Lead dust
Hey guys, let me ask this. In another post I made last night about changing out the hammer in my gun and forgetting to put the grub screw in the endcap and shooting my internal baffles out, when I gathered them up to put them back together again, I found the insides of the baffles were coated in a black, powdery film.
These baffles are custom machined and in 5 separate sections, each having a conical air stripper and air expansion chamber in each. Is all that black crud that was in each chamber what is called lead dust ? It was coated solid in each chamber but wiped out really easily with a cloth and Q tips.
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I just got done casting about 600 rounds of .308 and I’m licking the dust off my fingers as we speak. 😉
So Trigg! Why do you think we call e’m LDC’s? That is Lead Dust Collectors you Know 🙄
Your cracking me up! 😆
Mike
I have similar baffles in my TSS and I see the same dust build up. Thicker on the baffle near the muzzle and gradually less on each baffle after that. The last baffle never gets any dust on it.
I have wondered about lead exposure for a long time now.
I just got my yearly blood test, so asked the doc to check my lead level.
I cast my own bullets and I shoot about 500 rounds / year in the basement. I know it sprays out lead dust, when I shoot.
My test came in at 7 — 0 to 10 is normal.
The OSHA action limit is 40, so I am OK.
Mark
Just lick it off. I do it all the time.
Love Skinny no Fatman
Makes a helluva mess on your finger that doesn’t clean up well too when you first wipe off a patch to try and figure out what it is …. 😆 😆
Yup!
And its a fucker to get off your clothes too…. 😥
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I hear it makes the wine taste real good 😛