I've kept out of this as my problems with Bob are well known, however I'll just say this.
I also talked to Bob before buying about reloading, I have emails going back and forth discussing the proposed bullets & powder types, at no time was it mentioned that reloading would invalidate any warranty or be a problem of any sort. At the time he was selling bullets and brass to reload for the 9mm at the various trade shows.
Yes, I had problems setting up the progressive press with the Berrys plated bullets and Tightgroup powder but none of those rounds were ever fired.
I have been loading ammunition since 1978 including several thousand rounds of 9mm for my Beretta 92s, I have never had a single problem with any reloaded round, ever.
From day one the rifle would occasionally jam loading rounds and the bolt would not go fully into battery, I have photos of this and the damage it caused to casings.
At the time of the failure I was shooting PRVI factory ammunition, I had been using this to run the rifle in using full power factory ammunition.
Here's a reminder of what could happen,
And just for reference, those photos are not of my rifle, that is another rifle which suffered an identical failure.
He answered a list of questions I had prepared, gave me lots of good advice regarding the rifles and build options and even spent time chatting about reloading and shooting in general.
