Gloves and ammo
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Nugilum
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I used to. Not anymore.
ObsidianOne
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Why would one want to do this?
Nugilum
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I did to keep the rounds from tarnishing.
THE DARK KNIGHT
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I don't even wash my hands to cook or eat, why would I wear gloves to touch ammo? LOL
The Lone Haranguer
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It never occurred to me. 
Should I start?
Should I start?
TheCol.U.S.M.C.
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ammo nope, no reason to. I do wear latex gloves to clean my guns with thats just because I hate what the chemicals do to my hands
ObsidianOne
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Do you clean with battery acid or something?
Shadow 7D
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Play with CLP long enough and it kinda 'burns' your hands and will cause them to become more sensitive and well its not nice.
I had an uncle who ended up in the hospital, in liver failure. They had changed one of the cleaners in his shop, new stuff was acetone based and months of cleaning stuff without gloved mean he had adsorbed an almost FATAL toxic level of it.
But load with gloves, gees fellow, are you planning a hit or something?? cause there are others ways they will get you.
I had an uncle who ended up in the hospital, in liver failure. They had changed one of the cleaners in his shop, new stuff was acetone based and months of cleaning stuff without gloved mean he had adsorbed an almost FATAL toxic level of it.
But load with gloves, gees fellow, are you planning a hit or something?? cause there are others ways they will get you.
N003k
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Only time I've even considered doing this is with .22LR ammo, and that's just because of how much of the lead seems to rub off while I load it. I rather don't see the point for any jacketed round.
Sav .250
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Never.......
USAF_Vet
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No, I have not. No plans to either. Maybe if I get into hand loading and casting my own lead bullets, then I probably will.
Never have.
I have seen it done at a range by a person in what I would call full protective gear i.e. breathing mask, hair covering, disposable paper suit, "chem goggles" , booties and gloves.
Outside of a premeditated criminal act I do not know why you would want to.
NukemJim
I have seen it done at a range by a person in what I would call full protective gear i.e. breathing mask, hair covering, disposable paper suit, "chem goggles" , booties and gloves.
Outside of a premeditated criminal act I do not know why you would want to.
NukemJim
steelbird
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Handling large amounts of lead can be considered hazardous, but I think that would be on a large scale industrial level- not handling ammunition, AFAIK. Plastic gloves with ammo seems a little like Howard Hughes-style obsessive-compulsiveness to me.
mdauben
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If you let any solvent based product (like Break-Free) come in contact with your skin can cause irritation and "defat" the skin (remove the natural oils) which can results in dryness, dermatitis and cracking of the skin. I always use gloves when cleaning my guns.
rugerman
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Yep got me one of those boy in the bubble suits, thats why I don't shoot much in the summer, too hot! Really who does that?
Cop Bob
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Huh?
I rarely wear gloves. I generally take my contacts out before cleaning/loading a lot of rounds though because I have a hard time getting my hands/fingertips clean enough to want to stick them in my eye shortly afterwards.
The next time I load a bunch of cheap Russian ammo for my pistols I will probably wear latex gloves to keep all that crap off my fingers.
I do not worry at all about corrosion. Ammo is tough. It'll be just fine.
The next time I load a bunch of cheap Russian ammo for my pistols I will probably wear latex gloves to keep all that crap off my fingers.
I do not worry at all about corrosion. Ammo is tough. It'll be just fine.
coosbaycreep
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I wear cloth/leather type gloves while shooting/loading my guns because I don't like handling lead, and I usually keep a light coat of oil on my guns and don't like getting that on my hands either.
I wear latex gloves while reloading ammo or cleaning the bore of a gun, once again, because I don't like handling lead, and cleaning solvents are nasty.
I wear cloth type gloves when wiping my guns down after cleaning the bore before they go in the safe, because latex gloves leave a powdery residue on them.
The only gun I don't wear gloves to shoot is my carry gun, and that's because it's "germ free". No one else shoots it, and I don't oil it because it rides in my pocket and I don't want remoil in there either.
No one else I know shoots/loads/cleans with gloves though, and admittedly, I'm OCD about germs/dirt/nastiness and prefer to prevent any of that stuff from touching my skin.
Yeah, I'm a weirdo.
I wear latex gloves while reloading ammo or cleaning the bore of a gun, once again, because I don't like handling lead, and cleaning solvents are nasty.
I wear cloth type gloves when wiping my guns down after cleaning the bore before they go in the safe, because latex gloves leave a powdery residue on them.
The only gun I don't wear gloves to shoot is my carry gun, and that's because it's "germ free". No one else shoots it, and I don't oil it because it rides in my pocket and I don't want remoil in there either.
No one else I know shoots/loads/cleans with gloves though, and admittedly, I'm OCD about germs/dirt/nastiness and prefer to prevent any of that stuff from touching my skin.
Yeah, I'm a weirdo.
Mike1234567
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I don't think the OP cares about finger prints other than maybe preventing tarnish. Why should we worry about finger prints on spent casings?
I'm pretty sure we've answered the OP's question
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