lead exposure

The main source of lead exposure from guns is actually from the primer, not the bullet. If you use only lead-free primers and jacketed bullets your lead exposure will be nearly zero.

There's a blood test for lead that your family physician can do to make sure that you and your family are not being overexposed.

Outdoors is better

Hi, Watson there was a thread about this before that I had commented on. Search for my posts+lead.

In brief, I had high blood lead levels that were brought on by weekly shooting at an indoor range. They were found by a blood test. I asked my doctor to include it in my physical. They weren't scary high but I stopped shooting indoors and only shot outside. There are treatments if you have scary high results.

Lead is worse for kids, I believe, because they are growing. But the traditional source is eating paint chips or inhaling paint dust. Over on glocktalk there is a guy, Douglas in CT whose child was messed up by lead in his house. He had to remediate the house at great trouble and expense.

As for an adult, if you practice good hygene you should be ok. Wash your hands after shooting before eating or smoking. Don't sweep the floor at an indoor range. If you shoot indoors go to a range with good ventilation.

I think we americans are poor at evaluating risks esp. to children. So I hope I have helped.

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Your risk is likely EXTREMELY small unless you have been doing other activities involving lead/heavy metals. However, getting tested is not a big deal.

You need a pretty high exposure limit for it to start messing up sperm.

Your risk is likely EXTREMELY small unless you have been doing other activities involving lead/heavy metals

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