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This may sound a bit over the top, but when it comes to my young kids, I want to ensure they have the safest situation in place.

Should I be concerned about shooting an airgun indoors wrt to lead? Specifically, lead becoming airborne after impact with a backstop?

Also, I have one of those little green square backstop/traps that are sold for airguns. Does that help? Are they any good?

Thanks
 
I use a large empty kitty litter box from Costco. They are heavy cardboard and tough. Any similar box will do. I filled it with bundled newspapers and magazines, set from front to back. I just tape new targets over top of the old as they get shot up. Ever once and awhile I add a new piece of cardboard to the front, via tape.

My airgun shooting box keeps all the pellets inside the box, they just fall to the bottom of the box. No lead dust, no mess.
 
I'm going to assume your using lead pellets. I'd be more concerned with the direct skin to lead contact. Make sure that hands are washed often & avoid finger to mouth contact if they have been touching lead pellets.
 
I do remember reading on the Pyramid Air Blog that pellets shooting above a certain fps would produce some airborne lead (it might have been 800fps). Something to think about. Also, a silent pellet trap filled with duct seal will catch all bits of pellet in the putty which I think is best.
 
Zeb said:
I'm going to assume your using lead pellets. I'd be more concerned with the direct skin to lead contact. Make sure that hands are washed often & avoid finger to mouth contact if they have been touching lead pellets.
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can you get non lead pellets?
 
lord-humungous said:
I seem to remember plastic saboted BB's at CT that could be shot through a 177 cal rifled barrel. I don't remember them being accurate.
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interesting. never seen though. i'll take a look for them next time i'm there. i know i've seen the dart ones. basically a .177 version of a tranquilizer dart. kind of a neat gimick, but a bit pricey.
 
I can't imagine you would get much, if any, airborne lead out of an airgun. With firearms, the majority of airborne lead actually comes from the primers, with a smaller amount coming from the base of the bullet in contact with the powder flame.

Make sure you have a good backstop to catch the pellets and give 'er!
 
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