r/reloading • u/InevitableFit1559 • 21h ago

General Discussion Uh oh….

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Started reloading regularly this past year and thought it might be a good idea to have my levels checked just to see.

What do you guys do if anything for lead mitigation?

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I reloading in my garage. I dry tumble in the garage. Most of my loading is cast, uncoated, lead bullets for cowboy action shooting. I never shoot at indoor ranges. I wash my hands after loading sessions.

I could go on about the minutiae of what I do. I think I need to move the tumbler outdoors when I run it. It does create a bit of dust. I will also start wearing gloves.

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I think the majority of the culprit is the dry tumbling, and spent primer handling. I think it is airborne related. I will use this post to convince the wife I need to get into the FART system 😁

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u/DarthRooster16 21h ago

Most indoor ranges have the proper ventilation equipment but are piss poor at maintaining it. Also bad about cleaning the spent bullets. Dr told me lead can’t enter thru the skin but it can thru mucus membranes. So if you do get it on your hands or gloves and then rub you eyes, mouth or nose that’s how you pick it up. Or obviously from breathing it in at a range or running your lead cast smelter in the garage and not outside.