Casting 45 long colt with lead
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CWLONGSHOT
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Hello,
While I do not do it primarily for safety, powder coating encapsulates the bullet
Making it much safer over all.
Other then that, best advice I was given is treat touching lead like touching a "turd" or piece of excrement. WASH HANDS AFTER, do not touch mouth eyes nose, eat or prepare food or drink before good washing.
CW
While I do not do it primarily for safety, powder coating encapsulates the bullet
Making it much safer over all.
Other then that, best advice I was given is treat touching lead like touching a "turd" or piece of excrement. WASH HANDS AFTER, do not touch mouth eyes nose, eat or prepare food or drink before good washing.
CW
I'm almost 72 years old, been casting and handling lead since I was a teen. Hasn't killed me yet, though other things have tried.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Can't always do that. Prime example would be when fishing and using lead sinkers/weights. My boat isn't equipped with a kitchen sink.
quicksylver
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Welcome, not really sure what you are asking. But this I can tell you both commercial and home made cast bullets work great in the 45 Colt. I've been handiling both for over 55 years, been tested for heavy metals several times and have never had an issue. As a mater of fact the only issue I had was when my arsnic levels were up from eating too much local shell fish. What I use on MY new made bullets is Ben's Red lube. In short buy them or cast them, load them, shoot them without concern. Powder coating my be safer health wise. But others can better address that. Dan
Thank you for your reply, first what are the name and numbers for a business anything more you didn’t say the name of on the bullets??? Please just can give me some more on it??? Thank you
I wash my whole body everyday and wash anything or with gloves rubbers or leather gloves and I wash my hands everywhere I can.
richhodg66
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Is this for real? Are there eeally shooters so timid that they are afraid of handling lead bullets?
Tip: Don't put lead in your mouth and you don't get lead poisoning. Problem solved.
Tip: Don't put lead in your mouth and you don't get lead poisoning. Problem solved.
CWLONGSHOT
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If I could; Xroughy is a new member, I have t seen a post from them before.
Im going on the assumption, that the OP does not use english as first language &/or is using a translator.
I know some other places in the world, treat lead like a poison. (Utube & Comifornia)
I do not understand your second posting. I coat MY CAST BULLETS with Powder coat myself. There is no company.
I buy my powder coat from a number of companies. Prysmatic Coatings, Carolina Coatings, Eastwood, Sherwin Williams to name a few.
The bullets them selves do not matter. Meaning I can coat any caliber I have. I coat most all I use.
CW
Im going on the assumption, that the OP does not use english as first language &/or is using a translator.
I know some other places in the world, treat lead like a poison. (Utube & Comifornia)
I do not understand your second posting. I coat MY CAST BULLETS with Powder coat myself. There is no company.
I buy my powder coat from a number of companies. Prysmatic Coatings, Carolina Coatings, Eastwood, Sherwin Williams to name a few.
The bullets them selves do not matter. Meaning I can coat any caliber I have. I coat most all I use.
CW
fiver
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no problem.
we can walk you through everything.
the only part of lead you really have to worry about is oxidized lead.
you can easily tell if it's oxidized by the white fluffy coating.
don't lick that.
if it's solid [not melted] plain lead your not really getting anything off it except dirty hands.
if it's melted don't breathe the junk you skim off the top, and don't heat it up to the boiling point.
pretty simple,,, easy to follow clean up when your done.
if your excessively worried about it mop up the floor, and wipe the bench top with a rag/paper towells and throw it away when your done.
we can walk you through everything.
the only part of lead you really have to worry about is oxidized lead.
you can easily tell if it's oxidized by the white fluffy coating.
don't lick that.
if it's solid [not melted] plain lead your not really getting anything off it except dirty hands.
if it's melted don't breathe the junk you skim off the top, and don't heat it up to the boiling point.
pretty simple,,, easy to follow clean up when your done.
if your excessively worried about it mop up the floor, and wipe the bench top with a rag/paper towells and throw it away when your done.
Thank you, I’ve hunted my full life of fun out the door earlier than usual in the morning some years I will get a tag then yuck after that here in Idaho. I’ve load shotguns shells since I was old enough, my Grandfather then my Uncle both were sheriff’s, so I’ve been around a lots of different guns and shooting it too to show me to shoot with them. Anyway I never asked about myself but I need the powder for my bullets and I wondering just pour it liquid lead into the pot? I’ve never got any further than melted lead with my friends Dad but he was making for fishing never bullets at that time I was in high school. Now I am 50 early retired disabled, but I can go out to shoot.