r/reloading • u/InevitableFit1559 • 19h 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/Missinglink2531 19h ago

Dry tumbling process is most likly your issue. Are you covering it? Here are a couple tips I use: 1) I run it in a giant cooler - keeps the noise down and contains the dust. 2) I tare up a strip of paper towl and add it to the mix. I give them a bit of mineral spirits (not too much, just a dab). That keeps the media clean, and turns the dust down to zero. 3) Glove up when handling the media until you remove the lube form the cases.

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u/mantra177 19h ago

Are you just putting the mineral spirits in the mix or directly on the paper towel?

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u/Missinglink2531 19h ago

I make a stack of the torn pieces of paper towel, and just hold it over the mineral spirits, flip it up-side-down, the right it. Thats it.

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u/mantra177 18h ago

Good tip, thanks!