Do you wear eye / ear protection when reloading?

[Ron3]

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.

[lonestardiver]

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 wear reading glasses so I have eye protection on but nothing for hearing. While it is possible for a primer to go off while reloading, I have not encountered it yet but I hear of others on the forums. Likely it is a small chance it could happen.

[PracticalRifleman]

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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[Ron3]

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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Yea, that's what I'm thinking.

I've fired shotgun primers in a garage and rimfire primers (Aguila .22 powderless ammo) in the house. Loud like someone clapping their hands loud and close enough to ring ears but not enough to actually deafen you.

[1_click_off]

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.

[markm]

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.

[vicious_cb]

Ear protection? Seriously, do you work in an ammo factory?

[AndyLate]

Eye protection because I wear glasses. No ear pro. I have never set off a primer reloading.

Andy

[Coal Dragger]

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.

[Bimmer]

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.