedly reloaded them, they can become hardened – creating a greater risk of cracking.
- If you’re casting your own bullets, you’re risking the hazard of breathing lead filled fumes.
- You risk exceeding maximum loads that can cause over-pressure conditions that are dangerous.
