Anyone load 308 here?
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No, we don't reload that cartridge here.
Something about its sibblings that just doesn't sit right with us.
Chris
Thats funny! Probably the majority of the members her either load 308, or have in the past. There are lots of issues of loading for others, mainly liability, so don't expect many volunteers. Why not get into it yourself? Its a fun hobby, and can be very rewarding. Good Luck in whatever direction you go, Lightman
I think that due to the bizzare nature of the original post, it was prudent for the guy you quote to state that it's illegal for us to sell our handloads without the appropriate Federal licenses and attendant insurance policies and permits.
We're regulated mostly by fire codes, as to how much powder and primers we can legally store at home in a residential area, but I guess there is no statute on how many rounds you can gift to people, per month, so the sky's the limit as long as you follow the fire codes.
I loaded for a shooting buddy for a year and a half and he'd buy the components and have them shipped to me.
Besides the liability issue in the event that something went tits up, it started getting to be a chore and I was spending more time loading his stuff up than I was loading my own ammo.
Chris
That still might get you into the manufacturing. No one says you have to make a profit doing it.
The way the law is worded, you have to have an FFL (06) if you make it a business. By most definitions, businesses are for the purpose of making a profit.
When you "load for a friend" where they purchase and ship the components, that's just viewed as cost sharing among hobbyists.
The only valid caveat is that when something goes wrong who's on the hook for the injury/damage? Lots of "friendships" have been destroyed over smaller things than a reload damaging or destroying a firearm.
My best recommendation is to find a friend or neighbor that reloads. Work out an arrangement where they "teach you" on their equipment where you purchase the dies if necessary. Then just "reward" them with an tool. piece of equipment, or extra components to compensate them for the time it takes to teach you YOU do the work, they just supervise.
I hear the Obama administration is listening in and will dispatch black helicopters at any given moment.
So be aware of that should you do anything so sinister as to load any ammo for anyone else.
So be aware of that should you do anything so sinister as to load any ammo for anyone else.
I think that, as the guy quoting you above states, there needs to be a 'making a livlihood' component to it, something like 'engaged in commerce, or engaged in business'.
The bigger problem wasn't whether I was operating as a business and I clearly was not, but the problem was one of liability.
What if my ammo blew up one of his spendy Euro tactical rifles (CZ 750, SSP-04 & RWS 260 build)?
I have confidence in my ammo, having almost two decades under my belt with only three duds, but ~2700 rounds is a lot of ammo and it only takes one bad apple.
Anyhow--before we parted ways over the issue, he went on a massive reloading equipment binge and spent a good $4,000+ on every bell and whistle you see here (save for the Premetheus,) but I wasn't around to help him set things up.
Lesson learned.
Chris
