so who else has hurt themselves while uniforming primer pockets?

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So I'm using a Redding primer pocket uniformer with the drill attachment after sizing my brass and the stupid case catches a little. As a result my hand slips. Now the rim of that particular piece of brass is like a razor from chamfering the end of it a bit too much and the stupid thing goes into the palm of my hand and now I have a .311 size hole straight through the callous and into the fat layer of my hand. f**king mess it made ripping things up in the fat layer due to wobble when my hand hit it, but luckily the flap is still attached a bit so I'm hoping it will re-attach back to my hand and not fall off leaving a big hole.

So take this as a reminder to be careful on the most mundane of tasks.(All I'm personally taking away from this is to chamfer less... :p )

:cheers:

P.S. I would have attached some pics but I taped my hand back together already...
 
That was graphic! lol. In my experience, all of my attempts to try to get my skin flaps to re-attach themselves have failed. Im not sure how the surgens do it, but for me, once the skin comes off, thats it.:needPics:
 
HAHAHAHAHA! I thought I was the only one who has done this! i€ have a .277 circle on my hand. Now I wear a glove that is rubber. It helps with the grip enough that I don't really ever slip anymore. Also I find that uniforming primer pockets after you have fired the brass once makes it WAY easier. New brass sucks to uniform.
 
That was graphic! lol. In my experience, all of my attempts to try to get my skin flaps to re-attach themselves have failed. Im not sure how the surgens do it, but for me, once the skin comes off, thats it.
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Superglue. :p

spenom said:
HAHAHAHAHA! I thought I was the only one who has done this! i€ have a .277 circle on my hand. Now I wear a glove that is rubber. It helps with the grip enough that I don't really ever slip anymore. Also I find that uniforming primer pockets after you have fired the brass once makes it WAY easier. New brass sucks to uniform.
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Well that makes me feel a bit better... :D Maybe those rubberized cotton ones are called for...but that would be doing the smart thing..so clearly that option is out... :p

It was actually twice fired brass. I think what caught was some of the crud from it being fired before. I just decided to uniform the pockets because its mixed factory load brass that I noticed had some shallow pockets last time I loaded it.
 
Haha I've actually thought of using superglue before, but I'm not too sure what happens if chemicals from it enter your bloodstream.
 
epic said:
Haha I've actually thought of using superglue before, but I'm not too sure what happens if chemicals from it enter your bloodstream.
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Superglue (cyanoacrylate glues like crazy glue) were originally invented to use as a wound closure. Strange but true.

Don't use regular crazy glue for that, though - it has other stuff in it and it's not medical grade.
 
Freyr_255 said:
So I'm using a Redding primer pocket uniformer with the drill attachment after sizing my brass and the stupid case catches a little. As a result my hand slips. Now the rim of that particular piece of brass is like a razor from chamfering the end of it a bit too much and the stupid thing goes into the palm of my hand and now I have a .311 size hole straight through the callous and into the fat layer of my hand. f**king mess it made ripping things up in the fat layer due to wobble when my hand hit it, but luckily the flap is still attached a bit so I'm hoping it will re-attach back to my hand and not fall off leaving a big hole.

So take this as a reminder to be careful on the most mundane of tasks.(All I'm personally taking away from this is to chamfer less... :p )

:cheers:

P.S. I would have attached some pics but I taped my hand back together already...
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Welcome to the club, I can sympathize. Because its such a clean cut they take forever to heal.
 
While not a fan of the injury mentioned, I find it much less painful & annoying than then "rip off a knuckle/fingerprint with the grinding wheel/wire brush on the bench grinder when a small part suddenly disappears from your fingertips and they replace it's location against the wheel in question :p

I found that mechanic's gloves (the cheap leather padded ones) work very well at keeping the shells from getting any momentum of their own and becoming miniature meat slicers :cool:
 
lol, I always use electrical tape for cuts when im at work. I'll have to give the super glue a try next time.
 
None of you folks keep the little cut closer strips in your drawer??? :p

Here is the repair process:

A)clean with lacquer thinner
B)Apply adhesive(super glue)
C)Attach cut closer strip
D)wrap in appropriate tape(usually what is available masking, electrical, etc..)

Haven't does amputations with this method yet but I see no problems using it, it's bullet proof and shop proven.;)
 
Duct tape. You know somebody had to say it. I have lost count on the number of bad wounds i`ve received in my many years on the farm. Never had one in the reloading room.
 
epic said:
lol, I always use electrical tape for cuts when im at work. I'll have to give the super glue a try next time.
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Ya this is actually my first time using super glue and it's just because I wanted something to keep that stupid flap down. I must say I'm impressed and it might have just replaced electrical tape as my go-to bodily repair kit as it held up working all day and this evening I just got to shovel 1.5' of wet snow off my roof and it only broke open a little and stayed put once I re-glued it. I am however going to try and track down some of the medical grade stuff just because.

None of you folks keep the little cut closer strips in your drawer???

Here is the repair process:

A)clean with lacquer thinner
B)Apply adhesive(super glue)
C)Attach cut closer strip
D)wrap in appropriate tape(usually what is available masking, electrical, etc..)

Haven't does amputations with this method yet but I see no problems using it, it's bullet proof and shop proven.
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Guessing methyl hydrate or similar for the lacquer thinner? Oil based ones just don't seem like they would be that great on an open wound... :p

That being said if using super glue make sure the strip isn't cotton...apparently it can catch fire or something when super glue is applied to it...
 
dead meat said:
Duct tape. You know somebody had to say it. I have lost count on the number of bad wounds i`ve received in my many years on the farm. Never had one in the reloading room.
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I've always preferred electrical tape personally. It stretches a bit and just seems to do a nicer job especially on the hands. I used it once when I ricocheted my knife blade off the bone in my finger and had it heal up without a scar. Just taped it tightly and straight.

But don't get me wrong...if duct tape was on hand that's what I'd use. :D
 
Kelly Timoffee said:
None of you folks keep the little cut closer strips in your drawer??? :p

Here is the repair process:

A)clean with lacquer thinner
B)Apply adhesive(super glue)
C)Attach cut closer strip
D)wrap in appropriate tape(usually what is available masking, electrical, etc..)

Haven't does amputations with this method yet but I see no problems using it, it's bullet proof and shop proven.;)
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I prefer vodka for cleaning the wound and if the wound is bad enough it will dull the pain also
 
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