Poisoning

Apparently if you shoot at one of those indoor ranges the lead dust in the air will cause immanent death.

When I was little I would carry my .177 pellets in my mouth while out shooting at crows!
 
I hear it was quite popular in Rome.

Look, if Mercury fillings are safe, how dangerous can a bit of lead be?:rolleyes:
 
With all the booze I drink and cigars I smoke when I finally shuffle off this mortal coil I don't think the autopsy will be able to see if it was lead. The only lead poisoning I will likely die of is being shot in the back by a jealous husband.

Cannon
 
Ignorance is the greatest threat here: many casters believe that lead from their alloy and bullets can be absorbed through the skin by handling; and absorbed into their bloodstream through fumes given off when around molten lead. They take precautions against non-existent threats, but don't keep their hands away from their face when handling lead, and then don't wash their hands properly when finished.
 
ShawnC6 said:
Id be more concerned if I was casting lead
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I have been casting weekly and sometimes daily for the past four years. I don't wear any breathing protection, but cast outdoors and am mindful to work in a cross breeze.
I shower and change clothes after each casting session and am careful to wash my hands if stopping to eat or drink.

With these precautions my lead levels in my blood have not increased. I get tested annually.

Of note, many years ago I had elevated lead levels due to shooting and working in indoor ranges almost daily.
All of those ranges have since been closed due to inadequate ventilation causing lead poisoning.
 
I shot at an indoor range some time back and found that the lead in the air was bad and never went back to shoot. several people that shot there on a regular basis got lead poisoning and had to stop. casting is bad and plenty of ventilation is the must have. I have been casting for many years and my lead level has not been detected in the tests.
 
Personally I am more worried about being hit by a random piece of space junk falling out of the sky...

The whole 'lead hysteria' is kind of amusing. It really is not as bad as plutonium 238.

Been casting and shooting for over 40 years, shooting lead indoors for a lot of that time. I specifically ask each time I get blood work that they test for lead. My levels have always been normal.

Find something real to worry about.
 
Make sure not only to take personal precautions, but preventing lead contamination in homes with young children. Children (especially infants) are at a higher risk of lead poisoning (they put stuff in their mouths), they absorb lead more readily, and the toxic effects of a high lead level can negatively affect their mental development.
 
I get mine tested every few years, always below normal and I don't follow any of the guide lines for handling but then I don't chew on it either. I spent part of my life in pre-press (comp) starting at the end of the hot metal days. My fist day on the job was to scrape lino. I asked all the older guys if they or anyone they knew had lead poisoning from handling lead eight hours a day for most of their lives. No was the response from all of them although an apprentice was killed by lead, he floated a kettle on the lead in the stereo pot only problem was that it was soldered together and you can guess what happened when it came apart.

Like a lot of things some get it and some don't, nobody knows why this is.
 
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