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uglygun · October 22, 2001, 08:30 PM

OH GOD YES! Only did it once and hope to never do it again.

Was working through a lot of around one hundred 38 special cases out in my friend's garage while it was cold out, my fingers were sorta cold and I was trying to hurry. All of a sudden through a miracle of compound mechanical leverage, RIGHT TO THE BONE THAT DECAPPING PIN SANK! This was quite a few years back but if I look hard I can still see the scar on my right index finger.

But I think I got off lucky, some people have managed to take a piece of their finger off when a sharp edge of the case mouth came up and caught their finger shearing the skin right off. NOW THAT HAS GOT TO TICKLE!

October 22, 2001, 08:30 PM	#3
uglygun Senior Member Join Date: March 27, 2001 Location: Cowpie Ca Posts: 552	OH GOD YES! Only did it once and hope to never do it again. Was working through a lot of around one hundred 38 special cases out in my friend's garage while it was cold out, my fingers were sorta cold and I was trying to hurry. All of a sudden through a miracle of compound mechanical leverage, RIGHT TO THE BONE THAT DECAPPING PIN SANK! This was quite a few years back but if I look hard I can still see the scar on my right index finger. But I think I got off lucky, some people have managed to take a piece of their finger off when a sharp edge of the case mouth came up and caught their finger shearing the skin right off. NOW THAT HAS GOT TO TICKLE!