Am I a idiot for this

[bruce381]

My alloy is clean and I sort out non perfect bullets out and size in a star. But when loading if i drop one on the garage floor they get dirt, dog hair, lint rocks etc stuck to them and I worry about scratching the barrel so I toss any floor one back in my remelt pile. Am I crazy?

 

[Dimner]

I'm the same way. I like my barrels to stay nice.

 

[Winelover]

I have a large rubber mat in front of my reloading bench because the floor is concrete. Also have a dog. Occasionally, a bullet falls. I examine it. As long as, it's not distorted, it is good to go. Don't worry about the dog hairs on conventionally lubed bullets.

 

[KeithB]

Dirt and grit? Remelt 'em. Cat hair is just a bore brush in the making...

 

[Matt]

Nope, not crazy. I feel exactly the same way and thrown then back in the pot whether there’s melt there or not. As cheap as I am this holds true for gas checked bullets too.

 

[Bret4207]

If you are crazy, there are two of us!!!

 

[Dusty Bannister]

I am with you on dropped bullets going back into the pot. I do not fire live 22RF rounds found at the range either. But I will pull the bullets and melt them to cast again.

 

[Mitty38]

Most of my bullets are powder coated. So if I drop one I just wipe it off with a damp rag. My few with"sticky lube" ye I remelt.
Now if I drop a cast 223, remelting, not for dirt but for possible misshape.

 

[Ben]

If I drop a cast bullet, I never even look at it, it automatically gets dropped in the " Re-melt Can ".

 

[Mitty38]

Was going to tell you guys that I just put them in my mouth and suck the dirt off them. Then keep loading
But you probably would have believed me.

 

[fiver]

i had a half lab half chessie [one of Five's puppies] dog [Mocha] that would lay by the inspection table waiting for someone to drop a bullet so she could chomp it down.
only dog i've ever had do that.
i don't know if it ever made her sick, but i'm sure the next day was somewhat eventful.
she was a very disciplined hunting dog and even better than Five was at some types of bird hunting so she got away with a few things.

 

[Dimner]

I'm paranoid about my dog eating lead. She's a white retriever. She will be laying on the shop floor next to me and then out of the corner of my eye I'll see her snarf something up from the floor. Never can determine if it's flecks of lead. Guess I'll find out when I'm doing my pre lawn mowing yard cleaning.

 

[JWFilips]

If it hit the floor I ignore! It goes into the smelting buckets

 

[bruce381]

Great sound like im normal will continue then