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Re: Subsonic for AW
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:26 am
by dromia
ColinR wrote:dromia wrote:For the record there are not any lead fumes at casting temperatures.
Just more uninformed ignorance spouted as fact by narrow minded shooters.
Rather than misleading people about the dangers of lead ingestion, by whatever route, I suggest you read some of the vast amounts of medical literature relating to lead poisoning. Handling lead, including lead bullets, is specifically mentioned time and again. However, medical scientists clearly have it wrong as lead smelting and the fumes therefrom are also considered a source of poisoning.
No I don't think they are wrong it is your ignorant and bigoted interpretation of that in the context of bullet casting that is so spitefully wrong.
Re: Subsonic for AW
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:58 am
by ColinR
dromia wrote:ColinR wrote:dromia wrote:For the record there are not any lead fumes at casting temperatures.
Just more uninformed ignorance spouted as fact by narrow minded shooters.
Rather than misleading people about the dangers of lead ingestion, by whatever route, I suggest you read some of the vast amounts of medical literature relating to lead poisoning. Handling lead, including lead bullets, is specifically mentioned time and again. However, medical scientists clearly have it wrong as lead smelting and the fumes therefrom are also considered a source of poisoning.
No I don't think they are wrong it is your ignorant and bigoted interpretation of that in the context of bullet casting that is so spitefully wrong.
All molten lead gives off particles in vapourised form, admittedly the hotter it gets more vapour/fumes are formed.
Re: Subsonic for AW
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:41 am
by dromia
Aye but at bullet casting temperatures it is not sufficient to cause concern.
I have been casting all my life and have spent god knows how many hours, days, weeks standing over a lead pot casting and smelting and my lead levels are fine and always have been.
Like everything else simple, common sense practices around bullet casting make it quiet safe with no health threats.
It is uninformed apocryphal scaremongering like this that keeps shooting such a narrow, bland and conservative activity in this country.
Re: Subsonic for AW
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:59 am
by ColinR
dromia wrote:Aye but at bullet casting temperatures it is not sufficient to cause concern.
I have been casting all my life and have spent god knows how many hours, days, weeks standing over a lead pot casting and smelting and my lead levels are fine and always have been.
Like everything else simple, common sense practices around bullet casting make it quiet safe with no health threats.
It is uninformed apocryphal scaremongering like this that keeps shooting such a narrow, bland and conservative activity in this country.
Please feel free to have the last word.
Re: Subsonic for AW
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:30 pm
by tackb
I have 350kg of pure lead in my workshop , whats it worth at the moment?
Re: Subsonic for AW
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:50 pm
by dromia
Circa 7/- per lb.
Re: Subsonic for AW
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 5:06 pm
by DOGGER2UK
dromia wrote:Circa 7/- per lb.
He would have said 70p a Kg had he converted with the rest of us in 1968....but he did'nt
Re: Subsonic for AW
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:10 pm
by tackb
DOGGER2UK wrote:dromia wrote:Circa 7/- per lb.
He would have said 70p a Kg had he converted with the rest of us in 1968....but he did'nt
2.2lb in a kilo I think ?
Re: Subsonic for AW
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:37 pm
by DOGGER2UK
tackb wrote:DOGGER2UK wrote:dromia wrote:Circa 7/- per lb.
He would have said 70p a Kg had he converted with the rest of us in 1968....but he did'nt
2.2lb in a kilo I think ?
Ye Gods your correct....1968 was such a long time ago
Re: Subsonic for AW
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:38 pm
by DW58
Ahem ... ... ... subsonic .308W ammo for an AI AW anyone?
