Corrosive Ammo bad for you?

I stopped shooting at my indoor range this summer because it got so hot and humid (indoors!) It's bad enough under ideal conditions with the non-corrosive stuff.
I can't imagine the corrosive ammo is any better for your health.... even outdoors.
 
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If you practice breathing technique when shooting,.. all ammo is good for you.

Its been noted that shooting is good for the health and inner peace.

It makes you happy and feel good about youreself after a shooting day at the range.

Where else can someone get healthy benefits as these?...:D
 
I had 3 buddies out shooting with me the other day, all shooting corrosive ammo... ALOT of corrosive ammo. The day was so still and where we shoot is in a low area surrounded by trees. By the time we were done emptying all our mags it looked like a foggy morning. The smoke was hanging in the air and smelled both terrible and great at the same time. My eyes were burning. So we got out of there. But it brought this back up in my mind. Everyone is so concerned about what theyre putting into their bodies these days and here I am breathing in thick smoke from 50 year old gunpowder made who knows where with no safety standards.

Still, id rather be breathing smoke on my end, than eating led on the other end.
 
everything is gonna kill us so im gonna smoke drink, (not at the same time) drive my gas guzzling truck shoot old ammo and enjoy every @#$% minute of it and all the tree hugging hippy !@# liberals can take there health advisories and shove it
 
the burning in your eyes is from chloride that is a byproduct of the reduction of the chlorate in the primer.

Ever gone swimming in an indoor pool for a long time and came out with red eyes? Same thing.

Can be more or less depending on type of ammo.
The old Russian stuff 7.62X54R that I shoot through my SVT 40s is bad. You can smell the chlorine when firing.
The czech stuff is not quite as bad.

I believe some primers may have both chlorate and perchlorate and that may have something to do with it.

Unless you do this everyday for hours I wouldn't worry about it. A lot of swimming in chlorinated pools is worse for your health IMO.
 
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Sit in your cat at rush hour in a big city while on the way to the range. The crap that all the rigs around you are putting out WILL kill you. So don't worry about the time shooting.
 
I have a large compensator/muzzle break on it. It spits gas on either side of me when I fire it and if the wind is right, I get a good blast in the face every now and then. That stuff really stings the eyes and makes me choke a little. I assumed from my body's natural reaction to it, that it can't be all that good for ya. Then again, I'm always outdoors when I'm shooting. So its not like I'm breathing it in all the time in heavy doses.

I would think that a recreational shooter, even one who does lots of shooting, shouldn't be bothered all that much by it. But those that deal with it on a day to day basis in heavy amounts could probably see more ill effects.

My 0.02.
 
When Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe, West Germany picked up most of the (former) East German AK's etc., For a time they intended to use these in the Unified German Armed Forces. Plans were dropped when someone found that the residue/gunsmoke didn't pass European toxicity standards (whatever those are).

I remember the distinctive smell when I shot some AK-74 (and other) ammo, it reminded me of my dad's old welding shop. And we all know the respiratory hazards welders eventually deal with:(

I'd think that any combustible residue wouldn't be good for you in the long term.
 
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