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1. Since he bought these reloads in "the mid 80's", if one had a high primer it would likely have jammed the cylinder or gone off on closing long before this.

2. I make it a practice to shoot up and replace my carry and home defense loads on a regular basis and would advice the same for any responsible gun owner.

3. Glad no one was hurt. It sounds like the gun was pointed in a relatively safe direction but your friend might want to look into one of the bullet trap pads they sell to aim at during loading/unloading.

Hope I don't sound too pedantic... We all need to do our best to train away unintended discharges or at least to minimize damages from them.