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Not the point, Tresspass. It's a legal issue.
Aside from what's been pointed out, once a shooting takes place, ammo in your gun is now evidence that won't be used for testing that could prove your case.
None of your other handloads will be accepted as evidence, either, since you can't prove it's the same ammo.
I believe that happened in the aforementioned suicide case where the husband was arrested for murder. Full power factory ammo , used for testing, showed lot's of stipling and powder residue on the victim. The handloaded target ammo that killed her would have shown much less stipling, but that ammo was not used for the test--it was evidence!
The prosecution contended she was shot at too long a distance for it to have been a suicide. Correct analysis with factory ammo, but not for the light target load that killed her. Tests with the ammo actually used in the suicide would have produced stipling consistent with the crime scene.