Gloves

[epic1856]

I'm reloading shotgun shells so 9 times out of 10 I'm using gloves. I spill shot, it happens. Prefer avoid touching lead and also the shotgun hulls are dirty. It makes it easier to clean my hands afterwards.

[FLIGHT762]

I have handled thousands of primers with my bare hands and never killed one. The key is to keep your hands clean and free of oils/lubes. If I have to handle primer(s) I double check my hands for oils and clean them if necessary. Simple precaution and all is good.

Besides I perspire way to much with rubber/latex/nitril gloves on anyway.

KeithET

Keith beat me to this. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I've been reloading for over 40 years (I know I'm old). No issue with handling primers with clean fingers. O/P, You're over thinking this. No problem using nitrile gloves, I use them, but mostly to keep my hands / fingers clean.

[cpatbay]

Someone has done a series of tests with primers submerged in oil and water for a few days. After drying them, he made ammo out of them and they still fired. So, my guess is that a little bit of contaminants from handling them isn't going to kill them.

[windrunner]

No glove, no love.

:lol:

[TacticalPlinker]

I wear gloves to help keep my hands from getting dirty. I've also noticed when I don't wear gloves, my hands smell like gun oil or whatever I was using, regardless of how many times I wash them.

I also use nitrile because some people are allergic to latex, and I don't like that powder crap. I also use heavy duty gloves from Harbor Freight meant for mechanics, not that cheap dollar store stuff that rips when you put the glove on.

Note: I don't always wear gloves, in fact more times than not, I don't bother. But I try to wear gloves whenever I think to do so.

[Germz]

1. the only reason to wear glove when touching primers is so hand oils do not contaminate the compounds. primer compounds are only poisonous and relatively unstable before they are sealed into the cups.

2. As far as lead exposure, as long as it is not in liquid form and you aren't breathing in the fumes of molten lead, you'll be ok. Any lead dust on your hands after reloading. wash off with soap and water and you'll be fine

[CEDaytonaRydr]

I use gloves when I reload so that I don't contaminate the powder, or primers but I also wear them to keep fingerprints off my brass. I don't like smudges on my pretty, new reloads.