Rick,
  You wouldn't happen to be in the US would you?  It's the only place I can
think of that would come up with "safe" bullets because they are worried
about people getting poisoned by them....

Martin

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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Rick C.
Sent: 15 December 2002 21:25
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [OT] Solder LEAD poisoning - an ALERT ?


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.
>

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