A week or so ago I fired a box of remanufactered .38 special through a gun for which there exists a lifetime warranty. It's exceedingly rare for me to shoot remanufactured ammo, and each time there's always that subtle fear that something is more likely to go wrong than with new factory ammo... and... if something does go wrong (kaboom) the gun manufacturer will argue that warranty coverage was voided when I fired the reloaded ammo.
Fortunately nothing went wrong, but it made a question (or several) occur to me: Supposing something did go wrong (and I were more unscrupulous than I actually am), how would they ever know? Would they just take my word for it? Are there cost-effective ways for them to tell if a kaboom (or other damage) was caused by the gun or the ammo? Or is it scientifically possible to tell somehow but it isn't worth their trouble/money so they'd just as soon send you a new gun?
Fortunately nothing went wrong, but it made a question (or several) occur to me: Supposing something did go wrong (and I were more unscrupulous than I actually am), how would they ever know? Would they just take my word for it? Are there cost-effective ways for them to tell if a kaboom (or other damage) was caused by the gun or the ammo? Or is it scientifically possible to tell somehow but it isn't worth their trouble/money so they'd just as soon send you a new gun?