How many have done this before?

[Shak3s1977]

Well I wasn't paying attention when depriming 44 magnum brass tonight. GFL brass and their crooked primer holes. I went to tilt the case while going up in the depriming die.

On a positive note, I probably won't be doing that again anytime soon.

 

[bullseye308]

Deprimed a finger, yup. Sorry you experienced it.

 

[.308 Norma]

Deprimed a finger, yup.

 

[ms6852]

On a positive note, I probably won't be doing that again anytime soon.

Or picking your nose. OUCH!

 

[troy fairweather]

Not exactly like that but had a few injuries, worst was flaring the necks on 45-70 and slipped of the stool I was on, instinctively grabbed the press with my left hand and cookie cuttered my left thumb with the case. I think I was actually lucky it hit bone, if it didn't there would have been a 45 cal hole all the way thur my thumb. Had the lever fall a few times and get my finger between the shell holder and die.

A buddy of mine had a lee decapping rod shot thur his had depriming brass,

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Not that but I do have a Lyman decapping rod scar from reaching across the top of the press. This is from WAAAY back when I had a reloading room and traditional bench mounted press. I haven’t hurt myself since I switched to the barstool.

 

[DustyRusty]

That cookie cutter from the case mouth story touched a nerve.
I've been close enough to doing that to be properly cautious.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Well I wasn't paying attention when depriming 44 magnum brass tonight. GFL brass and their crooked primer holes. I went to tilt the case while going up in the depriming die.

On a positive note, I probably won't be doing that again anytime soon. View attachment 1208167

Sorry it happened but I can't see HOW it went that far.

 

[troy fairweather]

Forgot to add, I had a lee hand press break and give me a nasty cut on my hand, of all the rounds I loaded with that press it broke when I was neck sizing some 308 win.

 

[Show Me]

OSHA regulations state heavy leather gloves, a full face respirator and a seat belt at all times. Must have respirator training , a fit test and breathing test. Then first aid training for self repair including blood born pathogens. Hazardous dust can enter eye's , nose , ears and mouth.

 

[armoredman]

Yes, been there, smashed that.

 

[rdnktrkr]

I've got a nice scar on my arm from a Hornady die, reached over the press and scraped it good, now I put a plastic cover on all my decapping dies

 

[Walkalong]

I never drew blood, but pinched a finger pretty good once. It doesn't take us long to learn the power of compound leverage.

 

[jmorris]

Many years ago, I was the bullet feeder and my Brother the case feed and drive, even he didn't smash my finger that bad.

I don't use that much force, mainly so things don't get mangled when things go wrong.

Like in 39 seconds into this video, it might look like a guy just swinging away but I can feel every primer go in and am light enough on the ram up stroke to not mangle anything when the bullet was not lined up. Makes the restart instant, if you don't have to clear out mangled things, first.

100+ rounds Dillon 650

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I've seen worse though, my buddy sent me this one, while he was driving the guy to the hospital. Hurts, every time I see it...



I try and figure out how in the world he did it sometimes...

 

[CQB45ACP]

I never drew blood, but pinched a finger pretty good once. It doesn't take us long to learn the power of compound leverage.

Yes pinched a few times trying to hold a bullet steady, etc, but never have drawn blood. I tend to stop anytime I feel or sense abnormal resistance.

 

[Mk-211]

If you chamfer the inside and out on rifle cases, the edge can get almost razor sharp.

If you're not careful, you can cut yourself pretty bad with one.

 

[lightman]

Ouch! That hurts!
I've never deprimed a finger but I was changing dies in a 450 Lyman Sizer/Lubricator and had the handle fall. It punched a hole in my thumbnail that matched the top punch!

 

[ballman6711]

Haven't drawn blood at the press, but have mashed my finger once using the press and once when the handle fell. You learn quick, real quick.

chris

 

[WestKentucky]

Yes. Not depriming, but trying to hold flat based bullets square enough to seat them. The pinch hard and fast.

 

[Bush Pilot]

That had to smart a bit.

 

[troy fairweather]

That cookie cutter from the case mouth story touched a nerve.
I've been close enough to doing that to be properly cautious.

Funny enough I had a finger get cut off at work and the cookie cutter incident gives me the chills more thinking about it, it hurt more to. Ps steel radials from a blown up truck tire can be extremely sharp, especially when your on a 16 hr shift and the driver only tells you about the tire when your about cleaned up ready to go home.

 

[Bazoo]

Wow, sorry to see it. I've just barely pinched a finger, nothing like that.

That guy with a casing through his fingernail... we need a "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" like button. Man that must have been seriously painful.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Funny enough I had a finger get cut off at work and the cookie cutter incident gives me the chills more thinking about it, it hurt more to. Ps steel radials from a blown up truck tire can be extremely sharp, especially when your on a 16 hr shift and the driver only tells you about the tire when your about cleaned up ready to go home.

Wow! In HS I got hit in the head by a golf club when working at driving range and got finger caught in a printing press (many stitches) a few years later, but man. Sorry. Did have a coworker shoot off tip of his finger at quantico during quarterly qualification training--he was so embarrassed he transferred to national security stuff where he'd not have to qualify again.

 

[berettaprofessor]

I've made many mistakes reloading but have yet to deprime a finger.

 

[FROGO207]

A couple pinched fingers over the years loading 25 ACP but never did draw blood thank goodness. Slow and steady goes a long way towards being safe.