There is a huge difference in having to re-proof in order to be able to sell a gun and just having it proofed to go through the process for "peace of mind". Stupid can not be fixed. Gov't regs must be followed to do business. While our SAMMI standards are higher than CIP it isn't that much and those are maximum pressures and not all loads are to that level. The problem is there is no way to know without pressure testing each lot of commercially loaded shells , and reloading component lots to really know. We can do the best we can to make educated guesses, and use high quality products. Proof houses are to provide gov't oversight of new manufactured firearms. The laws are not designed to have anything to do with fine collectable firearms. It all comes down to money. Fine vintage firearms are a tiny niche in the overall industry. "They" are from the gov't and are here to help !
