Mornin klmspider,
Your comment "a handloaded cartridge, used in self-defense, opens up one more prosecution area" is a sad truth. It seems like the bad guys have more rights on their side in a lot of states. Heck, Kentucky had the "run away" law till 05 or 06. Now we can defend our self and our property. Before if a bad guy broke in the front door, we were suppose to run out the back door and call the police.
And your "Not all handloaders can" statement is also true. I have made a few mistakes when I first got into reloading. But now, with a few years behind me in reloading, I feel like my reloads are just as good and any store bought loads and better then some. I also feel like my reloads are the perfect "size and strength" for my weapon. That's one of the reasons why I reload. If your OAL is off then your POI will be too. If your weapon is shooting to high, like Bersa's do, you can make your OAL shorter to compensate for the sights. I don't want the hollow points for self defense. I like the blunt nose, kinda like a bowling ball, It don't have to be the fastest going down the lane to knock all the pins down.
I shoot with friends that practice aiming at the person silhouette, I aim at where a button would be on the silhouette. The old "aim small, miss small" theory. Kinda like when I deer hunt, I won't take a shot unless I can hit both
lungs. And yes, more walk away than I take a shot at. I think that's because I'm to darn lazy to have to track them for a hour. I like it better when they just drop. I still get some that will run for 100 feet first, but then they don't move. Same goes for
yotes, (They keep my
ears warm when I'm riding, a western hat don't.)
Now I'm not saying your wrong, I'm just saying we have a different point of view, different style's and use different theory's. With that in mind, and we are ever together when the
, you take the ones on the left.