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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.

As you may be able to tell from the thread title, this is hte second in a series of questions I am asking regarding REAL reloading practices. As such, I will be repeating most of the "background" I presented in the first one.

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 DO NOT HAVE IN MY HOUSE MORE PRIMERS THAN THAT AMOUNT THAT SATIFIES MY IMMEDIATE RELOADING NEEDS. I HAVE A SPECIAL FIRE-PROOF STORAGE "SAFE" FOR STORING MY PRIMERS.

I KEEP AS MANY AS 1000 PRIMERS IN MY HOUSE AT ANY ONE TIME. AND I HAVE NO SPECIAL "SAFE" TO KEEP THEM IN.

Now, I'm NOT suggesting that "primer safes" aren't a "good idea' FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO USE THEM. Nor am I saying that you should have a stockpile of primers on hand that would make Sportsman's Warehouse jealous. What I am "opposed to" is telling a newby that they "HAVE" to have a "primer safe" 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 had a "primer safe". Futhermore, I have used for more than 40 years, that "dangerous device" the automatic primer tube on the RCBS press in the presence of my "stockpile" of 1000 or more primers. I have all my fingers and toes and faculties, and have never been to or needed to go to the emergency room.

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. It isn't OPINIONS I'm seeking, it's ACTUAL PRACTICE.

Thanks for your time and honesty.

Paul

Nope, none of those, just primer cord and dynomite WTF

I think an option for 'No one's [bleep] business' should be allowed.

I keep my stuff in the oven.

Not the bullets, just the primers and powder.

Used to keep them by the fireplace, but my nephew thru some in during the Holidays and was blown into the Christmas tree, setting it on fire.

"I think an option for 'No one's [bleep] business' should be allowed."

That's the default option. You can select it by not commenting.

Paul

wow...

From the responses, I'm getting the feeling that others are thinking the same way, on the whole series of questions.

My thoughts? +1 to SH.

What he said.

I'm still trying to figure out what the question is...

C.

NYFB

I am with Steelhead on this one.

I use my primers more than once.

I bury my primers in an ammo can on my neighbor's property.

Do you have a special designed CAD program to find them later, may need to hire a good surveyor.

Kent

If you know a know a good surveyor that can use CAD, let me know.

I've been drawing the map using charcoal on a large rock...

Lee24.... self allegedly....

give'm a call.

Kent

OH NO, not another Lee thread!

Lost interest on the second paragraph of the first thread.

Felt compelled to comment about it a few lines into the second thread..

Not sure what the questions is!! I do have enough components to start a small insurrection and resupply the 101st Airborne Division at the same time. A 1000 primers on hand WTF. I have two Dillon 550s and hire teens after school to refill the primer tubes. Gotta go, here come the brown truck.