Reloading in an Apt, yes or no
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The whole article was about shooting at an INDOOR range, and you`re equating that with reloading indoors? This comes as surprise to me in that I`ve been reloading for 20 years, and my lead levels are normal...yeeeshhh
just wash your hands after you reload, or like me, I sometimes wear surgical gloves. That article is 18 years old, deals with SHOOTING INDOORS, and I question the validity of the article about the cop who in just two weeks died because he spent everyday shooting at an indoor range. If thats the case, I should be dead several times over...
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i avoid licking primers and sucking on cast bullets but other than that all my reloading is done in the warm dry reloading room. other than washing my hands when i'm done i don't worry. you can probably injest more harmfull polutants walking on a busy road.
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I think there's a lot of paranoia in this thread.
Sure there are lead issues, but they are minor. Your doctor can check your lead levels with a simple blood test. You will get far more exposure in an indoor shooting range, when shooting lead.
Sure there are lead issues, but they are minor. Your doctor can check your lead levels with a simple blood test. You will get far more exposure in an indoor shooting range, when shooting lead.
I'll be moving into an apartment at the end of the month.
One of the clauses in the lease is as follows
15. The lessee may not, without the consent of the landlord, use or keep in the dwelling a substance which constitutes a risk of fire or explosion and which would lead to an increase in the insurance premiums of the landlord.
To me that means things such as propane tanks on BBQs etc. , and not smokeless powder which is a deflagerant(sp?)
What does everyone else think?
RE lead levels.. You'd be amazed at how all the little bits add up. You'll even get lead from tumbling the media out of the cleaned brass.. unless you're wet cleaning. The other one that's often missed is cleaning your firearms,, all those solvents (eg lead removers) also help it penetrate your skin. Your liver and fiber intake greatly affect how lead will affect you, we're all different.
Rental (tennants) Insurance should not have any comment on any legal activity, and would be completely seperate from the residential tenancy agreement in any case. I have yet to see any insurance policy that even mentioned firearms related activities unless it was specifically to include them. Insurance companies are very aware that firearms, and firearms owners are an extremely safe bet, after all insurance companies aren't politicians.
As far as lead levels go, I used to be a tech rep for a very large battery manufacturer and part of my job involved 'burning posts' for custom industrial applications, I never had a lead test come back high. Common sense goes a long way.
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Don't store gasoline, diesel, kerosene, antifreeze, liquid oxygen, rocket fuel, or nitorglycerine in commercial quantities. Honestly, you'd need to do something of that nature to change the purpose of the entire structure from multi unit rental to "industrial". Even a Meth lab wouldn't affect the landlord's premiums - they would be an excluded risk.
Propellant is a consumer commodity in the quantities we have them. That clause is pretty much BS.
Any doctor or walk-in clinic will give you a blood lead test (or refer you to a lab which does it). It will not cost you anything. Explain that you are a frequent shooter, regularly exposed to lead (both touching it and airborne). Results will come back in a few days. Do it every few months or years if it makes you feel better. Peace of mind. Then keep shooting/loading.
I recently started reloading in my apartment. A few grains of powder on the carpet below the press/table is the only downside I see right now. Easily remedied; no damage. Blood lead levels are low and I intend to check on it from time to time.
I recently started reloading in my apartment. A few grains of powder on the carpet below the press/table is the only downside I see right now. Easily remedied; no damage. Blood lead levels are low and I intend to check on it from time to time.
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I used to do a lot of indoor shooting in poorly ventilated ranges and did some bullet casting in the basement. My blood test for lead was ok. Don't recall them saying they found any lead.
My brother in law loads in an apartment. he installed his bench into the back of the front hall closet. When closet door is closed, nothing can be seen.
But lead is a hazzard. Don't eat and drink while working with it, or shooting indoors. Wash up after shooting indoors.
I used to help Savage sell their wet trap sytems in Canada. The problem in police ranges was not the cops but the instructors. They are in ranges so much that just a little lead can add up quickly. I recall a new range built for police instruction that did not use Savage. I warned them that the ventilation concept used was wrong. Six months after the range opened the instructor was in the hospital with lead poisoning.
It is unlikely that any range that does not use the Savage wet trap meets workplace lead standards. Private ranges are not regulated because we don't spend enough time in one to be a risk. Don't let the local cops use your range. It might then get tested and closed down.
Air flow alone will not solve the problem on a smash plate steel range.
My brother in law loads in an apartment. he installed his bench into the back of the front hall closet. When closet door is closed, nothing can be seen.
But lead is a hazzard. Don't eat and drink while working with it, or shooting indoors. Wash up after shooting indoors.
I used to help Savage sell their wet trap sytems in Canada. The problem in police ranges was not the cops but the instructors. They are in ranges so much that just a little lead can add up quickly. I recall a new range built for police instruction that did not use Savage. I warned them that the ventilation concept used was wrong. Six months after the range opened the instructor was in the hospital with lead poisoning.
It is unlikely that any range that does not use the Savage wet trap meets workplace lead standards. Private ranges are not regulated because we don't spend enough time in one to be a risk. Don't let the local cops use your range. It might then get tested and closed down.
Air flow alone will not solve the problem on a smash plate steel range.
