Is this relaod ammo ok?

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I am looking at an add (not the EE) for some relaod ammo. the description says,

"All made with Berger and Hornady bullets.

Micro weighed and measured using a scale made using IMR 4064. All set the same."

now there are tags on the boxes that read

"Hornady vmax 55 gr, 24 grain imr 4046"

"Berger 70grain VLD target, 23.5 grain imr 4046
C.O.L. 2.23, C.O.L. 2.3"

I am not a re-loader (yet?) but i looked up the numbers in IMR and another place and they say that COL should be 2.15 to 2.25 and that powder load is max 24 for the Hornady and max 25 for the Berger.

So that to me says some of the rounds are potentially to long and that they are all loaded close to ( or at ) max. Now if they are what they say would they be "safe" or should i just avoid these as it is questionable, and not being a re loader i have no way to verify the accuracy of the info.

Part of me says no in the name of caution but the price is good ($0.42/round). my rifle is chambered in 5.56 and it is just for paper.

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A good rule of thumb is never use someone else's reloads in your guns.
You do not know if the seller's scale was accurate, he verified he had the right powder etc. The longer loads may or may not fit your magazine and/or push the bullet in to the lands of YOUR gun with the potential for a pressure spike. They may have worked in HIS gun, but that does not make them safe in yours.
 
You can buy factory ammo for less than that. I would never shoot anyone else's handloads, nor will I let anyone else fire mine. Although in 40 years of reloading I've never had an incident, being human means mistakes can happen and I wouldn't want to be responsible for someone getting hurt.

Edit to add: the price I'm referring to isn't target ammo though, it's FMJ
 
For me the projectile,{ bullet} is the only thing worth much. going pull the bullet to check weight, powder unknown dump it, resize brass, insert new primer. Its my head behind the gun. Bought many reloads pulled them weight them I will never stick someone reloads in my guns, unless I trust them with my life.
 
Same here. I would never shoot anyone’s reloads but my own. Just to many things that can cause problems.
 
Assuming it's actually IMR 4064 powder, at maximum loads it's a compressed charge so slim chance of an overload. Second, that powder seems to be pretty low pressure at 52,500psi for the 55gr and 53,300psi for the 70gr. The extra .050" might even drop that a bit. If they physically fit into the magazine and chamber then I wouldn't be too worried about shooting them. And considering what the bullets cost, 42 cents each even for parts seems pretty cheap.
 
Barnes_270 said:
That's the main issue for reloads of unknown providence. Maybe it's 4064, but what if they made a mistake? 24 grains of pistol powder and it's a pipe bomb.
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True that is the issue but at that price I'd buy them just for the Berger bullets. Then knock them apart and reassemble with known powder. But since the OP doesn't reload, the advice to pass on this deal is well founded.
 
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