Safety glasses while reloading

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Demi-human said:
While statistically the likelihood of having a primer ignite and cause others to go off and send shrapnel flying, is quite low, who needs extra risk in their life. I wear them when shooting also.

I like the extinguishers DRAINSMITH. I have only one press so I have only one extinguisher.
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Kinda off topic but still safety.

Regular A-B-C ( combination) fire extinguishers do little to no good for smokeless powder fires. Water is the only true method.

Smokeless can burn without outside oxygen. so Co2 does nothing either.

Just saying:)
 
I wear them almost all the time while priming. It's easy since I'm used to wearing them at work. I'm retired now, but have taken up hobby machining. The safety glasses are all over my garage / shop. Every bench has at least one pair, and the loading bench has one pair by each press.

I still manage to forget on occasion. But I also wear regular glasses, whenever I'm awake.
 
Nanook said:
I wear them almost all the time while priming. It's easy since I'm used to wearing them at work. I'm retired now, but have taken up hobby machining. The safety glasses are all over my garage / shop. Every bench has at least one pair, and the loading bench has one pair by each press.

I still manage to forget on occasion. But I also wear regular glasses, whenever I'm awake.
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That is why I store mine in the completed round bin.
 
Ready to prime cases!

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Safety glasses and hear plugs are two things work drilled into me over the years .
 
goldpelican said:
My grandfather lost an eye shortly after WWII from a reloading accident - was doing something with 303 British and lost an eye from a primer. Life long impact.
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...this suddenly reminded me of a forgotten story my dad related from WWII when he and his Navy buddies tried to pry a primer out of a large caliber machine gun round with a screwdriver (presumably after emptying it) and it ended up deep in his thumb. I never reload without eye protection, especially primers like you said...
 
My all-day-long, every day, prescription indoor and sun glasses have safety lenses. I always select frames that provide a greater than usual amount of coverage.
There is a box of various sizes of child and adult safety glasses immediately inside the shop door, below the light switch. The box sticks out from the wall and it has a notice on it, it can't be missed. Extra face shields are close by.
 
someguy2800, nice safe outfit but what if you need to go to the bathroom? That could be an accident of a different sort if you were wearing that gear.:)
 
Yes I do. I've been reloading since the mid '60s and have never had a prime pop. On the other hand I've been using table saws on and off sine I was a kid and never had a mishap until four years ago when I sliced my left thumb. Now I have a thumb with a small scar and no feeling. Better safe than sorry. And yes, the blade guard was in place on the saw and I still haven't figured out how I managed to cut myself.
 
Rule3 wrote:
Regular A-B-C ( combination) fire extinguishers do little to no good for smokeless powder fires....
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I agree.

In fact, I would go on to assert that by the time you can get to a fire extinguisher, free it from its hanger, pull the safety pin and employ it, the smokeless powder fire is probably going to already be over. The reason I keep fire extinguishers near my reloading bench is not to put out a powder fire, but to extinguish all the other combustible materials on or around the bench (including the bench itself) that will probably be ignited by the burning powder.
 
hdwhit said:
I agree.

In fact, I would go on to assert that by the time you can get to a fire extinguisher, free it from its hanger, pull the safety pin and employ it, the smokeless powder fire is probably going to already be over. The reason I keep fire extinguishers near my reloading bench is not to put out a powder fire, but to extinguish all the other combustible materials on or around the bench (including the bench itself) that will probably be ignited by the burning powder.
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Kinda like the Coast Guard requires and tiny fire extinguisher on my boat (any boat) if the gas powder boat has a fire, I sure am not gonna try and put it out. I am going OVERBOARD!!

Every see a gas bilge fire on a boat? KABOOM!! I thing the fumes from one cup of gas equals a few sticks of dynamite!
 
I do, but more for vision purposes than safety. Still, wearing glasses that are shatterproof gives me comfort in case a primer pops. Hasn't happened yet, but if it does, some protection is better than none.
 
My previous set of prescription eye glasses were upgraded to ballistic poly carbonate lenses. I did not foot the extra bill for the same upgrade on my current glasses so I wear over mold safety goggles when I work on my reloading bench. Use the same glasses when doing yard work as well. A little bit of discomfort, looking funny, and $2 out of your pocket is better than the cost of a glass eye.
 
I always wear glasses when reloading and insist that anyone reloading with me also wears glasses -- this is pretty much always the rule when working on anything in the "shop". Haven't had a primer go off (yet) but glasses are very cheap insurance against all kinds of eye hazards: safety first :)
 
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