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A reminder about Primers
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<blockquote data-quote="DaveB" data-source="post: 5438121" data-attributes="member: 5958"><p>I guess a year or two ago I had some primers light off in an un-contained environment. I posted up then. </p><p></p><p>To refresh memories, I have a Kenmore vacuum cleaner I have used for around 15 years to pick up anything on the floor or bench that needs picking up. My Lee press has nooks where decapped primers can accumulate. All I have ever done is stick the plastic tip of the host into the nooks. Never an issue. I have also always decapped live primers-never had one light off except the one I did intentionally. </p><p></p><p>So I was vacuuming the nook and for some reason a live primer was touched off. It touched off a bunch of others. I was holding the vacuum plastic tip with my left hand and took anvils in the meat of the palm and several fingers. Nice red blood everywhere. As my son was using his US Army training to pick the metal out of my hand I felt a twinge on my stomach. Pulled T-shirt up and oh boy two primer cases were heat glued to me. Peeled my shirt off and there were more on my upper chest-4 or 5 total, One was embedded little bit more than half the diameter. No blood. Cauterized. BTW, I had hearing troubles for a long time.......</p><p></p><p>So my message to everyone who reloads was and still is, Primers are dangerous. They can light off with little pressure when that anvil is pushed with enough force. </p><p></p><p>Oh, why post this today? Found the T-shirt. Inside the circles are the places where primers hot enough to burn through my shirt hit me. My chest was an arms length away from the ignition point.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]151007[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaveB, post: 5438121, member: 5958"] I guess a year or two ago I had some primers light off in an un-contained environment. I posted up then. To refresh memories, I have a Kenmore vacuum cleaner I have used for around 15 years to pick up anything on the floor or bench that needs picking up. My Lee press has nooks where decapped primers can accumulate. All I have ever done is stick the plastic tip of the host into the nooks. Never an issue. I have also always decapped live primers-never had one light off except the one I did intentionally. So I was vacuuming the nook and for some reason a live primer was touched off. It touched off a bunch of others. I was holding the vacuum plastic tip with my left hand and took anvils in the meat of the palm and several fingers. Nice red blood everywhere. As my son was using his US Army training to pick the metal out of my hand I felt a twinge on my stomach. Pulled T-shirt up and oh boy two primer cases were heat glued to me. Peeled my shirt off and there were more on my upper chest-4 or 5 total, One was embedded little bit more than half the diameter. No blood. Cauterized. BTW, I had hearing troubles for a long time....... So my message to everyone who reloads was and still is, Primers are dangerous. They can light off with little pressure when that anvil is pushed with enough force. Oh, why post this today? Found the T-shirt. Inside the circles are the places where primers hot enough to burn through my shirt hit me. My chest was an arms length away from the ignition point. [ATTACH=full]151007[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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