bassjam
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My 22 month old is obsessed with anything an everything mechanical in the garage and my gun area bench. Yesterday I was reloading some 9mm, and after hearing him plead at the door "Da-eee, Da-eeee" I let him in. The sound of the finished rounds dropping into the bin of my Load Master caught his attention immediately, and he wanted to hold the fresh rounds as they came out. I decided to see how his helping skills were so I placed the reloading tray next to him and asked him to take the rounds out of the bin and place them in the tray, primer side up. He knew exactly what I asked and did exactly what I wanted, but as I was working the press I noticed the blast shield for the primers and realized he wasn't "protected" where he was sitting. Since there was only about 15 primers left by then I put some safety glasses on him and continued slowly, but it began to worry me.
My question, if you read all this, is everyone's thoughts on letting a toddler "help" like this? Safe? Unsafe? Downright dangerous? Suggestions? Obviously I think it's pretty cool to have my little buddy hang out and get engaged in my hobbies, but not if it's going to put him in serious danger.
My question, if you read all this, is everyone's thoughts on letting a toddler "help" like this? Safe? Unsafe? Downright dangerous? Suggestions? Obviously I think it's pretty cool to have my little buddy hang out and get engaged in my hobbies, but not if it's going to put him in serious danger.