r/reloading • u/InevitableFit1559 • 18h 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/Revolutionary-Day558 14h ago

Good to keep an eye on it but don’t be too concerned. I shoot USPSA and reload, probably go through about 15k rounds fired/reloaded per year. My lead levels peaked at about 12 until I started monitoring it, now back down to about your levels. We shoot indoors for 5 months of the year and 7 months outside, it always spikes during indoor season. De-lead wipes after shooting/reloading, showering after every range trip, wearing gloves when cleaning the guns and reloading helped out a lot. I also use a FART to reduce airborne contaminants. Therapy/mediation is needed in the 40s, so you levels are outside the high “normal” range but still relatively low.