I always use safety glasses and ear protection when priming so the thought of a single primer going off do not scare me but imagine a full tray with a hundred primers?
I have seen pictures of that and also of blown aluminum tubes and that really scares me.
That is why I quit using hand priming tools a couple of years ago.
I now use an RCBS bench priming tool with APS strips and will never go back.
It gives a much better feel and the primers are always seated all the way.
Best part is that a primer going off can never cause others to detonate.
That being said, I have a Dillon 1050 with a Mark 7 autodrive for 9mm.
It runs about 1200 rounds an hour.
Once in a while there are primers upside down or primers seated sideways and completely crushed but I have never had a primer going off.
I have deprimed hundreds of cases with live primers and never had a primer going off here either.
But Murphy is always lurking and some day it will probably happen.
We have to keep that in mind and take our precautions.
Stay safe!
I have seen pictures of that and also of blown aluminum tubes and that really scares me.
That is why I quit using hand priming tools a couple of years ago.
I now use an RCBS bench priming tool with APS strips and will never go back.
It gives a much better feel and the primers are always seated all the way.
Best part is that a primer going off can never cause others to detonate.
That being said, I have a Dillon 1050 with a Mark 7 autodrive for 9mm.
It runs about 1200 rounds an hour.
Once in a while there are primers upside down or primers seated sideways and completely crushed but I have never had a primer going off.
I have deprimed hundreds of cases with live primers and never had a primer going off here either.
But Murphy is always lurking and some day it will probably happen.
We have to keep that in mind and take our precautions.
Stay safe!
