HighRoadRover
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There is a lot of lead around a reloading table -- in the media that I use to clean brass (from the lead styphnate in the primers) and in the residue from the cast lead bullets I reload. I typically get lead on my hands -- finger tips turn gray -- if I reload as few as 50 rounds of cast lead bullets.
I've seen almost nothing on this topic in reloading magazines and web pages, but it seems like there is a fair amount of lead being spread around by reloading. Should reloaders wear nitrile or latex gloves when reloading? Should we take precautions -- what would be reasonable? I just wonder what other reloaders think about this issue and what anyone else does about it (my kids are grown and gone, but I don't want lead poisoning, either).
I've seen almost nothing on this topic in reloading magazines and web pages, but it seems like there is a fair amount of lead being spread around by reloading. Should reloaders wear nitrile or latex gloves when reloading? Should we take precautions -- what would be reasonable? I just wonder what other reloaders think about this issue and what anyone else does about it (my kids are grown and gone, but I don't want lead poisoning, either).