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To: WildcatClan
"The conventional lead ammo isn’t really good for the shooter anyway...

Ya lost me on that one Bubba! Can you elaborate a bit?

6 posted on 12/10/2007 11:37:53 PM PST by JDoutrider
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To: JDoutrider

At indoor as well as outdoor ranges you can get some serious lead contamination.You get a lot of lead flying around and reclamation costs a bundle. When you fire, I think 1/5 of the lead from the round is discharged into the atmosphere. You do a lot of shooting, you are going to be breathing that stuff, gets on your hands clothes etc.

You see, the only lead isn’t in the bullet (projectile). Lead is also used to hold the controlled explosion chemicals of the primer together. When the primer explodes it releases lead into the air as well as some other nasty substances. I think antimony sulfide, mercury and barium nitrate are some of them depending on the primer compound the manufacturer uses.

I like those Disintegrator rounds for shooting at hard targets at a range. You don’t get any back-splash or ricochet with them if you hit a hard surface, but they will penetrate soft tissue. I don’t like the new lead-free rules they have at the ranges now because I have a lot of old weapons that I have rebuilt and refurbished and you can only find lead cartridges for them. So, ya have to take your .303 Enfields, Mosin Nagants, etc, out into the woods.


16 posted on 12/11/2007 1:16:09 AM PST by WildcatClan (Vote Hunter for President)
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