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I did not find a "poll" option on the editor, so please forgive the clumsiness of creating a poll in a thread.

I am interested in the ACTUAL practices of ACTUAL reloaders regarding some elements of reloading. Please only reply if you are a reloader and you ARE using/not using the practices I list below. There's nothing nefarious going on, nor are there any "hidden agendas". I'm not a lawyer and this has nothing to do with "business" of any sort. It's simply a discussion among a few friends regarding what to tell folks considering getting into reloading.

In the context of "full disclosure":

I am not particularly "fond" of those that practice one thing, and tell others to "do" something else. I find this behavior all too common among our nation's lawmakers, as well as among MANY reloaders. They are very quick to tell others how they are supposed to behave, but don't come close to that behavioral standard themselves. In the case of advising those new to reloading, or contemplating starting reloading, I think such "advice" is discouraging and ultimately harmful. (Just as the same behavior is harmful when our legislators practice it.)

So here's the first pair of questions:

I WEAR SAFETY GLASSES EVERYTIME AND ALL THE TIME I AM PERSONALLY RELOADING.

I USE SAFETY GLASSES DURING SOME OPERATIONS OF MY PERSONAL RELOADING.

I NEVER WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WHEN I RELOAD.

Now, I'm NOT suggesting that safety glasses aren't a "good idea' FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO USE THEM. What I am "opposed to" is telling a newby that they "HAVE" to get a pair of safety glasses if they intend to reload, and if they don't, they are being "irresponsible" and they are "hurting all of us in the shooting community". Frankly, the last phrase annoys the hades out of me.

Again, in the context of "full disclosure":
I have been reloading for exactly 45 years, six months and four days, and I have never once worn a pair of safety glasses while reloading. Futhermore, I have used for more than 40 years, that "dangerous device" the automatic primer tube on the RCBS press. I have all my fingers and toes and faculties, and have never been to or needed to go to the emergency room. Neither has there EVER been a need for "safety glasses" at my reloading bench. Also, I about as far from a "vanilla" reloader as you can get, having worked up thousands of loads for wildcats, and duplesx and triplex loads for all sorts cartridges.

So, IF YOU RELOAD, I'm interested in WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DO, not what you THINK every body else should do. IF YOU DON'T RELOAD but you are the OSHA representative for your union shop, please save your opinions for a thread you start.

Thanks for your time and honesty.

Paul

I don't wear safety glasses while reloading in 40 years I have had one primer pop. Can't say that it was dangerous as it is housed completely in the die.

I WEAR SAFETY GLASSES EVERYTIME AND ALL THE TIME I AM PERSONALLY RELOADING.

BUT my reading glasses are also safety glasses so it is no big deal.

Here I am all ready to put up a mess o'.32 long wadcutters.

I have never wore safety glasses during reloading. I've reloaded shotgun since age 8 and rifle the last 10 years or so.

I do need reading glasses lately for some operations though.

Kent

I cook bacon in the nude.

TMI

Call me suspicious, but I just feel there is "something" more to this post, something hiding in the background.

So.... I do what I do. I am responsible for my own actions. I won't ask you to do it the same way, and expect the same in return.

Thanks noKnees. I appreciate that, sincerely. I am truly trying to find out what the "community" actually does.

Also... thanks to levrluvr and steelhead. A little levity is 'a good thing'.

Paul

ColdBore - It would not be possible for you to be more wrong in your suspicions.

Paul

When you present a small target (or maybe the correct term here is a soft target), it's not that dangerous.

never

I have always worn glasses, since I was 10, my glasses are real glass, not plastic, so I guess you could say I always wear glasses when reloading. My eyes, my decision.

OTOH, if someone wants to comment that there may be a SAFER way to do something and recommend that method, that doesnt mean he is being a safety nazi and is likely just a citizen trying to help out a newbie. The fact that you have done something a certain way for years and have suffered no injury does not necessarily mean that is the best or safest way to do it. JMHO

I do not wear safety glasses while reloading or anything else. I do wear prescription glasses. miles

jnyork,

I tried to make it clear that I wasn't oopposed to whatever safety one wanted to use. What I'm opposed to is "Do as I SAY, not what I DO."

Paul

"I cook bacon in the nude."
Damn. I bet that hurts when the grease splatters.

did you get the 222 stuff?

I've worn RX glasses since I was a teenager, same time I started loading... I've always had polycarbonate lenses... No side shields though

That's me. I've got 20/20 vision, but that's at 20 feet. Up close, I need the readers. Before my mid-40's, no glasses.

No accidents, either.

No glasses and I've been known to smoke while reloading .

I do wear safety glasses while weed-eating or using a chainsaw so it ain't like I think I'm bullet-proof .

And I did stop using my kinetic bullet puller when a guy on here reported a bad experience with one so it ain't like I'm too old to change .