Had my first reloading accident today - PSA

[JagerDog]

One of the reasons I reload is to keep the mrs. out of the garage.

[tonyjr]

I forgot to say this is one of the reasons I wear a face shield .
Another is gun powder in eyes

[Calguns77]

I forgot to say this is one of the reasons I wear a face shield .
Another is gun powder in eyes

Hand priming with a face shield. I'd bet money you're the most cautious reloader ever. Impressive.

[mikeyr]

I generally wear my hearing protection when I reload
Had a primer go off once, just one primer but even that was LOUD.

[tonyjr]

Yes , it gets foggy sometimes . Most of time I have on headphones
too . Not so much to protect hearing as to hear T V .

[Malthusian]

I forgot to say this is one of the reasons I wear a face shield .
Another is gun powder in eyes

Agreed, safety glasses at a minimum

Also even with the Unitek closed system primer upgrade, the leftover
primer residue gets in the air

Having a respiratory sensitivity, I wear a dust mask when depriming

[cvigue]

I've reloaded a lot over the course of 40 years, and never had anything like this happen. I've always used RCBS and Hornady presses; is this somehow made more likely due to some design element in the Dillon primer feed system? I ask because a lot of people seem to report having it happen and they're all using Dillon presses.

Honest question, no brand war desired.

[Trriemferent]

That must have been a loud bang. You're lucky your neighbors didnt call the police. Not sure I would want to explain this to them. Not sure where you live but I don't think it will go well with my local police/fire marshal.

[tonyjr]

Malthusian -
I put a towel on like a bib . Unreal how much stuff come out when decapping .
I expect it when cleaning primer pockets and flash holes . I even get it [ lots
less ] when hand priming .
- -
cvigue - no this is not limited to Dillon or RCBS .I am using a Lee loadmaster
and I had so many problems , I switched to hand depriming and priming .
While it was faster to deprime on press , unless I was doing a whole bunch - it was just as fast doing by hand [ decapping ]
After decapping / cleaning primer pockets and flash holes and putting in either the tumbler , vibrator , or sonic .
Most people have had problems with primers - at least the ones I talked to before coming to this site .
In my case , it could have been me , the cheap primers I was buying or the press -
Probably a combination of all 3 .
Now I do by hand and only use CCI primers .

[tonyjr]

Trriemferent
FYI - The cops show up - you say -
I turned off car , then remembered I had to buy milk . I turned it back on and boom . Really scared me .

[CAL.BAR]

FWIW - it likely happened bc you were pushing up on the primer too hard/too fast. Primers need percussion to go off. You can slowly crush them all day long. But strike them hard and bang. Go slower on the upstroke

[cvigue]

.... strike them hard and bang. Go slower on the upstroke

That's what SHE said!

[Oceanbob]

One of the reasons I reload is to keep the mrs. out of the garage.

Exactly. I lock the door, turn off the cell phone, put on some classical music, put on safety glasses and focus on reloading.

Bob

[d33pt]

when that happens, do all the primers go off at once, or is it "bang bang bang bang bang..."?

[Bert Gamble]

Thanks for the heads up, and glad you were not injured seriously.