/k/ - Weapons

>lead poisoning

Is a massive meme.

You know how they identify the bullets fired in the civil war, and know which side fired them?

They weigh them. The rounds have lost little to no matter to erosion, which means that the soil on your shooting range won't poison your water for the next couple hundred years at least.

Still, I like the idea of this thread.

The main killer when it comes to lead are the fumes. Lead already has a low melting point, when mixed in an alloy (which requires a lot hotter temperatures) it will oftentimes evaporate. The fumes then enter your system through your lungs and poison you.

Most of the time touching lead is not the issue. Breathing in dust from filing/milling it, or rubbing lead sawrfs into wounds is also not healthy.

Orally ingesting the dust can also occur when not washing your hands after working with lead dust.

Just wear a simple mask, or tie a bandana around your nose/mouth, wash your hands after working, and generally keep a clean working environment. Other than that: there is literally 0 chance of getting lead poisoning.

Unless of course the joke went over my head again and this is all about the bullet in your brain kind of "lead poisoning".

Sage because /thread.

Lead caster here. The most important thing you can do for your health is buy a good gas-mask e.g 3m and have organic vapour filters on it. Lead is too big to get through unbroken skin, it's when it's vapourized or ingested or put into a fine powder that it's a threat (hence why you wear the mask) and the antimony and arsenic in wheelweights can be negated by buying a large carbon filter, fan and aluminium ducting and running it while casting. Wash your hands after every single time you touch lead with de-greasing soap, like what the mechanics use. And for gods sake wear welders gloves, a pair of safety glasses with side visors, a leather apron, and steel capped leather boots, you are working with something that melts at 330 degrees. I have had several burns from a steam explosion by putting a wet dipper too quickly under the lead- don't do that.

Otherwise, provided you are not a retard with safety, you can save a lot of money and have a lot of fun casting bullets.in general, the best casting temp for lead is around 360- 390 degrees with wheel-weight + stick on weight + roll of solder alloys, and for dippers you should be fluxing with tallow or wax plus paper. The best thing you can use for this is greasy paper take-out boxes like the ones from kfc. If for whatever reason you get zinc in your pot you can use elemental sulphur to extract it. Keep your mold's contact surfaces lubricated with 2 stroke motor oil, but do not let it get in the bullet cavities- cast a bullet first, then use a cotton bud to lubricate the mold. If the bullets are sticky, put some wax or lard on top of the closed, empty, hot cavity and let it work its way through the mold.

Tl;dr: Lead won't kill you provided you are not a retard.

Do not shoot at indoor ranges ever

>>568765

>>568760

It isn't the lead from the freedom seed that poisons you, its older primers that have lead styphnate that will, but it isn't enough to get you unless you're in an indoor range with a very poorly maintained ventilation system.

>>568779

Only if they actually give a shit about their ventilation.

Speaking about Lead…

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/page/visitors_soldiers_children_exposed_to_lead_dust_in_armories.html

WTF

>>568784

BAN ASSAULT DUST

>>568778

>Gain resistance to lead

Like shooting yourself with .22s ti give an immunity to larger bullets?

>>568816

Or consuming small portions of arsenic with your dinner to help you live longer.

>>568787

Treties of the Hague convention Section 2, Chapter 1, article 22 and 23 a; Quote:

>SECTION II

>HOSTILITIES

>CHAPTER I

>Means of injuring the enemy, sieges, and bombardments

>Art. 22. The right of belligerents to adopt means of injuring the enemy is not unlimited.

>Art. 23. In addition to the prohibitions provided by special Conventions, it is especially forbidden

>(a) To employ poison or poisoned weapons;

Lead dust is already prohibited.

I wash my hands when I'm done shooting. Some ranges have a fountain with specialized soap that you can use. I always clean my gun after every visit to the range. I don't bring things with exposed lead indoors. If you're shooting in a range, there should be good ventilation. If you're shooting outside, shoot where the wind is headed. I don't care much about lead exposure. If you're pregnant then it might be a concern. The type of lead exposure I care about comes from Tyrone and Julio.

>>568773

>hence why you wear the mask

if you took it off, would you die?

>>568760

>Unless of course the joke went over my head again and this is all about the bullet in your brain kind of "lead poisoning" nah there is no joke, just a simple discussion about health and safety regarding lead; see <inb4 someone comments "just was your hands lmao" or "lol why would i prevent lead poisoning? just shoot them lol"

>>568784

>not scuzzing the deck and getting up all dust bunnies

its like they want to die

>>568834

>he can't even greentext

Out.

>>568827

i assume it would be extremely painful

>>568844

>>568773 sounds like he's a pretty big guy

>>568846

>>568846

>>568846

>>568846

:)

>>568846

for you…

>>568690

Lead toxicity is something that has been overblown for a decent amount of time.

Unless you work in a smelter or live in a major city where they still use leaded fuel you'll be fine.

Handling Lead, however, is pretty much safe.

Shoot outdoors and don't worry about it. Even then, the only people I have ever heard of actually getting lead poisoning from shooting related events were employees that staffed an indoor range that had literally not been swept in years and head lead dust caked to the floor.

>>568818

Except this one actually will build resistance.

>>568784

Who ever would have thought armories, some more than 100 years old, could have potentially had lead particulate in them, oh, the fucking humanity. The prunie, old bitch with the "I own 400 cats, drive a Prius, and would take Bernie's sriveled cock up my commie loving ass" looking face is a nice touch though. How the fuck can they even generate that much fucking wordage over something so minute as lead contaminate in fucking armories, you'd think it was over the DoD adding nuclear waste into Gerber baby food before package for fuck sake.

>>568824

Also this. Babies are a lot more susceptible to poisoning than kids or adults, so being pregnant is one of the few times where it's reasonable to be worried about lead past ventilation/gloves.

>>568690

The way I understand it, lead exposure for firearms users is of minimal concern if you have basic hygiene and don't do tons of shooting in an unventilated indoor space.

Lead exposure in children is a concern, it can make them slow.

Wear gloves when you clean your stuff.

Don't eat yer boolits.

Don't wash fabric items that you use for cleaning along with your clothes in the washing machine.

Wash your hands after handling stuff, cleaning your firearms, reloading cartridges etc.

Seems simple enough.

>>569045

>nigs and other trash strip places for copper wire due to it's value

>nobody goes through any trouble to steal fucking bismuth

Really makes you think

>>569833

>Gallium

>named after the French

>melting point so low that it is literally useless mechanically speaking

>literally only used in semi conductors and in jewelery

>even then it's barely used

Copper all day erry day.

>>569831

nigger what are you talking about?

i just dont want to go blind and have my balls fall off from lead poisoning

no reference was made to the +/- of lead or polymer, the discussion was "lead poisioning and contamination" not "heres why lead is shit and plastic is best"

but for discussions sake, polymer anything is trash