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Here comes the Lead

Mr. LoboMr. Lobo Member Posts: 538 ✭✭✭
edited May 2002 in General Discussion
Well it is happening, Vista Calif, they have closed the LEO indoor range down due to high contents of lead. That sneaky lead actually crept into the workout room and was at high enough levels that they tested all concerned for lead poisoning. Nobody tested positive probably because the CalOsha regs are way too conservative. Has anybody heard of this happening in his or her state?
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    The County Parks Dept. range where I frequently shoot closed the indoor range to anyone not using completely metal-encased bullets. Too much lead exposure they say, with any other kind of projectile. I don't even know where I'd buy rounds like that. I just shoot outdoors now. Dumb-* rules.

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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've seen several ranges where the only projectiles permitted are those which are totally encapsulated. Fortunately, I have two outside ranges available and a very modern inside one where this is not an issue.
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  • Shootist3006Shootist3006 Member Posts: 4,171
    edited November -1
    Sounds like a bunch of poorly designed ranges. Not knocking them it is just that they were most likely designed before people became aware of airborne lead issues relating to shooting ranges.

    A well designed range will have positive air flow from the firing line toward the targets and all that flow goes to filters/scrubbers before it is exhausted to the outside. Even with that, EPA rules MAY require special decontamination procedures for the floor (and walls) forward of the firing line.

    As a friend once said, shooting on an indoor range is a lot like having a picnic in your basement!

    Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.Semper Fidelis
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