Having just recently begun to reload, safety seems to be on my mind as I go through steps and stages. Due to this dry and cold time of the year, I am forever getting a snap while moving around the house. With this, my thoughts have focused on safety and the chance of igniting primers or powder. Has anyone ever dealt with this issue and come up with some good grounding techniques? Should I be concerned with static electricity and loading components at all??
Static and reloading safety.
- Thread starter kel226
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turn up your humidifier to solve the static issues.
otherwise ground yourself when you reload, which can be done 2 ways.
1. they sell wrist bands that you attach to an outlet ground/metal box.
2. if you sit and reload once your ground yourself by touching a grounded metal, then static shouldn't build up anymore.
otherwise ground yourself when you reload, which can be done 2 ways.
1. they sell wrist bands that you attach to an outlet ground/metal box.
2. if you sit and reload once your ground yourself by touching a grounded metal, then static shouldn't build up anymore.
It is certainly theoretically possible for static electricity to set off primers and if that happened, it could cause a nasty wound.
That said, I've not heard of it ever happening. Besides, you are not going to build up a static charge sitting at your reloading bench. If the problem is serious, ground yourself as you sit down and it should be smooth sailing. Another option, of course, is adding moisture to the air, but although more comfortable, that comes at a cost.
That said, I've not heard of it ever happening. Besides, you are not going to build up a static charge sitting at your reloading bench. If the problem is serious, ground yourself as you sit down and it should be smooth sailing. Another option, of course, is adding moisture to the air, but although more comfortable, that comes at a cost.
vagrantviking
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Guess its a possibility in theory but it only bugs me when it makes powder stick to funnels and things.
http://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_experiments/sparks/sparks.html
http://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_experiments/sparks/sparks.html
I have never heard of static being a problem with smokeless powder or primers, the closest thing I ever heard was the supposed possibility of black powder igniting from a static spark. I don't worry about static while reloading and I have been reloading out west where it is drier than a popcorn fart in the winter for 22 years, and many more out east before that.
