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Do You Wear Gloves When Loading Ammo?

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I dont know why but I do- I guess Im paranoid someone will find my fingerprints on the discarded brass. You? :mrgreen:
 
I dont know why but I do- I guess Im paranoid someone will find my fingerprints on the discarded brass. You? :mrgreen:

I already suffer from excessive "dropsies", so no, I don't wear gloves when reloading.

I also don't discard my brass.
 
Who the hell has time? Good lord, I shoot all the time and lots of ammo.

And no guilty conscience! LOL

Altho I admit, some of mine is revolvers and stays in the chamber. But not all.
 
I don't know how long finger prints last, but mine would be on brass all over the US and a.couple foreign countries. None were used in a crime so I'm not concerned...
 
I dont know why but I do- I guess Im paranoid someone will find my fingerprints on the discarded brass. You? :mrgreen:

No, I never wear gloves while reloading ammo.
I fear static charges too much and want to eliminate as much as possible.
That is why i never reload over a carpet.
Also the minor very remote possibility of a live primer getting lost and blowing up the wife's Dyson.
THAT would definitely cost me.

I don't worry about my fingerprints too much.
having a carry license, a silencer in-process, and a SECRET clearance in the Navy, I figure they know all they want to know about me and more anyway.

If i ever felt the need to "OFF" someone, I would not use any method that was loud or drew blood anyway.
But with DNA the way it is now, it is almost impossible for a regular Joe to get away with it anyway.
If i did it, I would have to do it, knowing i would be in prison anyway. Not entertaining any thoughts about getting away with it.
 
Who the hell has time? Good lord, I shoot all the time and lots of ammo.

And no guilty conscience! LOL

Altho I admit, some of mine is revolvers and stays in the chamber. But not all.

Well, not according to some movie and TV sound guys.
Even when the actor shoots a revolver they make the mandatory "tinkling" sound of brass hitting concrete.
Even if it is shooting a black powder revolver, which does not have any brass at all, they still dub in that little "tinkly" sound.

Funny in trying to be realistic, they become more absurd.
 
Well, not according to some movie and TV sound guys.
Even when the actor shoots a revolver they make the mandatory "tinkling" sound of brass hitting concrete.
Even if it is shooting a black powder revolver, which does not have any brass at all, they still dub in that little "tinkly" sound.

Funny in trying to be realistic, they become more absurd.
Like that one scream that is in damn near every single movie.
 
Admittedly I know little about guns, but surely you'd want to if you're regularly handling a neurotoxic metal.
 
Who the hell has time? Good lord, I shoot all the time and lots of ammo.

And no guilty conscience! LOL

Altho I admit, some of mine is revolvers and stays in the chamber. But not all.

This!

Since we have a range, we can go through quite a bit of ammo in one practice session and I'm sure our prints are all over the casings. If the neighbor girl who asks permission to look for casing for the jewelry she makes out of them wants to frame us -- I guess she could. But, I'm not going to worry about it.

I might worry if I had something sinister in mind -- but -- I don't.
 
Admittedly I know little about guns, but surely you'd want to if you're regularly handling a neurotoxic metal.

Depending on how one reloads, one doesn't have to actually grasp any neurotoxic metals, since many bullets are jacketed.

Years ago, when I used to cast my own bullets (cost savings), I still didn't wear gloves, although I did wear a dust mask. There is probably some lead in my body that wouldn't have been there if I had been a bit more concerned with safety during my youth.....
 
I let my grandchildren load my mags. :cool: Just kidding.
 
I let my grandchildren load my mags. :cool: Just kidding.

You are a very cruel grandpa then....cuz that's hard! Unless you get them an Uplula...and they come in colors now ;)
 
This!

Since we have a range, we can go through quite a bit of ammo in one practice session and I'm sure our prints are all over the casings. If the neighbor girl who asks permission to look for casing for the jewelry she makes out of them wants to frame us -- I guess she could. But, I'm not going to worry about it.

I might worry if I had something sinister in mind -- but -- I don't.

good lord, I'm a good citizen at the range and I sweep up brass every once in a while when there....there's piles of it...nobody's going thru all that for fingerprints.

And we clean up ours when shooting outside too.
 
You are a very cruel grandpa then....cuz that's hard! Unless you get them an Uplula...and they come in colors now ;)

As a 3 Gun competitor, I'd be willing to kiss the inventor of the Uplula.
 
I let my grandchildren load my mags. :cool: Just kidding.

I wanna be just like you when I get old. :mrgreen:
 
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