xtp or deep curl/ mmp or harvester
12-08-2010 | 03:44 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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Nato
That is why the name was changed... Speer has contracts all over the world to supply Law Enforcement with Gold Dot Pistol bullets. Rather than change that name they came up with the new name....
As i read the information and discussed it with a salesman at a sproting goods store - yes you could be liable if you a non-approved bullet for 'personal protection' further you can not use reloads as you may not reload them to the desired PP standard.
You can use them for personal protection in the woods vs. other animals - if that helps....
I am not totally sure of all the in and outs of the court rulings. But one individual ended up getting award a tidy sum of money because he was shot as a home intruder with a hunting bullet from a 45 acp that was hand loaded with a XTP.
You might and should do some leg work to verify what is good and what is not.
Others out there will certainly know more about this than I...
That is why the name was changed... Speer has contracts all over the world to supply Law Enforcement with Gold Dot Pistol bullets. Rather than change that name they came up with the new name....
Holy crap. So I have a load (I should say, "loads of a load"...I have 1000 of them) from Georgia Arms that is a +P load with the Speer Gold Dot bullet (40S&W). I believe it is 1300 FPS...I'll have to check. Anyway, since these are not packaged as "personal protection" or whatever, I could be liable in some way for using them if needed? Or if I roll my own (I am getting reloading stuff for Christmas) self defense rounds, same thing?
You can use them for personal protection in the woods vs. other animals - if that helps....
Now, is this only in the case of collateral damage, i.e. a 3rd party gets hurt or their property gets damaged? So, if the same happens using a "pre-packaged personal protection load", I am not liable? What if I use my own load on an assailant and he dies? I am liable for his death because my own load was "more lethal" and a prepackaged PP load probably would not have (ha, ha) killed him?
You might and should do some leg work to verify what is good and what is not.
Others out there will certainly know more about this than I...
