As a certified firearms and instructor, I cover this in my courses I teach. It's
not unusual for us to shoot around 3000 rounds in a session. After a shooting
session one must was their hands as soon as possible, not eat at the range, and
change clothes and wash hair as soon as convenient. Interesting to note that the
lead concern doesn't come from the bullet as much as the primer. They have come
up with leadless primers but they cost a good bit more. Also, "safe" bullets are
now being manufactured using copper and zinc. Sometimes I cast about 1200
bullets in a weekend and I do it outside where there is less buildup of lead
vapors and the antimony that contains arsenic. I routinely am tested and have no
abnormal amounts of lead in my blood. My left eye wanders a little and the hair
has fallen out of one side of my head........just kidding. ;-)
Rick - NRA-CFI, Reloading instructor

Russell McMahon wrote:

> > Lead as such is not a
> > danger (metallic solid lead). Things change when you deal with lead vapor,
>
> Interestingly, people who fire fire-arms a lot often show detectable effects
> of lead poisoning, presumably from lead vapourised during firing.
>

--
http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different
ways.  See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.