Liability is where it’s at. You’re going to make $25 profit on 5 boxes, and when one of your customers has a split case, blows up his gun, puts an eye out and successfully sues you for $250K, you’ll be wishing you’d tried another hobby!Devil's advocate post:
Is a person who reloads ammunition required to be licensed as a manufacturer?
Yes, if the person engages in the business of selling or distributing reloads for the purpose of livelihood and profit.
No, if the person reloads only for personal use.
So if you are not doing it for your "livelihood" AND "profit" would it be allowed? Let's say, oh, 5 boxes of 100 for two or three people and you only charge five bucks over your components. Liability issues aside, what says the INGO/lawyer crowd?
That's generally where I'm at. The one exception was loading some 6.5x53R Dutch ammo (pretty much unobtanium) for myself and 2 other INGOers, but we all shared the cost of components and I basically just provided the labor for free. They were loaded on a single stage press, with each round checked and double checked, and I was the first to test fire them.I wont even GIVE people my reloads due to the liability risk.
I did make one batch of 25 for a friend at church to try having never shot flat points before, but those were essentially hand loaded, with the charge double checked with a scale.
To this point, it maybe legal, but it will cost you to prove it if Big Brother comes after you. Justice maybe blind, but it's not free.Just to be clear, I don't want to, nor plan on doing this. The question I pose is only about the legality of it with regard to the BATFE and the aforementioned situation.