Eye protection - reloading

[JockStalk]

I do wear safety specs when I’m reloading, just become a habit I guess.

So yesterday evening, I had some brass to resize and remembered there was a 25-06 loaded round with a loose primer that needed breaking down to recover the bullet and to scrap the brass. The primer was sitting well proud of the primer pocket.

Dropped the collet over the cartridge and tightened up the kinetic hammer. Couple of whacks and ‘bang’ off goes the primer. I keep the hammer at arms length when breaking down, so he primer case harmlessly embedded itself in the ceiling and not in my face/ eye etc.

A healthy reminder to keep safety in mind, and make sure you protect your face/ eyes when reloading.

 

[ashray]

not good. i use a bench bullet puller ,empty the powder then deprime in the press <always have safety glasses on and gloves. >

 

[enfieldspares]

I always wore suitable certified eye protection (plastic goggles held by an elastic strap) and a proper disposable paper fumemask when casting.

Plus leather apron.

As I wear however normal plastic lense eyeglasses with British Standard lenses I don't wear safety glasses for reloading.

 

[tonyshooter]

That's a lesson I must learn.

I currently wear eye protection when reloading, but now I will also wear gloves.
Thank you for posting this.

 

[Klenchblaize]

What’s wrong with your front or back door concrete steps?

K

 

[gixer1]

I must admit to not always wearing safety glasses when reloading…

I must’ve used my kinetic hammer on hundreds of rounds but been lucky that I have never had any go off.

It’s a good reminder to stick the safety glasses on!

Regards,
Gixer

 

[Jamsie]

I can count on one hand the number of rounds that I've had to dismantle since I started reloading but I was NEVER comfortable using a kinetic hammer. Now obtained a bullet puller and after removing the bullet and salvaging the powder, I use the press deprimer to carefully remove the primer. I'm sure that the kinetic hammers work just fine for some folks, but they are not for me. I do also wear safety glasses when reloading as the thought of going through what's left of my life with one eye just doesn't appeal to me.

Jamsie

 

[ColinBr]

Have to admit I've never worn safety glasses when reloading. Yet use them all day at work.

Thanks for the lesson

 

[JockStalk]

First one to go bang with the kinetic hammer for me after a good few hundred, I think the loose primer was the reason - I guess it slammed into the pocket with enough force to initiate it. Lesson learned.
I have used the back steps but we’ve had a lot of rain, so the concrete garage floor is the surface of choice.
A bullet puller on the press will get a look now, but please do take care reloading - I’m pretty careful and this one was a sharp reminder, thankfully without any harm done.

 

[Liveonce]

scary

 

[NP435]

I can count on one hand the number of rounds that I've had to dismantle since I started reloading but I was NEVER comfortable using a kinetic hammer. Now obtained a bullet puller and after removing the bullet and salvaging the powder, I use the press deprimer to carefully remove the primer. I'm sure that the kinetic hammers work just fine for some folks, but they are not for me. I do also wear safety glasses when reloading as the thought of going through what's left of my life with one eye just doesn't appeal to me.

Jamsie

I am with you, I have used the kinetic hammer 40 plus years ago just once and was unhappy about the process, I now use the Hornady collet type puller.

 

[finnbear270]

Day one kinetic hammer, Day two bin, Day three

 

[gixer1]

When first setting up my turret press there were some teething issues so I ended up with quite a few round to disassemble….have to say the kinetic hammer works a treat for this. I have started putting a foam ear defender in the bottom to save the bullet in the case of spritzers, but I also tend to keep it at arms length.

Safety glasses will also now be added to the process!

 

[8x57]

When first setting up my turret press there were some teething issues so I ended up with quite a few round to disassemble….have to say the kinetic hammer works a treat for this. I have started putting a foam ear defender in the bottom to save the bullet in the case of spritzers, but I also tend to keep it at arms length.

Safety glasses will also now be added to the process!

Doesn't your powder get wet?
Autocorrect strikes again.

Having had an "incident" with a primer some years ago that resulted in the primer going off and embedding itself in my cheek just under the eye (no kinetic hammer involved), I learned from that experience and always wear safety glasses when priming cases or removing live primers.

If given the choice I would always use a collet type bullet puller but in some instances especially with smaller bullets these tools don't always give a good grip on the bullet, and you have to resort to a kinetic hammer type bullet puller if you don't want to damage the bullet that you are pulling. If the bullet isn't to be saved, I've found a mole grips in combination with the press to work best for pulling bullets.

 

[gixer1]

Wonder is soft jaw water pump pliers would work with the press and no die method….

 

[bluesako]

plz send me your kinetic hammers and anything else that your scared of bs

 

[DVS1]

I certainly wear safety goggles when priming and having used a kinetic hammer quite a few times I've never experienced any issues like this....food for thought though!!

 

[scrumbag]

A while ago I posted about how I had a hand primer blow up on me. Blew my glasses off my face 6 feet away to land on my work bench....

Scrummy

 

[User00040]

plz send me your kinetic hammers and anything else that your scared of bs

Like lead bullets?

 

[Cottis]

The best thing a kinetic hammer teaches you, is to never make a reloading mistake again.