Preventing Lead Exposure at Gun Range?

[OceanView]

For the benefit of all of us please chime in.

[nadodave]

Is lead mostly introduced into the body through breathing it in, or touching it?

I would think gloves would help, but I'm not sure.

[AAShooter]

Care should be taking when drinking, eating or smoking at the range. Decontaminating things before they go near your mouth is important. This is a good wake up call for shooters to get their lead levels taken periodically.

[bruce381]

do not eat or drink anything do not smoke, when done shooting wash hands and mouth real well and then do what you want thats it

[OceanView]

Let's keep the advice coming for the benefit of everyone and thanks!

[Oliver_Charles]

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[russ69]

If you are talking about occasional shooting at a modern indoor range, you just need to wash your hands when you are finished. The range will have a positive ventilation system to pull airborne particles away from the shooting line. The only lead you will get is lead that is blown into your clothes or body.
Other things you can do is shoot fully jacketed bullets, and use a bolt action rifle. That will get the lead a long way away from you.

[Yerman]

Lead......

[d33pt]

There is also soap made just for cleaning lead too. It's called D-Lead.

[E Michael]

Try not to shoot yourself in the foot.

[r1ghtw1ng]

I have a bottle of D-Lead in my range bag. I wash my hands, arms, and face right after shooting. I then immediately throw my clothes into the wash and shower right after getting home.

http://www.amazon.com/D-Lead-Hand-Soap-8oz/dp/B009P9WYSI/

[Exodus343]

What is the consensus for outdoor ranges?
I only shoot rifles, 308 and 5.56 and I shoot jacketed bullets

I wash my hand right after I pack up and wash twice before I eat

my main concern is my reloading sessions..... lol

[BOOGIEMAN]

Use only regular unleaded not premium.

[nadodave]

My range bathroom has that soap made to get rid of lead. Discount gun mart in San Diego. Kind of cool that they have it there.

[Supertac916]

As the other guys already said, wash your hands, don't eat while or after shooting without washing them, try not to smoke before washing hands. Depending how often you shoot, I don't think it will really effect the average or regular shooter because they might go once a month to once a year.

If you work at a range the lead could definitely impact you. Being around that stuff 4-5 times per week at 8-12 hours a day drives their lead levels to dangerous levels. I was never tested, but I got my brother inlaw a job there and he was tested. I believe OSHA required the employees to get their lead levels tested and it turned out all of the rangemasters had extremely high levels. The way they handled it was the rangemasters had to rotate between the store and the range and they started enforcing a stringent policy of washing your hands. The ones that tested extremely high wore masks and eventually the lead levels dropped in the blood to acceptable levels.

Keep in mind, my old boss at the range was in his late 70's, had designed ranges, and had been on the range for 60 years. He would spend hours sorting lead, cleaning lead, and melting it down to make his own reloads. He eventually developed cancer, but he's still alive today and he's in his late 80's now. Still works on the range and sorts brass and lead, but not as much as he used too.