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electric furnaces for casting bullets. really needed?
JW_Halverson:
Just remember to take advantage of the best ventilation you can muster. It's really possible to suffer real brain damage from the fumes off molten lead. It seriously beats the crap outa your coordination and will ruin your ability to shoot bows or even make 'em.
stickbender:
Listen to what JW said about good ventilation. ;) It can do some nasty stuff your nervous system. Not just dain bramage! ;) ;D
Wayne
El Destructo:
Yep...have a Buddy that worked for Years in a Radiator Shop...ended up with Lead Poisoning....and Mercury Poisoning...had to go in for Chelation Treatments to remove the Heavy Metals from His Blood...but the Brain and Nervous Sysytem Damage is permanent....He has a constant twitch now in His Tongue....and His Hands shake like Parkinsons....do it outside when Possible...or with one hell of a good exhaust fan please...
Marc St Louis:
Dropping wheelweights in water hardens the lead, good for high velocity pistols or medium velocity rifle. I've used hardened wheelweights in my .44 mag lever action rifle for hunting big game for years.
The commercial hollow base .38 special wadcutters are almost pure lead. Up here you can go to a shooting range in the Spring after the snow melts and you can pick up as much lead as you need just laying on the ground
Dane:
Contact your area gun clubs. In my state, at least, they are rquired to have an environmental program, and that means they mine lead from the berms, indoor pistol ranges, etc. You can get tons of the stuff that way without grubbing in the sand berms and breathing god knows what. We had multiple fifty gallon drums full of lead last time we mined the indoor range.
But considering just how dangerous lead is, it may be better to just buy your minis, round ball, etc. More expensive, but safer.
Dane
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