Reloading Injuries

[Ol' Red]

I'm worried that I may have given my Die Hep C that I got from a toilet seat at a Taylor Swift concert.

It's tough to get those backstage passes.

 

[Ol' Red]

+2 = did it twice!!!

Only twice? Now your just bragging.

 

[Mark37082]

I've been lucky not to leak too much blood in the reloading room. I will recommend to always where shoes when walking through your reloading area. Those spent primers are sneaky. I had to dig one out of my heel last year. I didn't want to track mud into the room from outside. Learned my lesson.

 

[Phil Rizzo]

I hate those **** slotted RCBS threaded stems.
Pain to adjust, difficult to be any kind of consistent,
"1/8 turn ought be close", bad memories from Dads 40+ years ago.

And sharp up top, when reaching over. To the underside of a forearm.

 

[Phil Rizzo]

I pinched my finger under the ram when the lever decided to finish the stroke in its own

I assume the sizer/deprimer wasn't screwed in!

 

[Rosebud]

Does reloading the chainsaw count?

Getting a new chain out of the package

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Ouch!

 

[Will.284]

I pushed a freshly deburred and trimmed case right through the tip of my finger. It was like a cookie cutter to my finger.

Owie

 

[Rosebud]

Had my family practice Dr. extract something from my foot that was very annoying. He held it up for inspection and asked what is this. It was a C shaped piece of metal that took me a couple of seconds to realize what it was. Trimmings from a case neck that had fell into my sneakers. Sharp point embedded into the ball of my right foot. He's a hunter, and laughed at me. Smart as@ doctors.

 

[wasskeet]

Nothing like loading .17 cals to pinch your fingers LOL

 

[FLShooter293]

Rub some dirt on it and carry on. Everything stops bleeding eventually

 

[C-130 Dude]

Wipe the blood off....spit on it...get back to work......
....unless you need a booboo bandage...
Cover it with 'superglue'......

Rub a little dirt on it.

 

[Rem7mm08]

25+ years as a mechanic. Always banging hands, fingers, etc.Working along and notice blood on a tool then have to start looking for the wound.

 

[Rum River]

On those rare occasions where I'm handling a single stage press not bolted to a bench (bought at a gun show, helping somebody get set up, etc.) no matter how careful I am it seems like they live for trying to trap my fingers when gravity works the ram.

 

[lyotehunter]

Nothing like loading .17 cals to pinch your fingers LOL

I have a precision seating die that the bullet goes in from the side. No pinch