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I am shooting bullseye with a S&W 986, using 9mm Luger Federal 124 Grain 1050 fps Syntech Jacketed RN. These cause minimal lead exposure, and are fairly accurate. However they cause quite a snap on recoil, and are fairly fast for bullseye. Because the 986 is a revolver, I can experiment with bunny fa@ts, but I can't find any commercially. I don't reload because of lead issues. Does anyone know of a commercially available sub-sonic 9mm cartridge using Synteck bullets ? Thanks
 
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..... I don't reload because of lead issues. What issues?
Lead cannot melt in your hand or be absorbed by simple handling as the melting temp is 621F. Solution:Wear nylon gloves.

Lead styphnate is a key element in most primers, so you will still breathe in vapourized lead particles just by shooting. You will also inhale other shooters lead dust & particles. Cast lead bullets used by other shooters have some bullet base lead vapourized too. Even more if the fools at your indoor club use brooms to sweep up. Solution: obtain a good quality mask.

Powder puff loads can easily reloaded. Buy powder coated lead bullets. Solution: reload your own or get your buddy to reload for you.
 
The “ bunny farts “ you seek to experiment with are not commercially available for obvious reasons. There are however a few manufacturers that offer minimum power factor ammo ( usually in the 147 gr weight ) for competitive shooters. Those would be your best bet if you do not reload yourself as no-one in their right mind should be reloading for you .

If you have genuine lead issues or concerns you are definitely in the wrong sport. Of all the lead exposure opportunities the pastime presents reloading is near the bottom of the list by far.
 
hatman1793 said:
..... I don't reload because of lead issues. What issues?
Lead cannot melt in your hand or be absorbed by simple handling as the melting temp is 621F. Solution:Wear nylon gloves.

Lead styphnate is a key element in most primers, so you will still breathe in vapourized lead particles just by shooting. You will also inhale other shooters lead dust & particles. Cast lead bullets used by other shooters have some bullet base lead vapourized too. Even more if the fools at your indoor club use brooms to sweep up. Solution: obtain a good quality mask.

Powder puff loads can easily reloaded. Buy powder coated lead bullets. Solution: reload your own or get your buddy to reload for you.
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https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/L/2014/lead-among-shooters.pdf?la=en
 
Learn to handle the recoil . and as was stated above buy plated bullets if your afraid of Lead. been shooting since I was 12 years of age and I never put pellets in my mouth nor licked the lead paint on walls and I'm still alive . I remember one time at my range this guy tried to use the least amount of powder to drive a bullet out of his Smith model 629. he jammed a bullet in the barrel . he told me he managed to get it out. then he loaded some more ammo up and because he had too little powder in this one he ended up blowing up his revolver . I saw the top strap outline in the ceiling of the club where it ended up . and the ceiling is plywood . if it hit him in the head it might have smartened him up .

I couldn't believe this guy actually admitted he had done this to me . this was many years ago. shoot book loads .
 
If you're afraid of lead and exposure. I can only assume, since you are shooting bulleyes, that you are shooting indoors?

And I assume you touch the bench, your range bag, don't shower after the range.

I used to shoot PPC indoors, with about 10 people per week, and none of us shot lead bullets. Either plated, factory or some sort of coated. And my lead levels became high. Yes the ventilation was alot of our issue.
 
Look for 150 grain Federal Syntech and if you can’t find any see if a dealer can order it in for you.

I’m very cautious about lead these days, in fact I just had my blood taken for testing this morning, but posting that study as the reason you don’t reload is a bit of a lame excuse in my opinion. If you’re shooting indoors with anyone else it doesn’t matter what you’re shooting, you’re going to be exposed to lead from others, and you’ll get far more exposure than when you reload assuming you don’t cast your own bullets. Campro’s bullets are all plated so you’re not exposed to lead at all. I wear a mask and gloves when I deprime (by hand mostly because some of the range brass is dirty and I don’t want to mess up my dies). There is lots you can do to mitigate the risk of lead. It’s something serious that you need to be very aware of but it shouldn’t detract from your enjoyment of the sport.
 
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