I just started and wore both.
I thought about dropping the ear pro and keeping the eye pro.
What are the odds a primer detonates while reloading?
I dont read much talk about it happening so just thought I'd ask.
I just started and wore both.
I thought about dropping the ear pro and keeping the eye pro.
What are the odds a primer detonates while reloading?
I dont read much talk about it happening so just thought I'd ask.
A primer going off won’t be so loud as to damage your hearing. It’s also pretty rare and means the reloaded was making mistakes.
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I use eye protection on my progressive press, when I am single staging I only use eye protection while priming.
Ears, no.
I was reloading some 45-70 with one of those lee hand held loaders you tap everything with a hammer a few years ago and got a little rough and set off a primer. About as loud as a 22 standard velocity round.
Neither. I had a large primer go off in my single stage once. I'm in the habit of whipping the primer arm down onto the press body to clear debris from the cup. Well I did that with a damaged, live primer and bang! Not a big deal. I was really more worried about the vaporized lead in the utility room where my press sits.
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Ear protection? Seriously, do you work in an ammo factory?
Eye protection because I wear glasses. No ear pro. I have never set off a primer reloading.
Andy
I wear eye protection if I’m handling primers and powder doing final loading.
Ear protection I wear when I’m running my RT1500 case trimmer and shop vac to remove brass shavings.
I'm another one wearing eyeglasses... No ear protection. I have music on, usually.
I do wear nitrile exam gloves: Especially loading lead bullets, the tips of my fingers would be about black after a loading session. Now the gloves are black and I discard them.
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