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jjb2
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Posted: 13 December 2007 05:29 PM |
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| i'm about half afraid to shoot my 1022 custom into the bullet trap in my basement for fear of contaminating my house with lead... any thoughts on this from the board??
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saddlesore
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Posted: 13 December 2007 08:37 PM |
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You are on the right tract. Best do it outside, unless you have a good positve pressure flow to vent.
Of course it depends on how many you are talking about and if there are youngsters in the house who are much more affected by lead
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jjb2
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Posted: 15 December 2007 06:36 AM |
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| don't have any young folks here .. my boys are 37 and 31 and out of here (thank goodness)... we do have two pussycats though and i was thinking they might get sick from it before i did.. i do shoot my rws model 34 into a trap down there in the winter time... i put the trap on a towel and wash it every now and then.... the rws does make dust out of most pellets i shoot from it.....
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RCrosby
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Posted: 13 September 2008 07:58 PM |
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A layer of ballistic putty on the backstop will solve the dust problem and quiet your range a bit too.
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Charley
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Posted: 13 September 2008 08:21 PM |
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| It isn't the bullets that are the problem firing indoors, it is the residue from the lead styphnate priming. Without a good air circulation/filtering system, it isn't the best idea.
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RCrosby
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Posted: 13 September 2008 10:23 PM |
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I should have been more clear. The ballistic putty suggestion wasn't for the rimfire or other powdered rounds, but rather a response to the man's rws "dust maker".
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wheezengeezer
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Posted: 15 September 2008 05:25 PM |
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Charley wrote: It isn't the bullets that are the problem firing indoors, it is the residue from the lead styphnate priming. Without a good air circulation/filtering system, it isn't the best idea.
many companys have reformulated their priming compounds.perhaps rimfire ammo has been as well?
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steel13
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Posted: 20 September 2008 06:25 PM |
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I do quite a bit of indoor practice with the plastic training bullets from Speer. It s a lot of fun for the kids on a rainy Saturday. I do have an exhaust vent in my shop, but after reading about the primers having traces of lead, I dont know if this is something I should be doing.
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steel13
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Posted: 21 September 2008 08:49 PM |
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I dont want to get completely off topic, but I got some trainers in 357 so I could load up the wheel guns and practice with my son.I am having a problem getting them to stay in the brass with out putting a slight crimp on 'em so they will stay in place until there fired.
I had been using the .45 apc trainers and not had this problem at all . Suggestions?
I finally got tired of fiddling with them to get them to work right, and we started shooting wax bullets out of the lube pan.
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swampshooter
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Posted: 22 September 2008 10:14 PM |
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| lead pollution from indoor shooting is a very real problem. not only does it pollute the air but also the floor, your clothing,etc. then you walk through the dust on the floor and pollute the rest of the house, and the person that does your laundry. lead is bad stuff. PS. after shooting it is now advised that we wash our hands and face in COLD WATER as warm water increases absorption through the pores.
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